Show New Jersey Justice TEw 1 FW JERSEY justice promises to be something something some some- thing more than a phrase if a new idea ide in hi dealing with traffic offenders sire ads over the country The e other day when a Mount Holly HoUy driver whose automobile license had been forfeited forfeited for for- f i ed a year ago applied for its renewal be got something of a shock All right s said id Arthur Magee Mage head of the thelta state motor vehicle department you can have haveit ave it if you will wilt have a governor put on your car The department chief required him to have his car fixed so that he could not exceed a speed speedo o of 40 40 miles an hour That seems to be a fairly practical way of dealing with drivers who have shown no respect for safety on the highways It was Governor Tom Torn Berr Berry of South Da Dakota Dakota Da- Da kota who recently declared in favor of governors governors governors gov gov- on all cars Right now that proposal will wU probably be regarded generally as too drastic dras dras- tic tic but but it may be taken as a sign of what a desperate populace will demand almost in unison if madness on the road is is not brought under control by other measures In tn the meantime traffic authorities authorities' everywhere everywhere every every- where might profitably inspect their codes to see ee if the New Jersey idea may be lawfully ap applied applied applied ap- ap plied in cases where violators of speed laws appear to o be incurable Where laws do not pe permit it this certain mechanical control of car car sp speeds ds it might be a good idea to amend them It would be an ace in the hole for traffic courts 1 and state licensing officials to be used in ext extreme ex- ex t e ca cases e It would hurt only those who l have shown defiant disregard of law and no disposition to mend their ways after being brought to book |