Milford chronicle., 1928-06-29
mo- PANACEA fOr RECKLESSNESS

No PANACEA 1Or REChLESSNESS
Both sides have been heard on the
question of compulsory automobile
liability insurance. The discussion
has been in progress several years,
producing in recent months little or
no new arguments.
Advocates of the scheme advance
the suggestion that it will not only
assure recompense for those injured
or whose property has been damaged
in automobile accidents, but will al
so tend to make drivers more care
full. Opponents, however, argue that
the cost of the insurance would be
excessively high, that the courts
would be clogged with lawsuits, that
the plan would increase careless
driving rather than curb it, and that
it would not always provide proper
indemnity to injured persons.
The argument that a compulsory
liability law would tend to curb
reckless driving seems to be fallaci-
Gus. The reckless driver is reckless
whether he carries insurance or is
uninsured. The fact that an auto
mobile is insured against liability
means that legal responsibility is
shifted only so far as civil actions
are concerned. The driver involved
in an accident, no matter how much
insurance he carries, is answerable
to the police.
No one should drive unless he or
his employer is able to pay for dam
ages he may cause, and insurance is
the cheapest way to purchase such
protection. But there are thousands
Of automobile owners and drivers
who are financially irresponsible,
and among them are many reckless
lrivers. These latter inspire the ag-
tation for compulsory automobile
insurance.
So@
THE LATE Vice-President Mar
hall declared that what this coun-
ry needed was a good fve-cent Gig
r. But what it needs worse during
une, July, August and September is
comfortable hot-weather costume
or men, not only in offices and work
ooms but on the streets, in clubs
nd social gatherings. \
That fine old English man, Stanley
made of himself hero last
ear when he defied social conven-
ons, challenged the unwritten laws
so-called good breeding, and
.ughed to scorn the edicts of pro- II
riety under which men have groan- E
and sweated for generations dur E
g the dog days. He did all that by E
mply taking off his coat and hang E
g it on the back of his chair at a IL
in an aristocratic club. lE
Summer is hard on poor custom ls
Ld-convention-bound masculinity lB
It its lot, in this respect has i'm is
owed greatly in recent years. Man lis
S at last taken to lightweight is
its and has dared to discard the is
nventional vest. The younger gen Is
alton has gone so far as to throw IE
-ay hats and roll hose down to the IE
IS of low-cut shoes. lE
Now that equality between the lE
res is more or less a fact, why A4
1uld it be proper for woman to IE
pear in public in three or four IS
ces of sheerest silk and improper Isl
man to appear at dinner or in Isl
drawing room or Office in his SG
rt sleeves? When mascuIinity ac- lE
res the courage to wear straw E
s by the temperature rather than IEy
the custom calendar, it may dare lE
blue-pencil the page in the eti- lE
tie book prohibiting removal of E
coat in public. III
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NSHINE AND OUT.OF-DOORS E
he Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls E
other expOnents of the out-of- lE
rs are enjoying benefits of life in III
open. They see the things of n
world in a new light and under III
d nature better. They meet III
Ids in the same cause, swap ES
les and form congenial compan- III
hips. Every student of the big lE7
oors gets new object lessons, III
es new resolves and forms new Isl
; of character with the day of Isl
hine. B
nshine is the test of summer lE
It ripens the grain and fruit E
gives strength to the camper. E
nature has a smiling face when III
sun causes the plants to grow, III
lowers to open and the fruits to III
re. Sunshine induces youth to
ut, amid the fields and forests,
in the pure air and enjoy the III
lfulness of exercise in the open. IES
ere are profits in sunshine that E
oes not always reckon on when S
ing an outing in the open. It E
IS beauty and attractiveness III
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