Smyrna times., 1936-07-23
SAFETY LANE
STOP" TESTS
Motorists Have Their Cars In
Spected Told of What
They Mean
IN SMYRNA AUGUST 1922

Smyrna Clayton motorists who
will have the opportunity to have
their cars officially inspected wher
the Safety Lane comes to Smyrna
August 13 to August %, should be
acquainted as to the various
"stops" thru these lanes and what
they are for. For their informa-
ton we give the following:
FIRST STOP
AS heretofore, three men are
employed at the first stop on the
Safety Lane. The first employee
asks the vehicle driver for the in
spection notice, operators OF
chauffeur's licenses card and regis
tration card and whether or not
the address on the official notice is
correct. The driver is then asked
to turn off the motor and turn on
the lights. The other two men at
this stop move up the testers to
the front of the headlights and test
both high and low beams. The
first man then checks the registra-
ton card to see that it is the one
issued for the vehicle and the no
tice of inspection to see that it
agrees with the registration card.
He sees that the operators or
chauffeur's license card has been
properly signed by the driver. If
the CARDS are satisfactory, he
walks to the rear of the vehicle,
seeing that the rear and stop light
or lights function properly. The
rear lamp must show red and be
exhibited so that same is plainly
visible at a distance of five hun
dred feet to the rear under normal
atmospheric conditions, it shall be
so constructed and placed so that
the rear license plate shall be ill
animated by white light so as to
be read at a distance of fifty feet
to the rear. The operators with
the headlight testers insist that the
lamps be properly focused, tilted
properly as to height of beam and
aim for squareness. They insist
that under no circumstances will
the high beam rise above point
AZ inches above the road surface.
AS all vehicles are tested unloaded,
allowances must be made for times
when same are loaded. Allowance
of three inches for each twenty
five feet of the beam on pleasure
cars with lis inch wheel base or
less is required. All pleasure cars
with 126 inch wheel base or more
are required to allow for but one
inch drop in each twenty-five feet
of the beam. Vehicles having
wheel bases between lis and 126
inches should have load allowances
between l and 3 inches according
to their length. The first operator
examines the rear license plate to
see that same is clean and clearly
legible. He looks at the rear tires
and if wear to the extent of clear
ly exposing the fabric is noticed,
same is not approved. Trucks
that use the highways and requir-
ed by law to be equipped with
flares must show the Lane attend
ant at the First Stop three flares.
or other emergency lighting devic-
es approved by the Department.
The two men at the front of the
vehicle with the headlight testers
see that the front license plate is
clean. clearly legible and not hid
den by bumper or bumper guard.
The front tires also are examined
by these men and approved only
when wear to the extent of clearly
exposing the fabric is not appar-
ent. After the points of inspection
at this stop are covered, the first
man punches either approved or
unsatisfactory the appropriate parts
of the inspection card advising the
driver to pass to the next stop
halting the car there by means of
the emergency or hand brake.
SECOND STOP
The attendant at the next stop
observes how readily the car is
stopped by the hand brake and
win ask the driver to operate the
windshield wiper. He sees that it
has blade of good material and
that it crosses the windshield at
sufficient speed to clear it in
stormy weather. He examines the
windshield to see that the drivers
range of vision is not impaired by
dirt, cracked or otherwise reflective
glass. He walks to the rear of the
vehicle to see that the mirror will
readily show the driver vehicle
approaching from the rear, and
that his vision is not impaired by
a defective or -obstructed rear win
dow. The driver is asked to sound
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