The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
ISSUE new RULES
ON AUTO LIGHTS
Commission to Throw New
Safeguards About Au-
to Driving.
POLICE TO ENFORCE

More than three thousand automo-
bile owners in Kenosha have been pa
tiently awaiting the issuance of the
general orders Of the state industrial
commission regarding automobile light
regulations. The official publication is
expected early next week. 1t is said
that the findings Of the commission re-
garding the proposed general orders,
as recommended by the automobile
headlight advisory committee, include
the tentative orders with few changes.
The changes which the commission
is understood to have made include
the following:
In Section l, the tenth definition
given under Order 2150, reads, "By
spotlight is meant an adjustable light
ing device, consisting of lamp, refec-
tor and casing with glass front, so de-
signed as to permit the motorist to di-
rect beam of light in any direction, as
for Illuminating road signs, house num-
bers, etc." The commission, it is under
stood, will change this by adding the
phrase attached to dash board and
Change Order PISA.
Order 2154, regarding spotlights, as
reported to the commission by the
committee reads, eff a spotlight is in
stalled on any motor vehicle, it shall
be of such construction as to make it
impossible to direct the beam of light
greater than twenty-five feet in front
of the motor vehicle within the angle
defined by lines forty-five degrees to
either side of the axis of the vehicle .
The commission has changed this order
in the phrases, "To direct the beam Of
light distance greater than fifty feet
in front of the motor vehicle within
angle defined by lines thirty degrees
to either side of the axis of the
vehicle adding the phrase, "21 candle
power shall be the maximum light
power"
The commission also adds to order
PASS, regarding tail lights as affect
ing trailers, "When several trailers
are attached, only the last car needs
to have a tail light, but each vehicle
Add New Order.
A new order also has been added
to the proposed orders, which will
read as follows:
''In cities where dimming ordinances
and dimming signs are exhibited, auto
lists must obey the local law. In cities
that do not have ordinances, the rul-
ings of the commission shall apply"
The 1919 legislature amended the
automobile headlight law and added a
new section, requiring all automobiles,
motorcycles and other similar motor
vehicles when driven upon or occupy
ing any public highway from thirty
minutes after sunset until thirty
minutes before sunrise, to be provided
with sufficient lights Of such design
and so adjusted and operated as to
render use of the highway by such
vehicle safe for all,the public. 1t also
states that the headlights shall provide
light of such intensity as to enable
the driver to clearly distinguish a per-
son, vehicle or other substantial OBJ
| ject two hundred meet ahead and at
the same time be Of such type as to
avoid dangerous glare or..dazzle.
Enforcement of the rtJes is entirely
up to the local authorities; the COM
mission has no enforcing powers, and
the question is for each local police or
sheriff's department to set up proper
test stations or put inspectors on the
highway, equipped with foot-candle
meters and trained to make tests
of headlights.