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Show SPEED LAWS ARE MOREGENEROUS Opinion in Favor of Minimum Mini-mum Rule Is Growing in Many States. A nation-wide tendency on the part of the states to liberalize speed limits lim-its and to judge the recklessness of the driver on the facts In the case is disclosed by a legislative survey undertaken by the American Automobile Automo-bile association. Increased speed limits were legislated legis-lated in at least ten states during the sessions of the legislatures lust year while the problem is to be considered In a large number of the other states In impending sessions, according to a statement by the organization, writes Karl W. Miller in the Detroit News. So far, however, only one state, Connecticut, has followed Michigan's example by abolishing the speed limit lim-it and requiring only that speed be "reasonable and proper." Facilitates Traffic. " 'Move on' seems to be the watchword watch-word on the highways in the open country and this has done much to facilitate the movement of the ever-increasing ever-increasing number of automobiles," says the statement. "There Is a marked increase of opinion in favor of minimum speed laws, this thought being advanced by state officials who have observed over a long period of time that many accidents are due to people taking a chance in getting out of the line of slow-moving traffic." Increase Speed Limits. A total of 23 states have increased their speed limits during the past three years, according to the A. A. A. These states are: Alabama, 30 to 45 ; Arizona, 20 to 35 ; Connecticut, 30 to "proper and careful operation" ; Florida, 30 to 45; Georgia, 30 to 40; Idaho, 30 to 35; Indiana, 25 to 40; Iowa, 25 to 40; Kentucky, 30 to 40; Maryland, 25 to 40; Michigan, 35 to "reasonable "reason-able and proper" ; New Hampshire, 25 to 35 ; New Jersey, 30 to 35 ; North Carolina, 30 to 45; North Dakota. 30 to 35; Oregon, 30 to 35; Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, 30 to 35; Rhode Island, 25 to 35; South Carolina, 35 to 45; Tennessee, Ten-nessee, 20 to 30; Vermont, 25 to 30; Virginia, 30 to 35, and Washington, SO to 40. |