Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-07
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All.
Judge Counl lyman Fayors
Standara raiaiss All Auto horns
IS Danger Siignals
WOULD PREVENT ACCIDENTS
Also Opposed to Autes Standing
il Front 0f Business Places
for More Than 10 Minutes.

& 3lpy GaHlIAiHSlQueF a. sONntfysss
man, while in conv vsrsat tion with a
representative of the Saturday News
THE other day, speaking of the stand
ardizing of auto horns, said
q am firmly onyinced that by FAR
the greater number Oh accidents ocs
easioned BY motor vehicles, are cue
directly to the inadeqaacy and diver.
sity Of the warning 81 gnaIs now used
on motor vehicles, II must be ae-
mitted that pedestrians using the
streets are for the MOST part thought
less and Indifferent Of their own safe.
tys This Indifference, Of course, Is
brought about by continued use of the \
streets and familiarity with RAPIDLY
moving vehicles such thonghtiess-
ness is increased by the fact that
when a pedestrian crosses the street,
his ear hears so many different
sounds, one killing, or mingling
with the other, that no clear sound
Iof warning Is distinguish from
the general din of traffic, and he,
therefore, proceeds on his way Iulled
linto d feeling Of false security
II the statutes required uniform
signal for motor vehicles which ca
ibe easily recogn nized, a warning would
thereby be brought home To the ped
lestrian and as a consequence, many
Iaecidents would be prevented
&c is not enough, however, to re-
quire merely that motor vehicle sigs
mails should be uniform The charac-
Ter Of such uniform device must be-
clearly defined. Such statutes must
provide that a device be used cap-
able OF giving a signal which shall
create an Immediate diversion Of the
lthoughtless mind, or the careless and
Iindiferent mind, to the direction from
which the signal proceeds, The val
ue Of any signal depends not upon
its inF ffererit repetition. Such a
repetition tends to allay fear, rather
than to create IT.. A statute enacted
for the purpose Of making uniform,
motor vehicle signals, will not ac-
cemplish its purpose, il it, perraits
any signal made UP of a series Of
separate notes arranged in harmony,
or to scale. or a prolonged musical
strain varying in pitch, Or IL ii PER,
miss any soft, even, well rounded
sound, or a long, shri1I sound. IA
such statute is to be enacted as ifS
should be, in order for It to accom-. J.
piish the purpose intended, d signal
must be required which will give a.
SHARP. unusual broken o. ragsea
sound ataecato and syncopated--,,n. COZ /, d
pleasant i YOU will but 60 ,,,,us,,a,8
ana 80 unpleasant that the inst : { IN. 49,
eous attention Of the pedestrian s
other user Of the highway Is comnell.4
ed by 1t. - pS'a1.51
also wish to so on record IS sav
= iiis q sthat 4 am opposed to the stan,,
lng OF automobiles Id front 81 b,,s,,,as.
houses BY the owners 81 tie resract
'Ye W places Of business Or any8 & ter y
person for any great length Of ti,,a 81
! !. io,ice mat some business men drivs
.as,l autos Y front Of their places of
BUSINESS and leave them there ~ 4.
aany hours, thus forcing farmers da.
! e &c q team for a short time
: look a.l over the city for a place ~
9 tie their horses for i few 3; 4 M 49,
!, ~, a,s1'own = strictly On agricultural
! s8n !, aha We must cater TO the trade
: 1ne farmers tributary to our cilv 81
IWe wish to maintain our trade ],