The Penn's Grove record., 1921-09-09
Autos Cause Tremendous Death List

NAV he obtaioed from . strikinG
statement made NV M oietra+e F1,ad2
orick r Honse of The New York Traf
fc Cont. To tbe Times of that civ.
Hero in +bis ci+v ,vo kiT an avc,a oa
If three nersons a daH 6nrino tie
aiobtoen months onr mon ,rero on the
f@htinp front wben AZ 0OO mon zvera
kiiIed in hattie or died Of wound re-
oai,-ad in action al nO0 neonIa of V-bon,
- 600 yyere children waTa killed on
tho nIblic biobwavs Of +bis country.
In This CONT 9Ione&+o how the need
for moro comnetant and careful
drivers Of automobiles barn-un tried
over 10 600 cases of traffic ~reguIation
greacLae last vear and at tho nreeor+
naco The fgl,a VIII raacb 5O ono tbis
Tear
Co,nnarisop If tho nrtobor Of acct
don't at homo viii hos in foreion
cities is not n-articuIarIv instructive
miles, II i n6seible 70 faLa into ac-
count the resnoctiva numbers of mo
fors onara+ed &c VOL a tho manila
lions If tba ci+ios comnarod And ,o+
he .+atis4ics Of riff fa-a1itias in
paris dlrino Q > which have inst
baap p7ada n1bIic arc MOI uritbou+ in
ferasf + dnnaals tbo+ onIv 150 nor
sons v-aIn kiiiIed ort,i~bt dr,i1o the
rear. and Of these onlv r. met Heath
in motor accidents A. fatalities hay
mo baan due tn street or. and otba,.
ve3fcIe.
Stata and local au+bolitia. arc mot
Mind TO The OWL Of recI1ass DRIVING
even tLo5gb the nroo1ess tbaT have
made in G6ec[ino i * not ~enconTao-
mo some Of fbeo byiols remedies are
not within their orasn students Of
-he pgobIem are GENERALLY AGREED that
annliran+s for drivers licenses sbou]d
he 1aoIIirgd to mass q +boroIob +es+ in
he nIasrnce Of dglv qualified insnec-
5o}s his is q stem in t5e rinb+ dfrec-
fion bIt in MANI Statas the n,ln,ber
Of in.nar+ore vvoIlId bave +o he in
creased tenfold in order to nroyide 2
force flat could do the v-6,k tbo7-
ouoblv
0+bnr detarrents nronosed are moro
stringent Iaws and more rioorons en-
forcernent of those already mon the
statute books. The courts have been
reluctant TO impose prison sentences
eycept in the most fragrant cases: but
tbere annears 70 he q ~oeneraI disno-
sition to hold careless or intoxicated
drivers more and moro strictly TO ac-
count, Owners as we'll as drivers will
probably feel the pressure of this ten
] dency. Onlv a few weeks ago a Phil
adelphia judge was reported to have
said, in effect: Gear owners should
not be allowed to hire chauffeurs to
do their killing for Them which was
interpreted to mean that when the
owner of the car is riding in it and his
driver causes loss of life, the employer
must bear his proper share of the
legal responsibility for the accident.
Fines, especially when heavy, have
some deterrent effect upon irresponsi-
bic drivers; but unfortunately it often
happens that the most fragrant offend
ers are those who are least inconveni-
enced by a penalty that may be paid
on the spot merely by handing over
a check for the amount of the fine.
There is urgent need for some entirely
new and adequate form of punishment
Tor such dellnquents' and it Is to the
interest OF every community to md
IL, even thou@h the task may involve
some experimentation
Nearly a year g an interesting
proposal was MADE 6y MI; r. A: Skel-
ton, OF New ofK, MI. SkeIton.s sug-
gestloh' win some Arrangement, Is
mere presented
An act of legislature would author
ize and require boards of commissions
issuing licenses to furnish license tags
Of various distinctive forms and col
ors; There would be a stock pattern
and color for the use Of l%aw-abiding
motorists and contTastlngiy different
designs TO be displayed by persons
convicted Oh violation OF the traffic
laws Nlthout feclhdlhg existing pen
aItleS Iof mlSdemeanors OF the road,
the act would empower the courts to
comipel convicted car owners to turn IN
their ordinary tags and to display IN
thelr stead, during the period deslg-
mated by the court, one OF the special
penal tags which by Its form and
color would advertise the TACT that the