Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1910 — Beckless Auto Driving Should Be Stopped by Prompt Action. [ARTICLE]

Beckless Auto Driving Should Be Stopped by Prompt Action.

The fast auto driving both in town and country is a great menace and it is only a question of time until serious and probably fatal accidents will occur. A demonstrator who was here Sunday went down Washington street at a rate that all who saw him say was not less than 60 miles an hour. Tuesday evening three young fellows were trying the speed of a machine and it was driven south on Weston street at a speed that was tremendous, probably 60 miles an hour. A great big fine would put a stop to this shameful disregard of the law. It is not altogether strangers that indulge in this defiance of authority and several local car owners are guilty of the practice of speeding over our smooth streets. As a warning signs should be placed at the corporation line to the north and south on the main traveled roads. They should show in large letters what the speed through the corporation should be and officers should see that it is not exceeded without punishment to the violator.