Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 April 1939 — Page 19
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, APRI Automobile News—
Stiver, Safety Chief, Hails Legalized Drunkometer T est
New Statute Will Protect Innocent on Road, in Court, He Writes.
(First of a Series)
By DONALD F. STIVER State Director of Public Safety Enactment of the new traffic safety laws by the 1939 Legislature
Stream Lines
Even Wishbone Goes Into Modern Car; 44 States Require Licenses for Drivers.
~NE-FOURTH of all the industrial research laboratories in the United States are maintained either by the automobile industry or by
has made Indiana the first state to| makers of materials used in motor cars, according to the Automobile legalize the drunkometer test as Manufacturers’ Association.
proper evidence in court against motorists charged with driving while intoxicated.
# 8 8 ® 8 » A snowshoe, a dog collar, a hairpin and a tin hat are among the
This legislation is an important components of a modern automobile, as are a wishbone and a gooseneck. step in the State's campaign to rid | In parts lists, these and other items are identified by number and de-
the streets and
| scriptive terms, but the shop talk of the factory workers is not only
highways of dangerous, drunken drivers. In addition to § helping enforcement officers get convictions in traffic cases, the law will serve to protect mild drinkers and sober drivers from unfair prosecution through biased § witnesses.
. Stiver Under the law, wr Ne
| simplified but more colorful. While the car’s tin hat is worn on the rear
|axle, the hairpin is a device applied to hold the pedal springs in place.
| In addition to the dog collar, which is ‘a muffler clamp, there is a bottle | cap on the engine water jacket. Lamp guards are “fish”; a set of ‘horseshoes” are used on shock absorbers and elsewhere may be found a “pancake,” a “spider” and a “banjo.” 2 8 = ® 8 =» The average new-car buver comes into the market about every third year and recent estimates indicate that the average used-car buyer replaces his car about every 18 months. #2 8 8 4 & 4 Only four states now permit persons to operate automobiles without
a driver's license.
if a drugometer test showed the
blood content in a driver's body to be .05 per cent (about two ounces) | or less, the accused motorist would not be sufficiently under the influ-|
ence of alcohol to be an unsafe driver. Usual Alibi Spiked
But on the other hand, if the test
showed a driver's body to have a
blood alcohol content of between
[05 per cent and .15 per cent, it is
considered relevant evidence for use
when the symptons warrant prosecution, but not conclusive evidence that the driver is entirely under the influence of intoxicants. In this alcohol content zone, the evidence would intend to show that the driver had consumed from three to six ounces of whisky. This additional evidence is often sorely needed as
the usual alibi is that the driver had
but “one or two glasses of beer.” Tests showing a driver's content is .15 per cent or abcve usually means that he has consumed more than one-half a pint of whisky and
is prima facie evidence that the de-|
fendant was under the influence of
alcohol sufficient to lessen his driv-|
ing ability within the meaning of
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EEKLY wages of autombile factory workers averaged $31.35 in January this year, compared with $25.15 in the same month in 1938, the Automobile Manufacturers Association reports. Work hours per week averaged 34 against 2714 during the same period last year. Hourly rates of pay increased a half cent over the 92 cent figure, according to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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the statutory definitions of the of- :
fenses. Studies made in various parts of the world and covering observations upon more than 10000 individuals show that 100 per cent of persons have their driving ability impaired with this concentration of blood alcohol. Other Tests Possible
The law does nol require use of |’
the drunkometer test exclusively. Blood, urin or breath tests may be used. The drunkometer, which computes the blood alcohol content from the breath, is most convenient to use. The tests will result in a much higher proportion of guilty pleas in the courts and a higher percentage of convictions in cases which go to trial. The conditions surrounding an automobile accident frequently make it difficult to obtain reliable information relative to sobriety, since the person in the accident may behave abnormally, even when he has not been drinking. The tests have been used to exonerate motorists who behave abnormally but who had not been drinking or had been drinking very little.
