The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-26
LICENSE TROUBLE IN
JERSEY ONCE MORE
New York Automobiles Are
Annoyed by Officious
Policemen.
"RECIPROCITY" IGNORED
No Need Of Driving Card for
the Fifteen Day Tour
ing Period.
"RECIPROCITY" IGNORED

Automobiles from this State have been
annoyed In New Jersey by police officers
arresting or delaying them on the ground
that a special license TO drive car must
be carried IN that State. Two instances
recently have come TO light IN which
owners whose cars had New York car
licenses were told by policemen that they
must have regular driving licenses such
az are issued to owners In New Jersey
when a car Is registered in that State.
The matter has been referred in one In
stance 10 Job II. Lippincott, Commissioner
Of Motor Vehicles In New Jersey. and he
Is taking 1t up with the police authori-
ties In Fort Lee. where the police officer.
Commissioner Lipptncott says. exceeded
his powers
on May II Charles IL. jackson OF 100
Front street was driving up Fort Leo
hill. having left the i30th street ferry
when he was stopped by "a policeman
who asked 10 zee his license. Az he I'M
IClstood that no license was required OF
4 New York owner he explained he had
none. The policeman. he said. told him
that as tho Commissioner wasn't sitting
iust then he wouldn't arrest him. but Mr..
Jackson couldn't drive In Jersey. So he
had to return over the ferry and drove
to nrrytown. crossing over TO Nyack and
going TO West Point for which no was
bound. This meant a considerable an
noyance and loss OF time to him.
lie wrote about II to the Bureau OF
Tours OF the Automobile Club OF America,
of-which he Is a member. and tina club
called II to tho attention OF Commits
sioner Lpp!ncott. He answered:
Any person driving n car licensed In
tho state OF New York and carrying q
chaufreur's license from that State Is en-
titled to tour In New Jersey for nfteen
days
Il note that you state that the officer
who stopped Mr.. jackson was in uni
form. lie was not therefore one of the
representatives OF this department and
was undoubtedly exceeding his authority.
our construction OF the motor vehicle act
In New Jersey has always been that no
| ordinary police officer has any right 20
stop and demand the production OF the
drivers license or cards. as that power Is
vested entirely In the inspectors OF this
department
Commlss oner Lippincotts answer Is not
entirely clear, because Il speaks OF the
need for n chauffeur's license from this
State. New York does not require an
owner to be licensed and under the terms
OF the fifteen day touring privilege In
| New Jersey he need not be licensed In
| that State either.
Another case Is that OF A. r. Quinlan
now at 5l0 Seventh street. Asbury Park
who says that after having been Ave day,
| in Asbury Park he was arrested and fined
for not having New Jersey license &c
Dir. We, This happened on May az.
/ IL Is some time since the reciprocity
measure vent through. but the police OH.
GERS in New Jersey seem determined e
make It unpleasant for visiting motorists
not only New Workers but others. Or
| the contrary. motorists from New Jersey
rarely encounter any trouble in this State
in the way OF attempting to make then
take out licenses. However. the New
| York Automobile Bureau is laying plans
10 keep better watch on New Jersey
motorists II there were the number Of
inspectors In this State that New Jersey
has there would be every promise o.
true reciprocity. that is. making as mucl
trouble for New Jersey motorists as New
York Automobiles md when visiting oul
nelghboring but not neighborly State.
The Moon Motor Car Company an
nounces that l.. r. Goodspeed has Joine,
is factory force as chief engineer IL
succeeds George +. Iieislng, VINO has be
come purchasing agent Goodspeed wa
for long time with the Westinghous
Electric Company and for year will
the Thomas b. Jeffery Company.
THE Pacific coast. middle western
farming and eastern Atlantic States ar
the best by which TO read the health o
business" says Roy y. York. -presi
dent OF the +. u, SteArns Company.
-Our largest distributing points 10
Stearns- Knight cars are In California
Chicago, New York and Boston, whicl
prove TO be the leading auto centres. Yo
may he assured that when there can b
an. auto to every 90 TO 200 persons 4
"a IN, ha Ifpinp a hatsipaaa
On a good healthy basis"
At the Automobile Club OF America &c
, night motion pictures devoted to hyin
/ win be shown. These pictures, who
viii be displayed In conjunction wit
the Aero Club OF America. will sbo'
among other things. Plying Over Pau,
, From an Airship," Paris as Sean Froi
; a Height OF $500 Feet" Making Ia
looms and Military Kite Flying
Rems,"
II a foreign car wins again in tho &c
p mile race that Will be run next Satul
day at Indianapolis It IL believed tha
. at least half "A dozen American car mani
, facturers will enter or reenter the racin
!, end, a number of considerations wi
be behind this decision. Patriotism an
good business combine to make Il n GOO
= move. This is predicted by Carl @. Fishe
. president OF the indianapolis speedway.
Maxwell started the ball rolling tn
u year" Fisher rays, and more may
expected to follow. The latter concsr
incidentally, broke into the game wit
Q only six short months OF preparation
\ \ Meantime such veteran racing firms
{ Buick, National. Lozier. Chalmers, Sin
= pick and others are resting on the
r oars. An even stronger impetus than Il
: danger OF foreign supremacy will
i furnished these firms, however. II
o thought. by the necessity Of stirring Il
It American motor car market. EuroI
s tried to get along without racing for
couple OF years and failed, II In state
30 that the same thing may be schedule
for America,
Another feature Is that cars OF q
future will be even smaller than they a
- tto-,lay. Racing has It's highest purpose
: developing mechanical efficiency. To g
'e more and more or the same speed out
N smaller cars should be the ambition
% every auto enthusiast Europeans ha