Evening star., 1926-09-15

poor risks along with the good ones.
The new insurance is to cost autOmO-
bile owners in this State approximately
1S,000.000 for the first year"
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The Massachusetts experiment. in
the opinion of the Youngstown Vindi-
Gator, will be closely watched by all
the rest Of the States and by foreign
countries as we'll" The Vindicator
quotes the Bay State insurance COM
missioner as calling the law radically
novel" and as expressing mo fear
that such a law might encourage
carelessness. The Youngstown paper
feels that "the country has been wait
ing for some State to try such an eX-
pertinent as this" and predicts that
'if Massachusetts finds the scheme
practical, it will soon be adopted ev-
erywhere" A feature which is en-
phasized by the Lowell Evening
Leader is that following a suggestion
which had the support of the automo-
bile clubs affiliated with the American
Automobile Association, the rates on
the various classes of cars are not
identical for the entire State, but vary
in each of the three territories into
which it has been divided"
"The Massachusetts law includes
every motorist; there is no loophole," ="
according to the Paterson Morning
Call. ''The protagonists of the law
claim that no law will be easier to en-
force than this. The motorist cannot
drive for long without license plates
before being apprehended, and he can
not possibly obtain his license plates
until he has proved that he has done
a-o of +La flroo fbipUc roado ma nda
tory in the law There is no escape
and no one is absolved from comply
ing with the law" The Call describes
the three things from which the mo-
torist may make his choice. He may
take out a liability insurance policy
for S. 900, or give surety bond for
SIS 900, or deposit with the State $1,000
in cash or securities.
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The Wilmington Delmarvia Star re-
cords the fact that in Delaware the
decision has been made by Pomona
Grange ito petition the next legisla-
ture for law requiring the owners of
all motor-driven vehicles to carry liza
bility insurance, and predicts that
the insistence Of the farmers organ
ization upon protection from ire
SpOnS1Dle motor drivers is llkely 10
focus the serious attention of lawmak-
ers on the subject" That paper OBJ
serves that Sin many States compul-
sorry liability insurance for motorists
! is already being planned, and out in
Illinois a committee of lawyers is
drafting a statute which will require
all drivers to carry such insurance"
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin re-
marks that such action has been urged
| in Pennsylvania on several occasions,
and urged that makers and sellers of
motor vehicles would serve their own
business interests were they to unite
with motorists to obtain from the next
session of the legislature an adequate
compulsory liability insurance law"
Objection to such q law for Con.
| necticut is raised by the New London
| Day on two grounds. 1t holds that
"to make such insurance equitable ii
must be provided by the State, and
| State insurance Is not q good idea. "
| That paper also argues: Suppose we
had a compulsory law in Connecticut.
We would still have to receive motor.
lists from all the other States. They
might not be insured. And what good
would our compulsory insurance law
be to the fellow who was run down by
an irresponsible motorist from New
! Jersey"