Evening star., 1933-02-05
In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

scores of other industries will hun
again to provide the auto makers with
the hundreds Of materials and finished
products that go into the modern car
Three Special Buildings.
At least three large special buildings
will house individual automobile or &C.
cessory exhibits at the Chicago expo
sition. The Chrysler Sales Corporation
General Motors Corporation and Fire
stone Tire & Rubber Co. will each have
its own building.
General Motors plans to put s1,200,-
600 into its exhibits at the fair. In
cluded in its display will be complete
assembly plant, where visitors can see
motor cars put together.
In one section of the Chrysler Build
ing, visitors will see cars subjected tc
every possible physical test by device
will be permitted to drive cars mounted
on rollers through a covered passage
way.
The Firestone Building will house a
completely equipped tire factory. Here
tires at the rate of one every 10 min
utes will be manufactured before the
eyes of the visitors.
The exhibits of other members Of the
motor industry will be displayed in the
Travel end Transportation Building
Here mans tremendous advancement In
transportation in the last 100 years will
be demonstrated. The old numbering
stage coaches, the first steam engines
and railroad cars, and the ponderous
early automobiles, standing beside their
modern successors. will tell graphically
the story of mans winning battle to
achieve comfort as he travels.
hit in,
will be the glass automobile of the
Borg-W,rner Corporation. All but a
few essential parts Will be made OF
c-asc so the visitor ccn sea exactly
how things Toik To make the lesson
Is simple as possible, the operation OF
each quto par, will be shown with
some simple household device operated
on the same basic principle. For eX-
ample, the action of the carburetor Will
be much easier to understand when
one sees beneath 1t simple perfume
atomi1er performing the same work.
1888 Safety Needs.
The decline of approximately Is per
cent in the number Of motor vehicle
accidents during 1882, as compared
with 1881, emphasizes the Importance
of continuing the effort to eliminate
the factors responsible for these hlgn-
way tragedies.
This statement was made by the
District of Columbia division OF the
American Automobile Association.
While q decline in the number ol
registered motor vehicles and curtaileo
use of those in operation contributed
to the downward trend of fatal accl-
dents" said the A. A. A.. there car
be no doubt that the effective admins
tration of safety measures has also beer
helpful"
Foremost in the field Of safety legis-
lation, the statement continued, Is the
A. A. A. safety-responsibility law, de-
signed to control the reckless and IRE.
sponsible operators Of motor vehicles
now in effect in 19 States in this coun-
try and in six Canadian provinces.
It was added that this legislation will
be considered in at least 20 States dur
ing the present sessions OF the Legls-
latures and is also pending in Con-
gress for enactment for the District Of
Columbia.
With reference to the safety-respon-
sibility law the D. c. division said, 1r
part:
The law has three primary OBJ
jectives-frst. to provide an incentive
for careful and safe driving and to con-
troll or eliminate the reckless driver
second, to compel those drivers who
have demonstrated their recklessness tC
establish evidence of financial response
bilitv for the future as a prerequisite
to their regaining the privilege oi
driving and, third. to furnish an in.
centive for payment Of otherwise un-
collectible judgments arising from au.
tomobile accidents"