Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1909 — AUTOMOBILISTS LOOK OUT. [ARTICLE]

AUTOMOBILISTS LOOK OUT.

•1 Boles and Regulations That May Bo Adopted for the Safety of the Farmers. The following bill was recently Introduced in the Assembly: 1. On discovering an approaching team, the automobilist must stop offside and cover his machine with a tarpaulin painted to correspond with the scenery. 2. The speed limit on country roads this year will be a secret and the penalty for violation will be sl9 for every mile an offender is caught going in excess of it. 3. In case the auto makes a team run away the penalty will be SSO for the first mile, SIOO for the second mile, S2OO for the third mile, eta, that the team runs in addition to the usual damages. 4. On approaching a corner where he cannot command a view of the road ahead, the automobilftt most stop not less than 100 yards from the turn, toot his horn, ring a bell, fire a revolver, hallo, and send up three bombs at intervals of five minutes. 5. Automobiles must be seasonably painted—that is, so they will merge with the pastoral ensemble, and not be startling. They must be green in spring, golden in summer, red in autumn and white in winter. 6. Automobiles running on the country roads at night must send up a red rocket every mile and wait ten minutes then proceed carefully, blowing their horn and shooting Roman candles. 7. In case a horse will not pass an automobile, notwithstanding the scenic tarpaulin, the automobilist will take the machine apart as rapidly as possible and conceal the parts in the grass. 8. In case an automobile approaches a farmer’s house when the road* are dfisty, it will slow down to one mile au hour, and the chauffeur will lay the dust in front of the house with a hand sprinkler worked over the dash board. 9. This act shall take effect immediately. •