Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1917 — He Blamed the Car. [ARTICLE]

He Blamed the Car.

Now and again an automobillst will throw discretion and dusttothe -winds —a nd hit —th e' close 1 y wa t ched highway for a speed of 30 miles or more. This is strictly prohibited, of course, and is a reflection upon the law-abiding qualities of the speeder. But in the case of a man in the New York traffic court the same speed -was ■accomplished without discredit to the court, and inasmuch as he himself was utterly innocent, he was let off with a fine of $75. “It ain’t me, yer honor,” he explained, "but it’s the blame car I got. It’s one of those that’ll either go eight miles or eighty. It won’t do nothing in the middle. It ain’t no medium speed. A feller don't like to go along eight, and they won’t let.yer go along at 80. What’s a guy to do when he’s got a funny car like that?” So then the court told him what a guy, for the\ nonce. Avas expected to do.