South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-02-24
SIMPLE COMPLIANCE WITH THE MOTOR
VEHICLE LICENSE LAW BY DEALERS,
WILL RENDER SEN HAGERTY'S PRO
POSED AMENDMENTS QUITE USELESS.


AS "SrH FOR an act TO compel chiefs of police in
cities 90 REQUIRE of their parolmen the exercise of
degree o. sense arresting automobile raV-
elers Sen. Charles A. Hagerty's bill before the as
sembly IS OF large significance Ii is, fact of such
large Flgnincance that may require the exercise OF
supera bundance The purpose of the bill IS
good in view OF there chiefs of police
and some patrolmen abusive of good sense in
the matter automobile arrests the bill is capable
Of It is presented nature of amendment to
Sec l.. of the present law, and would allow more
liberal license with respect machines newly
chased and passing through the state from factory to
dealer and from dealer to buyer.
The inspiration must have from some motor
club probably local supernduced by the arrest
here OF some Buick chaufeurs "chauferng" some
rom the Flint factory down dealers. and
ploying kings highway without displaying the re-
oured license. condoning the arrests
made that there a considerable string
Of the ears and that thew new. might with de-
gree sense have accepted by the police least
upon sincere explanation, evidence that the cars
we're not old-and they probably in transit
from somewhere TO some place for retail purposes.
of that effect, there should have been ar
rests but we fear that Hagerty might be
as capable of abuse the other way. 1t provides:
THAT dealers and purchasers of new motor
vehicles shall have the right to drive such
motor vehicles from the factory where pur-
chased 20 the home of such dealer
chaser. without procuring displaying
Der plates provided such purchaser or dealer
shall display the front and back of such
motor vehicle white sign black letters
containing the words. Car i'm transit, and the
and address of such dealer and pur-
chaser. the letters on such sign to he not less
than two and one-baIf inches in height and
each stroke not less than three-eights of an
inch in length"
Now there might be "a trne or excuse for such an
amendment alleviate the mental anguish of drivers
Of newly bought factory dealer cars
clear across the state as from Michigan TO Illinois
cars purchased dealers within the
driven from factory so dealer whether without
within the state there is need for such a law
all. the Buick dealer here. indianapolis.
elsewhere in the state whom those from Flint
were being taken had taken trouble comply
Secs S and Of Indiana motor vehicle law there
would have been no trouble with local police. and
would have them more than it would cost TO
comply with Hagerty bill.
See. 10 Of the motor vehicle law provides that each
manufacture or dealer state can regis
traton number for all handled 10y them and as
many duplicates OF that number they may wish.
IN license plates at dollar each duplicate
the front and one the the car-such
Hates 10 be usahle all OF such makes. power.
etc. driven on the public roads. Then Sec s. provides
for the loaning such plates for fifteen days the
purchaser Of cars. pending the obtaining Of a
license OF their own by such purchaser. What more
do they WANT II Indiana dealers obliged the
public roads for the transportation of from the
factory their saesrooms will just decorate those
and with their dealer the fac
tory number. the whole problem will be solved We
doubt those duplicate plates. always disable, and
transferable from another would any
more than the plates proposed by the Hagery bill