NEXT—Reckless Homicide
NEW LINGOLN SALES, SERVICE UNIT OPEN
The Mercury 8 Sport Convertible. 2 & # # & = Available estimates indicate that 3000 of the 90,361 Diesel-powered vehicles in the world are registered in the United States. Nearly half (of these were built within the last two years. Twelve truck and bus | manufacturers in this countty produced more than 2000 oil-burhing vehicles with 938 of them for export trade. Of 163 units sold during | the first two months of this year, only 32 were delivered abroad. # = #8 # 8 | North Side and East Side Chevrolet Cos.’ staffs are celebrating the | breaking of their March sales quota. They sold 210 new cars last month.
l. .. The B, T. Gates Motor Co., DeSoto and Plymouth dealer, has moved [from 3345 Central Ave. to larger quarters at 3327 N. Illinois St. . . . {A 400 per cent increase in new car sales last month over March, 1038, |was the result of a sales contest conducted by C. 0. Warnock, Ford dealer. Fifteen of the 18 salesmen employed by Mr. Warnock made their ‘quotas. . . . BE. O. Winings has been appointed a special representative to handle the account of the Trimble Oil Corp. by the U. S. Tire Dealers Corp. He will develop both commercial and wholesale business for the Trimble Corp. in the tire field. , . . Dewey Lewis, Lewis & Winkler Motors, Inc. president, Nash dealer here, reports a 414 per cent increase | during the second 10 days of March over the same period last year. . ..
| LONG ‘DEATH RAYS’ WANTED Look for LONDON, April 13 (U. P.) —A reward it being offered hy the Afr Full Page of BARGAINS | Ministry to anyone who can produce in F IDAY S TIMES
Fred Williams Jr, whe has been associated with the sale of Lincoln | automobiles the last 15 years, this] week opened a new Lincoln, Lincoln- | Zephyr and] Mercury dealer- | ship at the] southwest corner | of Ninth and! Meridian Sts. | The showroom | has been redecorated and a complete line of cars| has been in-| stalled. A serv-| fce department] at the rear of) the establish-, ment, under di-| Mr. Williams rection of Otto Moyer, has been | equipped with an entrance on Ninth | St. out of the Meridian St. traffic. Members of the retail sales staff, ! all Indianapolis men, include R. G.| Lazarus, Charles Irvin, Ralph W.
[Eines at & distance greater than 100 |MURPHY'S 5&10
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Registered Optometrist—Office at 137 W. Wash. St
Henderson and Max Snyder. |
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5 AUTO FIRMS REPORT SALES GAIN IN MARCH
Figures Show Business |
Increase Over Same Period in 1938.
Officials of five automobile coms« panies today reported increased sales volume during March. Reaching the largest volume since July, 1087, retail sales of Ford V-8 cars and trucks and Mercury cars in March totaled 73,345 units, a 56 per cent increase over March, 1037, J: R. Davis, general sales manager of the Ford Motor Co. announced at Dearborn.
Deliveries on Upturn
Factory sales of Willys-Overland cars last month were 39.8 per cent over February, according to Joseph W. Frazer, company president. Deliveries to dealers and distributors were up 66.2 per cent. A sharp rise in retail deliveries of Oldsmobile sixes and eights during the last 10 days of March, brought national sales volume for that period to 6382 units, an increase of 60 per cent over the previous 10 days, factory officials at Lansing, Mich., reported.
Retail Sales Jump
Chevrolet dealers’ retail sales in the last 10 days of March totaled 88,836 units, as compared with 50,« 750 in February and with 62,880 in March of last year. Pontiac sales figures for the last 10 days of March, the month of March and the first quarter of 1830 showed marked increases over previous periods of this year and over corresponding periods of 1938. The percentage increase for the last 10 days was 44 per cent over the seeond 10 days of March, 90 per ceat over the final period of I'cbruary and 40 per cent over the last 10 days of March, 1938.
PONTIAC DEALERS READY FOR SCHOOL
Pontiac dealers and all their em-
ployees will “go back to school” |}
April 14, A training course under the direction of D. M. House, zone manager, will include both sales and service methods. This is the third school of its kind to include es training and the second in which service methods are covered. The daytime classes will deal | with selling. Charts and moving | pictures will be used. The service
men will receive attention in the |
evening.
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