New Britain herald., 1926-03-15
RIGID SAFEGUARDS
 FOR BUS PATRONS
Motor Vehicle Dept. Restrictions
 on Drivers Severe

Hartford. March l5.--so great is the responsibility imposed upon drivers Of public service motor vehi- clcs, especially large buses carrying many passengers at a time. that an , extremely careful investigation of the character of each before he IN licensed IS proposed by the state motor vehicle department in the March bulletin just issued,
 rho process Tn the past has been 1 that no intending public service op- orator could receive a license with out a certificate of moral character from some police chief" it says, but that law has been changed un- I til now the phase mentioned is more limited, It is now provided that tho commissioner of motor vehicles may not issue public service li- ccnse 10 any person who has q criminal record. This is impossible i of aScertainment. unless the intend ing operator himself tells about it, There ought to be provided in i's stead a careful checkinE-up of the man and he should be obliged, in ad- vance Of qualification. to file infor- nation with a competent authority. possibly the state police, with ref erenccs"
 The bulletin also calls attention 10 the need Of additional law for ! 1 n .rs tNt tAr ts4
 neys closer distinction between
 motor vehicles bearing the marker i "ith the 70" prefix 1. C. taxicabs and livery cars and method by which manufacturing organizations, [ schools and such institutions may transport their empoyes, or mem
 hcrs at the least possible cost for
 greater service, The entire bulle-
 tin of the current issue is devoted to a discussion of public service mo- tor vehicles and their operators.
 Careful consideration of the scope Of federal court decisions which. et first view, were construed 10 permit interstate buses 10 run wild" SO | A'l blIllpI ivy lIt IlllPTtllL states was concerned, "has led 10 the conclusion" according 10 the bulle- tn. that state may, in the exer- else Of its police power, impose rtgu- lations which tend to safeguard its ci'izens.' Therefore, the Connecti- cut motor vehicle department has insisted upon registration of inter state buses under Connecticut mar | kers bearing the symbol IN.
 The state has also exercised con- trol by enforcement of police regu- lations to the same extent as it does over purely intrastott vehicles. The control is incomplete, however, as compared with that exercised over the intrastate jitnoys The existing law Is construed as not authorizing the state 10 regulate routes of inter- s'ate buses, frequency of passage through the state and other details as it does in the case of intrastato .iitnoys.
 It is reconnmtnded that people or organizations which rent cars on the so-called "driye-yturself" basis De required 10 protect the public by insurance or similar conraen on all vehicles, against personal injury and property damage, and by required Inspection and determination of the qualification of the person who Is going to drive each car rented.
 " IT h THGnptt Yh,tlNlt, 'raiors in Connecticut, the bulletin says that the departments statistics show good driving on the part of most present public service opera tnrs,' They have not participated in many accidents and "th~y hrc generally able and of good ch3rac. ter"