Evening star., 1935-07-31
AUTO LIABILITY
APPLIES TONIGHT.
AIDS SAFETY WAR
Reckless and irresponsible
Drivers to Lose Per-
mitS Under Law.
FIVE HURT NEW LOW
FOR 24-H0UR PERIOD
$40 Arrests Include 20 for Speed
ing, as Supt. Brown Issues
Eleventh Order.

The Districts new automobile op-
orators financial responsibility law
goes into effect at midnight tonight,
placing in the hands of the authori-
ties new weapon to combat reckless
and irresponsible drivers.
Bristling with penalty provisions,
the law will augment the police cam
paign of the past IL days to reduce
the number of trafic fatalities and
automobile accidents.
Meanwhile, today records showed a
new low, in combination, of persons
injured and number of accidents for
a 24-hour period since the campaign
started. A total of persons were
injured in 18 accidents from 8 am.
yesterday to 8 am. today. Only one
Of the injuries may prove serious, it
Is said.
Eleventh Order Issued.
Today Police Supt. Brown. in his
eleventh special order since the start
Of the campaign, instructed members
Of his command to enforce the law
requiring motorists to keep to the left
in passing other vehicles. The order
also instructed police to make slow
driving motorists keep in right-hand
traffic lanes.
Arrests for the 24-hour period end
ing at am. today totaled 80. OF
these 10 were for speeding. 16 for
passing red lights and 2 for reckless
driving.
As police continued to press their
campaign announcement was made
that the Board of Revelations and
Restorations had revoked the drivers
permits of 2ol District motorists dur
ing the two-week period, June IS to
June 80. In addition, II other motor
lists operating on other than District
licenses were forbidden the privilege
of driving automobiles in the District.
While the number of revocations
sets a new record for permits actually
revoked in a two-week period, the
offenses causing the revocations oc-
CURED over a period of from two TO
three months, it was said at the
traffic records Office.
Many Drunk Gases.
Driving while drunk figured in d
large number of the revocations. In
addition to 80 motorists having their
permits taken away for driving while
drunk here, 81 District residents had
them revoked for driving while drunk
in Maryland and another 20 for driv-
ing in other States while under the
influence of liquor. More than so Of
the revocations were for speeding.
Other causes for revocations included
reckless driving. leaving the scene of
an accident without making identity
known and Misrepresentation in OBJ
tanning permits One permit was re-
voked because of a motorist being Of
unsound mind. Combinations of Of
fenses played their part in other revo-
cations.
The new financial responsibility law
provides for immediate suspension Of
the operators permit and registration
| certificate, and surrender of license
tags of any motorist convicted Of op-
Grating an automobile while drunk or
under the influence Of narcotics, leav-
ing the scene Of an accident without
making known his identity, where
there has been any one injured, or If
any motoriSt fails to settle within 80
days damages Of 500 or more obtained
against him.
Once in such a difficulty motorist
cannot get back his right to drive
until he has made good any damages
and taken out insurance to the
amount Of $4,000 where a person has
been killed or 10000 insurance where
two or more persons were injured or
killed in the accidents In which his
car was involved-the sum to insure
responsibility in the event of another
accident.
Reciprocal agreements will be in
force between the District and 81
States which have financial respon-
sibility laws.
Traffic Director william A. Van
Duzer today estimated that some
where around 500 motorists year will
have to show financial responsibility,
i LIE eAITh WOAA W Uc pAdCCu On ule
department in carrying out the new
law will be handled. he said, by
clerks already on hand, aided by
emergency relief clerks in the office
Congress has made no additional ap-
preparation for Trafic Department
personnel in connection with the new
law.
From experience in States where
the law is in operation Mr.. Van
Duzer said he expects about one-third
of the motorists involved under the
new law will take out the necessary
insurance again to drive their auto
mobiles, while the other two-thirds