Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-26

details regarding its make, it's color and
 generally. practical to reduce the pos
 sible cars to 50 small a number that each individual car of that group under
 suspicion can be examined by the po-
 lice, and in that way Identification has
 been obtained in cases where more def- mite information was lacking The of fense of evasion of responsibility is hard ly possible without punishment at this time providing there are any facts pres ent which make identification at all pos | sible. The effect of the application of
 the system upon the body of operators
 as whole has been to teach that there i is no profit in attempting to run away. It is to the credit of our self-reIiant traditions" the commissioner believes, '.and' to the close competition in sports
 and games of our childhood and youth l that we find so very many who can quaI- l fly as good drivers. The standard from the point of view of safety is improv- 1 ing
 - It is recommended that the line of ! discrimination between kinds of regis l trations be more carefully drawn by the l Incoming session of the legislature, and l the definitions more particularly set out This is especially true with regard tC l the so-cafied O-marker, which is the | registration, which permits the carrying 1 of passengers for hire by vehicles other than the jitney. The department has had extensive experience in this sub 1 ject now and it. is possible to know what the exceptions to this law ought to be There are questions constantly arising a. to how some particular person may bt authorized to carry load of passenger. in truck for special occasion; for ex ample, to a fair or a festival. Severa other examples are cited and ruling. that have been made to meet them ar, quoted.
 There is well-founded objection or
 the part of many of the owners of jit neys to the use of the word "jitney' ant there will undoubtedly be a request tha some word which is more dignified in it application be used to designate thi species of pasengser service. As resul of the cars with which jitney certifi cates and licenses are isued and perhap
 because of the application of the insur
 ance feature, the law has developed
 careful class of drivers of jitneys. Tn commissioner feels, however, that tn , insurance feature ia a hardship upo public service organizations which ru , jitneys, in the sense that the premium is extremely high" It is recommends
 that "a careful investigation should b , made with insurance companies to de termine whether it is not possible to ge 7 adequate protection at lower rates (
 insurance" The necessary details, sta tistics and facts regarding this featur
 Twill be collected and be in readiness fc
 presentation before the proper commi . tees of, the legislature of 1923.
 n Inasmuch as the basis for the motc f vehicle fee system is compensation { : the state for wear on the roads, ''it r far" the commissioner maintain . that a car which operates continual o should pay more than a car which o] . crates only occasionally and that m ' tor vehicle which operates on the higl . ways, of the state indiscriminateIy shou 2 pay more than one which operates e, ' clusively on pavements in the cities" F i, points out that, there are concerns doir .+ livery business under the O-mark d whose cars never travel outside the lir s it's of city. There are also certa 2 special: classes of such. vehicles whi, ' never. carry any passengers except ! special occasions. For example the ]: are undertakers who maintain livery ca r which never travel anywhere excepth
 in a funeral procession. There are al
 cars in aalfyery business in small toy le which are used for travel between "a n road station and the hotel, and nowhe e else.