Show PENALTY FOR AUTO SPEEDING mark twain comes to the front with unique suggestion mark twain has a characteristically original suggestion as to speed mani acs in automobiles he says the law dresses convicts in such a way that they can not he mistaken for anything else but zebras at a reasonable dis tance then why not says mark ex tend the idea to the convicts broth er criminal the over speeder who every day runs over somebody and escapes at present he points out the automobile numbers are small that ordinary eyes can not read them upon a swiftly receding machine at a dis tance of feet he suggests enlarge ing the figures making them readable at yards for offenses of over speeding he would have the figures enlarged as a penalty in place of a fine to be enlarged re tor each sub sequent offense with auto numbers readable as tar as one could tell a convict from a barber pole none of these criminals could run over a per son and escape |