The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-07-18
STATE OFFICIALS TO ENFORCE
THE AUTO HEADLIGHT LAWS
InspecOrs will Travel about the COun-
try in Search of Law ViOlators--
Act Fixes Speed Limit

The state officials intend to see to
it that the new automobile and head
light laws are enforced. Some of the
provisions are:
The duties of inspectors and off
cials who will see to the enforcement
of the law are as follows
/. To see to it that all motor We
hicles operated on the public high
ways are properly registered display
ing the number plates assigned to
such vehicles; that the certificate Of
registration is in plain sight in the
drivers compartment of the cars,
signed by the owner, and that such
certificate accurately describes the
car to which it is attached; that the
number plates be kept clean and Wis
ible at all times.
g. That all operators of motor We
hicles are licensed either as operators
or chauffeurs.
8. To report the abuses of dealer
and exempt United States and public
service licenses.
a. To apprehend those exceeding
the maximum speed limit of thirty
five miles an hour and other speed
restrictions fixed by the act. To in
struct motorists in the rules of the
road, particularly foreigners, who
while they can operate car are not
versed in the rules of the road as set
forth under section 20 of the Motor
Vehicle Act.
5. To observe that all motor vehi-
cles and four-wheel trailers are
equipped with adequate and suitable
brakes. To gard against damage to
the public highways by vehicles using
tires having any protuberance, such
as stud, cleat, ridge, bead, etc, and
to forbid the use of the highway to
such vehicles unless permit has been
procured; to enforce the width linn
itation and the width limit per inch
of tire width.
Must Carry Signaling Device
6. To see that all vehicles are
equipped with a bell, gong, horn,
whistle or other signaling device in
good working order, capable of emit
ing a sound to warn all pedestrians
| and other users of the highway of
the approach of such vehicle; to pro-
vide against overhanging loads, and
see to it that the motor vehicle oper
ated where the drivers view is OBJ,
structed to the rear shall be equipped
so that the driver can give a proper
and adequate signal of his intention
to stop or turn.
7. To rightly enforce the intent of
the headlight law under section 13 to
the end that all dangerous glare and
dazzle will be eliminated. The head
light law of the present act was never
enforced, and, as a consequence, has
been condemned The new law has
been designed to give a safe driving
light and eliminate the dangers now
prevalent, and there will be no efforts
spared by the department to bring
this new law into effect at the earliest
possible time. For the proper en-
forcement of this particular section of
the. act the department will have pre-
pared and ready for distribution to all
peace officers thruout the state a
pamphlet on adjustment of focus,
parallelism and tilt, together with the
possible ways in which the headlight
law may be infracted even after
certified device has been installed.
Some of these infractions are as fol-
lows:
l. Reflectors may be soiled, rusted,
scratched, bent or fogged.
2. Headlights, glasses or lenses
may be soiled, scratched, cracked or
logged.
8. Certified headlight lenses or
devices may be improperly adjusted.
a. A lamp bulb may be in use which
| is too high or too low in candle power;
an old, inefficient, blackened or soiled
lamp bulb may be in use, or there may
be a wrong adjustment of focus or
lamp bulb.
5. A wrong adjustment of parallel
ism, unmodified beam or a wrong ad-
iustment of tilt of unmodified beams,
Again, homemade devices not GER
titled or approved by the department
may be in use, or a commercially
manufactured modifying device may
be in use which has not been certified
by the department.
Seattle industrial conditions are