Smyrna times., 1935-07-18
STATE SAFETY
COUNCIL NEWS
Annual Car Inspection Cam
paign Gets a Start in
All Counties
MUST PRESENT c A r ID

! AS DelaWare'S Seventh Annual
Car Inspection got under way last
Monday, State Motor Vehicle Com
missioner Walter Dent Smith ask
ed motor vehicle owners to bear in
mind that they should not come to
the Safety Lanes for inspection
unless they have with them the Of
fetal notice card sent them by the
Department. Mr.. Smith said no
car unless the driver can present
this card will be given inspection.
Last week they were mailed out to
some 55, 900 car owners throughout
the State. He asked any car own
er who failed to receive this notice
to communicate at once with the
Department so that the oversight
could be corrected. Several other
ways in which the owners could
cooperate were given by the Com
missioner as follows:
Every driver must have with
him his operators or chauffeur's
license and registration card.
Every driver should have his
1884 sticker removed from his
windshield and when given the 1885
sticker after completing his inspec-
ton at the Safety Lane should i'm
mediately attach it to his wind
shield.
Every driver should have his
car overhauled for all possible de-
fects before visiting the lanes for
inspection in order to save not only
the time of the lane crew but also
their own.
For the first time in the history
of the campaigns, which are con-
Quoted under the auspices of the
Motor Vehicle Department, the
State Highway Department and
the Delaware Safety Council, a reg
ular employee of the Motor Vehicle
Department will be in charge of
each lane. He will be attired in
uniform and will keep all records
pertaining to the inspection. Any
complaint should be made to him.
Besides him, there will be at each
lane six attendants, all attired in
shop suits with the word Safety
emblaZoned in red letters on the
backs. All have ben given a thor
ough schooling in this work and
over so per cent of them are ex-
perienced, having worked in pre-
vious campaigns.
Mr.. Smith gave the itineraries of
the Lanes outside of Wilmington as
follows:
Lane No. 3
Newark, July Is to "a.
Delaware City, July 25 to 81
New Castle, July 2e to August 8.
Middletown. August 5 to IA.
Smyrna, August Is to "a.
To be announced August 26 to 81.
Lane No. A
Dover, July Is to 20.
Milford, July % to 81.
Milton, August / to 3.
Bridgeville, August 5 to 10.
Harrington, August II to II.
F'rederica, August 19 to "a.
To be announced August 26 to 81.
Lane No. s.
Georgetown, July 15 to 20.
Seaford, July % to 27.
Laurel, July 20 to August 3.
Selbyville, August to 10.
Millsboro, August IL to II.
Rehoboth, August 10 to 21.
Lewes, August % to "a.
To be announced August 26 to 81.
Particular attention to the neces-
sity of good brakes was called by
Mr.. Smith. He said that a re-
markably poor conception of stop
ping distances is shown by motor
lists and cited a recent question
naire conducted in a survey in
which drivers of o-wheel-brake
cars in 20 per cent of the cases
said they could stop in 40 feet from
a speed of 40 miles an hour an ut
terly impossible feat.
1T is generally recognized that
only car with very good brakes
can stop in less than 80 feet from
this speed" he declared. Further
more, it is absolutely impossible for
any car to stop in so feet on an or
binary road, because it will skid
farther than that distance when
all wheels are locked.
'It is apparent that quite few
drivers do not realive the distance
required for complete stop of the
vehicle which they are driving, and
certainly few people realize the in
crease in distance required for
stopping at increased speeds. These
drivers probably are not SO ignor-
ant and dangerous as the replies
I would indicate; many drivers do
not know what 40 feet or 80 feet
is, and in actual driving they prob
ably allow much greater distance
in which to STOP"
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