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Show MOTOR VEHICLE liWS KI1E VERY COMPLEX Even Trained Lawyer Has Difficulty in Under Them, Says Yellott TTASrirXGTOX, Feb. 17. fMany of our motor 'C-hicle laws are eo complex tbat even a trained lawyer has difficulty diffi-culty in understanding them, and the ordinary hiymon gives up the tn?k hopeless.'" comments Cliainnan Osborne I. Yellott of the A. A. A. legislative board in the introductory of the uniform uni-form traffic law which tho national organization or-ganization of motor mr owners will offer of-fer to its members for adoption in their respective si ates. "The fundamental principle aa to the use of the highways is that everyone should bo permitted the reale.t possible possi-ble freedom which consistent wit h the rights of others,'' continues Mr Yellott. who then povs oa to say:."Con-?epipn say:."Con-?epipn tlv every person employing a vehicle which may cause injury to others, oth-ers, unless reasonable enre is used, should be compelled by positive to-visions to-visions of the law. ricidly enforced, to f,n1po" a decree of care co'iunensiirntt with the ri?k involved to others umW ; c a ''h l ';r ii'ln r ffjndition whirh nia;. j arise. At the same time he should not be bound down and bumpered by mi mi to riT-t riftioiis not reasouably neve.-ary fur the pro ei-tion of other highway uers. "Tor these reasons fixed limits ana other similar arbitrary requirement? are omitted, and for thnn hs been substi- ' tuted a series of rulef of the road iD the more important of which wg provide, pro-vide, in effect, that whreer there is reason to apprehend injury to others, the person in charge of the vehicle shall I F. W. ALKIRE . . r -'A i ' ' I ' - ' v - S A " :1 - t i " : - H Pyesideirt Alkire-Smitli Auto Co. Ford. take especial precautions to?ee that such injury does not occur. Lnder this theorv each situation vrhich arises must make its on iaiv. That law ip. Tvhere-ever Tvhere-ever there is danger o accident you must avoid it. "It must follow, also, that the enforcement en-forcement of the law should be rational. The provisions relating to arrest, bail, trial, appeal, etc.. should provide for the prompt apprehension and punishment punish-ment of offenders, but at the same time should be framed with due regard to the fact that the great majority of violators vio-lators of our road traffic laws are not in the category of common thieves, pickpockets, burglars, murderers, etc. Therefore special facilities should be afforded for the prompt disposition of such cases without unreasonable hardship hard-ship to the offenders. In the matter of penalties an effort has been made to "r.iduate the punishment to the nature of the offense. The fines generally ranee from $1 to $100. Where the offense of-fense is merely technical, or inadvertent inadvert-ent or accidental, provision is made for a. minimum nominal fine. But where the violation of the law is deliberate, or where an accident results from such violation, it is provided that tho maximum maxi-mum fine may be imposed. The suspension suspen-sion or revocation of licenses is provided pro-vided for flagrant violations of some sections of the law by operators of motor mo-tor vehicles. "The uniform traffic law is not submitted sub-mitted as in any sense the final word in traffic regulation. Traffic conditions condi-tions on our highways are changing almost al-most daily with the great increase in the use of the motor vehicle, particularly- the motor truck. Hence traffic regulations must necessarily, for a long while yet to come, be largely experimental. experi-mental. Old ideas of regulation which have stood the test of actual experience experi-ence under modern conditions should be retained. Those which have been tried and found to lie failures must be cast aside. Xew ideas must be substituted tor these latter. Such new ideas must in turn be put to the test of actual o-- perience. If they prove successful they will be retained. If they prove to be failures they will have to give place to still newer ideas.' ' |