Show BULLETIN OUT OUTON OUTI I ON MOTOR LAWS I i A. A A. A A. A Says Automobiles Are i i 1 i. i Subjects of Class Legislation in Most States IN SEVERAL WAYS 1 Louisiana Louisiana Speed Statute Cited t as Model for Pr Proper per Regulation Regulation Regu Regu- lation of Machines t I. I According to the bureau i touring of at r American Automobile as association which ha has complied and Issued this month month a n bulletin entitled Motor Car Laws fLaws as ns 5 Now No Written tho automobile trade rade has been steadily pro progressing In Ini Inthe i the direction of or ruttIng cutting down dOn the cost ot of cars and their maintenance whilo e thoughts of or the tho 11 lawmakers havo o knot not been so happily directed J It It requires only ony a D. superficial study ref of ef this codification of or tho automobile I Jaw laws of or t the e United States to demon demon- aro e for tor class legislation in most ot of the states says saya tho bulletin Not only ly are Me they taxed ao as users of ot tho the highways highways but with tho exceptions noted they are also subjected to a 11 per- per ional property tax Carrying It out to another extreme there thero Is yet a n. third class of ot st states tes which have managed to tot tor r t write on the bool books s a a. third means of at making the motor car owner pay This Is 18 where the owner Is com com- to tako take out a permit to not merely use the tho highways but to use his own property for his personal pleas pleas- t ure peEd pe d J n f Improved The bulletin goes goeson on to sa say later T Considerable more moro sanity has been IL written into the tho laws regulating tho the speed d of automobiles both in municipalities and on the open road rondo A glance blanco i at al this section of the schedule ot of laws lawsl l will show that almost unanimously it itla f 18 la how 1 that reasonable and prudent are after all the tho sane eane viewpoints view flew a points of ot operation WIIo undoubtedly undoubted undoubted- l ly h the tho present maximum speeds peeds for the I I open highway will have ha to be changed to meet the more liberal attitude in I. I regard to self propelled vehicles that tho the future will bring It Is pleasing to toI I note that most of or the states havo not d pI placed c d unreasonable restrictions on onI peed under existing conditions I di 1 V. 11 Model odd Tho The bulletin calls Louisiana's speed law a model one and says on tills this point u. u J s iii n 01 OI v no ULU U- U mobiles ought to be driven en rather rathe leads to the hope that the speed regulations tacked on to most of ot them will sooner or later bring about an art equally unanimous unanimous unanita ta Inous set of or per miles rules for tor definite conditions until such time as os asa asa a law like Louisiana's prevails every every- where As s now listed these al' al aro ar- arjust Just enough varied in the mileage e rate though rather alike in their objectives to create confusion on tho the part of or tho the thoi i Interstate tourist When tho the time comes for revising speed laws as laws-as aa such action I b by some Borne of or the states appears In Inevitable vl- vl table the table the will wm do well wen to consult con con- suit sult tho the rule of the road as applied in lri Louisiana Louisiana recognizes tha the tact that per miles restrictions do donot not guarantee a sane use of at tho the highway high high- I way by all its users and particularly 1 Those t possessing vehicles ot of great 2 I |