Show WHAT WE THINK By FRANK FRASK DL OS I have come to the conclusion that every state should have ha a ahab hab liability lity insurance law that would require that every car driver er carry cany an m adequate amount of the right insurance sort ort ot of savers amor's liability By Ily the right sort of insurance I I mean that type of insurance that will furnish what in the eyes of oC ILC tle e courts couns and the public will provide adequate compensation to the injured or parties I have ha seen the objections to touch such uch a law but I think th its advantage tags tage tag far tar outweigh its disadvantage tage In fact common sense de de- demands demands demands mands some such protection Under the present system in mot mOlt states slates a car driver can on run down dO an individual crip- crip ll for life e cause him to have an expensive hospital bill and perhaps tw rhan render r nd r rum him incapable of supporting pp hii himself for the th rest of his life me and then say to his un unfortunate fortunate victim You will have to 10 pay the thc bill yourself you will have M to support yourself f as best you OU can sell lead pencils on the street corner comer I have no money moncy and cant can't pay you ou anything of There arc are on the highways America today thousands of oC cars whose whoso drivers have no financial responsibility They could not pay the hospital bill of a person they might injure to say nothing of off compensating them for the loss 1055 of their ability to support os as the rest of their lives U Each year this army of Irresponsible sible drivers driven takes its toll toil Each thou thou- thousands thousands maims year it cripples and sands who through no fault of their own are arc subjected to long onions of pain and discomfort and 2nd sometimes great expense or because of being rendered unable to support themselves as a result of the Iho accident are arc thrown upon the ih family or the community for support pp rL I do not propose to enter into a discussion of whether or not all allor car or owners can afford to carry c such uch insurance I take the position p afford to tion that if they cant can't buy liability insurance they cant can't I afford to drive a car and should not nol be Le permitted to do so It Is folly to contend that a car driver should not provide all the protection protection tion lion to his unfortunate victims that he can To say that he should not Dot be required to buy liability insurance because its costs might temporarily discommode him and yet yd at It the same time Ume permit him to be the possible cause of an ac so- accident that might pauperize its vic vie Um Urn for life is nothing less than stupid Car drivers driers liability insurance is jJ a protection that every car drive cr owes to his fellows the same samo as he ho owes it to them that his brakes arc in good condition that the vision through his windshield is unobscured and md that his headlights head headlights lights arc are burning I There were persons Injured injured ed d in to motor car accidents in fn this country In 1040 1940 one every 26 20 sec see ands A certain per cent of these ft Injured of some car dri drivers driver's rs- rs carel carelessness Si There are arc some to a abw law bw compelling com all aU car drivers to but carry carr liability insurance with all aU its faults and objections it itis ItIs Itis is the lesser of ot two evils The only other alternative is to permit careless care less and irresponsible drivers driven to continue to drive drie on the highways and our city elty streets The objectionable features of such a law arc far by the tire pro protection such a law affords |