The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-04
MOTOR DIGEST
Auto Activities Throughout
 the World

Between 14,O0o and 15,ooo taxicabs are operating on the highways of New York city every day.
 The United States is now producing more than threefourths of the auto mobiles of the world.
 Iron, cork, glass and rubber have been experimented with for making roads to stand heavy motor traffic
 In Germany, there are 165,315 auto motive vehicles of all kinds. or one car to each 300 of population.
 Old stage coaches, which have been on the streets of London for years, are now being mounted on automo- piles and used as busses.
 A bill has been introduced in the legislature in New York requiring every automobile owner in the state to take out indemnity insurance.
 A whistle has been designed for the automobile radiator, which makes a noise and automatically displays a red signal when the water over- heats.
 Twenty-four states in the union have reciprocal" laws for visiting motorists to operate cars. Other states permit visitors from seven days to four months.
 There are approximately 120 we'll established automobile manufacturers in the United States. They provide about 600 models, including open and closed styles.
 The International Grand Prize automobile race will be held in Italy in September of this year. This is the first time this race will be run outside of France.
 According to the present outlook, b0.000 American automobiles may be shipped into England during 1923 The production in that country this year is estimated at 75,000 cars.
 Approximately SO0.000 automobiles toured the historic battlefield at Gettysburg. Pa, last year. Cars from every state in the union were found touring the 22 miles of government highways.
 A new $4oo,Ooo club house was re- gently opened in New York city for professional operators of private au tomobiles. The title of chauffeur being objectionable. the organization is called "The Society of Profess sional Automobile Engineers"
 Automobile tractors. similar to the type used in the successful tour across the Sahara desert, recently were op- erated in the Pyrennes, in France. to an altitude of 1,725 metres. The little machines surmounted a noun tain pass in deep snow.
 a11 At campaign. fatal automobile accidents in Connecticut were reduced 17.6 per cent in 1922. There was one fatal accident for every 6O2 motor vehicles registered in 1921. and one for every 70S vehicles the following year. City officials of Cincinnati. O.. are utilizing the moonshine whisky seized by the police in raids as an anti freeze aid for radiators of city auto mobiles. While it had been the cus- tom to pour the contraband liquor into the sewers, in the new way the expense of alcohol is saved. Instead of imposing a fine or Jail sentence on traffic law violators, Judge E. R. Burgess of Racine. Wis, in an effort to make the punishment fit the crime, is making reckless automobile drivers walk for 30, 60 or 90 days. People sentenced ito the sidewalk" may ride in trolley cars or jitney busses.
 Of the 305 leading passenger auto mobile and truck factories in the United States, only 101 make their own engines; II their own carbure- tors their own ignition; 70 their own clutches 97 their own trans missions and S3 their own rear axles. All the rest, by far the predominant majority have their parts made for them by unit manufacturers.