The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-29
CONSIDERATION OF OTHERS

There is no subject about which more has been Writtenaor spoken, of ten in unpr1ntable language, than rhe rights or wrongs of the mo otorists and the non-motoring public. But .at. the outset it should be emphasized that nearly every one enjoys the sensation of speeding along straight level road at 4o-mile clip. Nevertheless when these same individuals are walk ing the exact opposite opinion pre- vails If after such experiences person cannot take a. comprehensive and impartial view of the matter there is no such thing as fair play.
 If all the sworn haters of motorists were to spend a portion of their time
 inside of a car instead of always see- ing or smelling it from without, there. it no knowing what would happen.
 ,Notw1thstAnding all that may be felt or. believed by those who have en- joyed the delightful sensation of de- tachment and fndependence which motoring gives to its devotees, there is a majority of the inhabitants of this country which. because it doess not not positively hate the motor car. It is the very existence of such persons, and many others perhaps, who have reasons to dread or dislike the swift road fiend who dtsturos their peace and sets their nerves on edge; who
 
 penalty the law can exact and the judge enforce for careless or reckless driving on the part of motorists The leading authorities in the motoring world fully recognize this, and their statements and reports show that the last thing they wishedf or was mercy and indulgence for the read hog or any of his tribe. They seek to prevent the punishment of the pust and the escape. Of the unjust.
 It is supposed by many persons that the police possess a fierce thirst to l limit in order to gain credit for them selves It is shown. in support of this, how carefully the choice is made by them for the placing of s'trap'' in a lonely road where no person or animal is to be found which could l possibly be injured, no matter at what speed the car was going; the reason being, they say, that the crafty con stable knows. full well that it is just there that the speed limit will be ex- ceeded and This prey be caught
 If the police, it is averred had any
 real desire to stop the '.seorcher'' they would control the spots in the Iroad where high speed would spell danger 1o the public and the speed limit be exceeded only by men who deserve prosecuting. and that, as things are, the road hog callous- Iy spins around corners and through
 villages to the real danger of every one, and when he comes to a quiet road slows down and slips through the trap unscathed.
 The police answer that the motor ist is pleading his own case. First because rnotorist never tries to check 1 his pace except for an emergency or
 where he, fancies it to be necessary and will, in nine cases out of ter ihabftua11y go too fast for his owr l safety or that of the road. Secon dly
 because the greater the speed the
 greater the dust, and until roads are
 so constructed that dust is abolished
 no notorist has a right even on the
 1oneliest road to increase this intoI-
 erab1e nuisance. Thirdly, the blair
 issue of a speed limit is the only one 4 in which it is possible as rule fol
 the police to prove a clean case before
 the magistrate. Suppose, they say
 police. is driving furiously or to the danger of others, and that when Sht was summoned he swears he was not
 Whom is the magistrate to believe Whereas under proper conditions and reasonable consideration for the
 notorfst, where it is proved that ht
 exceeded all reasonable limits O. speed, no matter whether or not the road is empty, he is guilty of an of fense which is capable of compled proof, and then he is convicted and justice is done.
 Withdraw the speed limits, say the