Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1939 — Page 11

~*itomobile News—

“Why Build for 90-Mile Speed, Then Pass Laws . To Forbid It?’

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. The proper place for control of ~ automobile speed is at the factory, : . Dr. Murray N. Hadley, 3132 N. New ‘ | Jersey St., chairman of the Com- | mittee on Traffic Hazards of the { Indiana State Medical Association, said today. i: “From the standpoint of simple logic,” he said, “what is the use “of building a motor capable of 70, +80 or 90 amiles an hour and then

passing laws forbidding their use?ds = Such a law already has been in-|

£ troduced in Congress by a Representative from Maryland. § “, “This is a drastic and revolutionary method but entirely justi‘fled when we reflect that from £1922 to 1936, there were 415,937 people killed in automobile ‘accidents, exceeding by a wide margin: the number of American soldiers killed in action or who died of wounds in all the wars in which this country has ever participated.”

Few Arrested on Open Road

Dr. Hadley said* he believes “if our present laws act as a deterrent ta igh speed on the open highways, it would be reflected in-the number ; of arrests made for violation of the aw.” He said State Police informed ‘him that they made 1605 arrests for ‘speeding | ‘in 1938 as defined by “the present law, and that only 12% he cent of this. number was on “the open highway not in zones re“stricted to definite speed limits. © “The fact that approximately this “percentage of people were arrested “in 1938 for violating the Indiana ‘speed law is sufficient reason for ‘ the reputation the State has of havLing a ‘no speed limit law’,” Dr. Had“ley said. ~ *Tt is true that if every driver “knows what a safe speed is and would voluntarily limit his speed to a safe rate under the road condi- . tions present, the law as it now is “would he an ideal one. . “But the evidence is comnvincing that the man behind the wheel either does not know what safe speed is ' or deliberately takes chances. In any event, Indiana’s reputation of having no law limiting reckless speed is well merited.

Link High Speed and Deaths

“The facts are that most people believe that high speed is a major factor in fatal accidents,” Dr. Hadley . “Popular polls have shown A be the belief of the majority, and every driver of an automobile : is conscious of the fact. The diffi- } re arises in devising ways and E eans to reduce speed to safe ‘rates, and in determining exactly what is a safe speed limit under the conditions of modern traffic.” _ Dr. Hadley said that in Providienee, R. I, a safety campaign the . slogan of “Not more brow i miles per “hour in Providence.” The campaign resulted in “ga reduction in traffic fatalities from 41 in Degember, 1937, to 16 in December, 1938, he said.

‘Average Dealer Stocks Fewer New Cars

Times Special DETROIT, Jan. 27.—The average automobile dealer has fewer used ‘cars to sell this year and is stock‘ing fewer new cars, but he has not reduced his stock of used cars as much as he has his new ones. This was indicated today by a report from the National Automobile Dealers Association after a survey covering 750 dealers in the United. States. They represented ip per cent of the sales made in 1938. . As of December, 1938, used’ car inventories were! 18 per cent lower ‘and new car stocks were reduced almost 35 per cent. The area, of which Indiana was apart, showed a 36 per cent decrease in new car inventories and a 29 /per cent derrease in used cars. The dollar inventory was not reduced proportionately,’ the dealers said, because the used cars on hand now represent newer, higher priced automobiles.

Purdue Highway Research Aid Named

Times Special “ LAFAYETTE, Jan. 27.—Kennett B. Woods has been named assistant rofessor of highway research in he School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University, it was announced today. Mr. Woods, who formerly was with the Ohio Department of Highways, also is to be assistant director ,of the highway wesearch project sponsored by Purdue and the State Highway Department. . © Prof. R. B. Wiley, head of the {2 of Civil Engineering, is administrator for the project and. Mr. Woods will have charge of tests. Studies have been made on bitumi- * nous surface treatments, on the re- * sults of frost action in various kinds . of roads, and a test road has been built northwest of the campus.

Ford Gives Rules for ‘Safe Winter Driving

: Times Special : DETROIT, Jan. 27.—The Ford : Motor Co., after a series of labora‘tory tests for safe driving, today | recommended the ' following pretionary measures: Jeautions praking on icy stretches do not disengage the clutch, until the motor is on the point of stalling. ‘Gently apply and release the brakes $to prevent wheel lock and serious

not attempt to ‘apply the kes: while taking turns but slow gradually when approaching

tires are at least 1000 per less adhesive on ice than on

“Put kd Power Into Motors For Safety, Urges Dr. Hadley

Installed

Roy E. Hickman, Hickman ' Oldsmobile, Ine., president, has been installed as president of the Indianapolis Auto Trade Association. : Other officers installed were William R. Krafft, president of

Monarch Motors Co., vice president: T. Browning Gent, president of Browning Gent Co., Inc., sec retary, and W. A. B. Hanchett, of Packard Indianapolis Inc., treasurer.

WARNS MOTORISTS OF ICY HIGHWAYS

No Changes Made in Detours ‘Or Bridge Runarounds.

‘The State Highway Department warned . motorists. of .icy road’ conditions in its weekly Xoad bulletin today. The Department said no changes had been made during the week in detours or bridge runarounds. Detours in effect are: U. S. 33—From U. S. 6 west and north 7% miles over Roads 6 and 13. Ind. 145—From 1 mile north of New Boston to Fulda, 612 miles over county gravel.

dry pavement. Good tires are important. In the event of a skid, usually originating in the rear wheels, do not attempt to turn against the skid but if the rear wheels. skid to the right turn the front wheels to the right.

Crossing Accidents Decreased in 1938

Times Special NEW YORK, Jan. 27—There were fewer highway-railroad grade crossing accidents in the first 10 months of 1938 than in the corresponding period of 1937, the Safety Section of the Association of American

Railroads announced today. At the same time, the report said,

‘the number of deaths from such

accidents decreased. Accidents at such grade crossings in the first 10 months of 1938 totaled 2669. There were 3585 during the same period of 1937. Fatalities in the same periods totaled 1159 and 1589, Yespectively, or a decrease of 3 :

GOVERNOR ASKS FAIRER BURDEN ON MOTORISTS

But Opposes Move to Cut State Revenue, He Tells. Purdue Road School.

Times Special LAFAYETTE, Jan. 27. —Governor

| Townsend was on record today as

favoring any proposal to adjust the

fairer distribution of ‘the burden, but said he -would oppose any at-

. [tempt to “decrease the State's rev=

enue.” Speaking before the Purdue Road School last ‘night, the Governor said: “I have been interested during the last several days to observe some of the proposals which have been made in the General Assembly with relation to the general subject of roads and thefinancing of roads. “The latest proposal, and the one I look upon with the most favor, would provide a flat $1 rate for all passenger motor vehicle licenses. would repeal the truck weight tax

tax 1 cent. Praises State’s Roads

“This proposal would not increase the cost of motoring for the average motorist, nor would it decrease the amount of money for highway purposes.

a million to a million dollars to the highway fund with the normal increase. anticipated in the consump-

nor said that Indiana “had the best all-around system of any state in the Union.”

Concerned Over Accidents

In citing accident toll figures the Governor said he “was deeply concerned over this problem.” " He said

activities of various governmental

‘and private groups there had been

a reduction in traffic deaths of approximately 26 per cent this year.

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