Show CLUBS f SPEED TRAP Shake Down Constables i and Grafting Judges Condemned How the shaking down of motor m i tor tourists affects b business and dl di diverts d verts Crts trade from those states slates that th do not curb the questionable ides oC or constables and magistrates Is evidenced In a the public publicity It given i recently to the unreasonable In fin Ining lag ing of a veteran motorist motorist en route to Florida as told In a recent bul- bul bulletin bulletin buletin letin of the American Automobile The A A A directly as well as through a-through through a number of its affiliated clubs In Virginia was sins by a aNew iNow Now New Jersey motorist for tor assistance in fighting what he brands as pub pub- public lIc outrages by limiting the totes and po powers ers of local justices of the peace by rerouting re routing traffic where hert speed traps and other shake shakedown permitted to do down n schemes are arc pe exist and bv by bringing the matter o of business loss to the attention of the larger to towns tons ns and cities on routes where tourists are being vie r CHANGE ROUTING According to the A A A bulls bulle- bulletin bulletin tin the pressure belu being brought to 10 bear upon the automo automobile automobile automobile bile clubs by tourists who are thus molested may necessitate re rout rout- routing routing Ing of a number of principal tours with ith many innocent localities su- su suf- suf suffering suf suffering fering horn flom the loss of tourist bus bus- business iness mess thus diverted The practice of capitalizing the tourists tourist's natural unfamiliarity with blind street treet Intersections In the town ton of Virginia and of fining him out of all reason for exceeding the state limit of 15 miles per hour at such points has alreadY caused are a revision Islon In the route to Florida from the Middle Atlantic and New England Ingland States As matter of sa says s the bulletin a fact lct the touring board of ot the A A AA AA AA A A has for tor borne bome time warned mom mem members members bers not to allow themselves es to be dIverted from the route recommended recommended recommended mended by the tho A A A south of 1 Richmond which eliminates the Dam Danville route where tourists are being molested SMALL TOWN GRAFT So So many complaints are being recessed ed from various parts of ot the country telling of ot the fining of tourists by small to town n officials v ho capitalize to their own O the tourists tourist's unfamiliarity with 10 local cal Interpretations of ot state laws that the A A A Is already Investigating investigating Investigating its lights rights with respect to toI toI I lye be be re rerouting routing of principal lines of tourist tra travel el Motor club mem members members members bers who ho urge the association to toby by bv pass important where the loss of tourist s would be an form of ot revenue lo loss s usually forget that the lire lie que question of bo boycott cott naturally enie s ThIs Is a dangerous expedient en It may be bo in III n ridding a community ot of f its legal grafters and the A A A continually fa favors ora a amOl amole accord mOl mole e progressive method 1051 J i UNJUST FINES The complaints ot of o unreasonable arrests and fines tines at al r for Instance have been rought brought to moor the attention of the tho Ol mo vehicle rot Virginia by our touring board The commissioner advises that ho has bas In turn se- se secured se secured cured the promise of the circuit COUI t Jud fudge e that ever everything thIng will be bedone bedone bedone done to break up the speed peed traps at the towns town's intersections and an any other schemes that are devised for forthe forthe the purpose of ot molesting tourists In In addition to enlisting aid from the proper authorities In matters ot 01 this SOl sort t the A A A also alms aims to impress upon localities where such Interruptions in motor travel travelis travelIs is 15 tolerated that serious loss of business and civic reputation Is the Inevitable result DEMAND UNIFORMS The New Jersey motorist men mentioned boned above for tor Is now one of many hundreds of ot southland tourists who ho would henceforth avoid the route that takes them y through Danville Virginia were It not known that the Danville cham cham- chamber chamber chamber ber of ot commerce was vigorously cleaning up the speed trap menace that has already affected the good name of the Ule community and dl di diverted The Tho citizens of Danville are Insisting upon the re- re removal re removal moval of certain constables and the placing lacing of others in uniform Motor clubs In Ohio have con con- conducted conducted conducted ducted a telling campaign against road side Bide courts and fee tee splitting system and the Ohio State Slate Automo Automo- Automobile Automobile Automobile bile association has bas demanded I remedial legislation JUDGE LOSES Other Three A motor clubs not notably ably the Chicago Motor club elim eliminated mated small email town speed traps by vigilant battles batties One judge sat near a railroad track on the Dixie ay In Illinois and collected fees up to a day The Tho Chicago Motor club stationed men on either side of the roadside court to aro motorists The judge then camey came y i out after dark whereupon hereupon two more motor club guards were stationed The judge then operated after mid mid- midnight midnight night and the fiCI fifth h and sixth guards were ere twenty tour added to maintain a twenty four hour v s Igli Igil After Arter three months work ork the court was as permanently put out of ot business Our Investigation of ot this and similar believe Instances leads us to be- be be lieve that If It the subject Is ms given proper publicity the larger cities and to towns D will Ill take ac action tion against petty potty officials of the small towns that are virtually blocking their entrances |