The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
MOTOR DIGEST
Auto Activities Throughout
 The World
There arc 1900 motorcars,and 800

There arc 1900 motorcars'and 300 motor trucks in Jugoslavia.
 The county court of Kansas city Mo has ordered the removal or blll- boards and signs from the county highways.
 The Pennsylvania Department of Highways vii build 275 miles of dur able highways in 192S,24; The state has s15, 100000 available for the new construction.
 Tn the last ten years. tho United States has exported 562,000 passen- ger automobiles, valued at S53AO0o.- 90o to more than 100 different coun- tries, colonies and islands.
 Kentucky has increased lbs regis tration of cars and trucks more than three-fold in five years. In lsi1 tne toatlr was 47,420. and in 1922 1t reached a new record of l64,S21.
 Only seven states in the Union require. the examination of all motor vehicle operators, while 35 states re- o,,ire only chauffeurs to be licensed. and many of these are never ex- amined.
 The largest docket in court his- torv. in Detroit, Mich, was recently recorded when 1,20U persons were charged with violating traffic laws. Eight hundred of the accused were charged with speeding.
 An automobile driving marathon contest was recently held in Hous- ion. Tex, and Che winer, R. E. Set tie, stayed at the wheel 10l hours and 10 minutes. His car Is estimated to have covered l,SOO miles
 During the height of the season and within 36 hours, 13,93o visiting automobiles entered Atlantic Clty, the popular seashore resort or New Jersey. Police estimated that the cars contained 50,000 tourists:
 Traffic conditions Tn Lonoon are said to be very bad. Some. members of Parliament who recently visited New York, insist that the only solu, tion is to adopt New Yorks contrci system, including the traffio towers and semaphores.
 Motorists may. use any. one of s7 headlight devices in all eastern states without risk or oeIentioh rJt operating with illegal lenses. A uni form list of devices has been ratl- tiad bv Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Maryland Maine. Pennsylvania Rhode Island and Vermont.
 Thirty-six of the 4S states in the union have adopted a gasoline tax for motor vehicle use. The heaviest tax per gallon, 3 cents. Is required in six states, Arkansas, Florida, ore ron. Virginia, North Carolina ana South Carolina, Rhode Island IS the
 
 hijl has never been introduced.
 Modern wholesale concerns are now utilizing the automobile in as- sisting their salesmen on their trips. A large dry goods company. located in Seattle. covers the states od Western Montana with the use of 16 motor trucks, each carrying samples and operated by a driver who Is also the salesman.
 Motorists contribute $5oo.ooo an- nually in fines toward the expenses of the city of New York in one or the magistrate's courts. Ninety eight ner cent of all punishments are fines, the iail sentenes ordinarily being reserved for intoxicated and unli- censed operators, third offense speders and those who have failed 10 Aeiswer the court summons lssueo py She arresting officers.
 As a means of saving lives and ,,inmizing the serious effects of au- tcmobile accidents, the Red Cross mas sasirned a small motor first aid' Fox which contains supplies and ap- pliances for use in emergencles incl- dent to motoring. The box contains Q first aid text book, two regular Red Cross first aid outfits, dressing, hnndages, ointment. wire. gauge, spIints, tourniQuet and other surgfcai supplies. .A,,. ,, the world Is owned by Mrs. Lewis ton. of San Francisco. Costing $2O,- Oo0, the car is equipped with every conceivable appliance and accessory tbat would make for constant run ming. despite blinding sand storms, heavy snow falls, and devastating floods. During the last seven years. if has made 16 transcontinental trips, and covered more than 5o0.ooo miles of all kinds of roads without a single disastrous tie-up.