Imperial Valley press., 1926-05-11
LAW FOR AUTO
SPEED URGED BY
LIGHT CAR MEN
Wisconsin Already Has
Enacted Legislation to
Aid Drivers.

Legislation such rs that recently
passed in Wisconsin placing the
'tfNImum speed II cars on IN. hiai
W4yS at 10 miles an hour a,lu the
,ainimum at - miles au hour i
t5iiaelHg 4 severe haHdie9p ru ea.
leht cars. Tha new agitation far
Il great nationwide speed law allow
IN - niles an hour on specially laid
tt main arteries or on highways
where stop limitations ale place.,
1T aIl entering streets will add to
this and manv light cars will b.
unable to maintain the desirable
"tolagcs fer any length o. time.
These laws are apparently aimed
L" offset the long, tedious pradr,
especially on Sundays, where greet
lines of cars, stretching for miles.
are moving ar I'm average speed Of
ten to fifteen miles an.houf.
in Il measure. tncy in licatc aa
approximation of the Europcan idea
Of speed on the highways where
mach higher average rates are mann
tanned than i, the ease here, Gcspitr
h" far greater general use of motor
c@lS IN this country than m thc Eo-
r"roan countries. 1t is not unlike
ly that they will rrsultiu Il nc%
type of small ear on the Europcan
PATTERN.
1T is the contention of highway en-
gincors, as W>ll ay of motor car cn
gmccrS, that something besides
Highway legislation will be neces-
"arN before we can approach the
Average speed 1t which European
tfattic moves.
During the past two years there
has been q pronounced tendency
or th" prrt of American builders Of
motor ears to ligttcr the weight If
tH,ir product, to speed UP tac mo-
."rs aud to dcvriop greater powers
IF acrcicration.
Most Of thiS work has been done
"L cars which represent uul, dhom
- per cent of the total number of
'als in use. The great - per ccut
which is formed by tn, small car,
h"> shown little advance along The, q,
liIeS. According to engineers, the
r"Nt great step will oe taken by
m'nufacturrrS Of this type Of We.
hiclc. =.
II is generally known thar cor-
tain of the larger manufacturer
are already At work upon advanced
tlPcS of small, light ralS, fashion
ed somewhat along the line, whica
haVr been adopted by jhr bcttar
IieoWn English and French builders
aud radical charges are anticipated
during the balance Of the year,
\ small car, of>What may hr term
cd short Wheelbasc. with the speed
ard endurance of the larger cars.
snort tuning radius, and quick ac-
celcratjon ability, able to negotiate
cur ideas of hills ON high geut mar
te. looked forward to rs {; real fac-
tor in the solution of our road cou-
gc>t ION.
such a ear, with ability to acccl-
o~.tc rs rapidly as the larger and
higher powered cars, with II speed
range M, to so miles an hou and
With room, to carry five pns .cugcIs
iH a touring or ~rdan model would
find readily acceptance amonS hun
jreds of thousands of BUYERS.
Were it TO b. built upon the high
lr efficient plans OF EWopcaB en-.
4mcclS, it might. at first glance,
nike the average Americau user
u, SNAIL but such an impression
would quickly vanish us its pown
and performance capacity became
rcroYui>,d.
Ouc experimental car ot this ma.
turc on a $50 mite "trip through
aiichigan, Indiana and Illinois maju
taiucd 4 road ovcla2c OF, h'ttrr thaa
:o, miles am hour despite the fla 4
thot scNcrpl popuIou> cities vcu
truNcrScd aud the drive was mad,
'cr Saturday Afternoon Nhu -
road traffic WAS nc"NN
( Th's r1t ,va> driven ~ G' ndj"~ "r
hour visa all ne feeling Of stability