The evening world., 1915-02-27
As A CHECK ON
cARElESSNESS.

the bOar0 OF ENHfnlneTS.
PHOTOGRAPH As A CHECK ON
cARELEssNEss.
In the opinion Of tho federation Of
ficials these measures will reduce
automobile accidents to n minimum.
as they will eliminate those indivId-
uals incapable OF driving a car prop
erly through defect Of sight or hear
Ing. The photograph innovation will
also discourage careless owners from
| taking needless charces, for with this
| means of Identification IL will not be
| easy to escape responsibility after an
accident.
A uniform traffic code OF rules, the
| federation officers believe, will great
| ly simplify the duties Of AUTOMOBILE
lists. At present there arc few big
cities that have Identical traffic rules
| relating to speed ordinances and
school house and hospital regulations.
Tourists going from city to city must
necessarily lose time to learn the
various sets OF rules. With "A stand
ard trafic code they would instantly
| know what to do In each town.
1t In also the aim and purpose of
the Safety Firct Federation TO pro.
mote the public safety movement, to
better safeguard life and property,
to serve Az a clearing house for ideas
and suggestions, to collect informa-
tion and compile statistics, distribute
literature and to secure the enact
ment and enforcement Of laws de-
signed TO insure public safety as we'll
| as TO secure the construction and
| maintenance Of good roads.
30 CITIES REPRESENTED At
FIRST MEETING.
There were delegates from about
thirty leading cities. including Police
Commissioners. public safety officials
and transportation representatives, in
attendance at the first meeting In
the Craftsman Building to organize
the Safety First Federation OF Amer
lea, but It was not until yesterday
afternoon that tho officers were
elected. as follows:
President, Jefferson DE Mont
Thompson, New York; First Vice
President, Harold w. Newman, New
| Orleans: Treasurer. Charles L. Bern
heimcr. New York: Executive Secre-
tary. Frederick Elliott, New York.
The Executive Committee will con-
John Gillespie, Detroit, Mich; Chas.
N. Talbert, 81. Louis, Mo-: Edgar ID.
Thompson, Washington. ID. c.: Law
renee c. Brooks, Boston, Mass.
The fourth annual Brooklyn Auto
mobile Show will open next Tuesday
night In tho Twenty third Regiment
Armory with 107 exhibits Of the latest
cars, parts and accessories. This
years show will more than double
the 1914 list of exhibitors. Two dozen
bridge To show their wares of 1915
models. The show will be under the
management OF the Brooklyn Motor
Vehicle Dealers Association.
| In how short a space can a car
going thirty miles an hour be brought
| to a full stop? This unexpected ques-
tion seriously interfered with the
card games at the Motor Club yes-
terday afternoon. and the arguments
were not satisfactorily settled until
the records were examined. They
showed that at recent tests on River
thirty miles an hour and equipped
with good brakes and strong tires
could come to a dead stop In frac-
ton under sixteen feet.
Three Saxon cars won the nil
climb and tho pint gasoline contest
In the second annual hill climb con-
test of the Light Car Club OF New
Jersey held this week at Teaneck
n. J. In the pint economy gasoline
contest Robert Owen OF New York
covered four and three quarter miles
10 a pint Of fuel. @. A. McLaren OF
Newark, N. j., In a second Saxon. won
second place. covering four and Ave-
eIshths miles To the pint. The Saxon
alos captured the silver cup onered
for the greatest number Of points NJ
the contest with a total Of forty -four
points. representing Ave frs's. Ave
seconds and four thirds.
Word comes from Indianapolis that
Lewis Chevrolet, the famous Franco
American racing driver, who hasn't
com peted In q contest since 1910. sent
in his entry this week for the 600-
mile race at Indianapolis. He will
drive q Cornelius.