Show 1 fy f y 0 california rem remarks a As on compulsory ato in j 0 insurance tho the los angeles angelca times editorially com comments commes monts nta on some of 0 tho the results ot of massachusetts compulsory automobile insurance law in effect since ja january enry 1 1927 it seems there has boon been a great proportionate increase in a accidents in the state since that time thousands Thou sanda ft of people have set up cla ims tor for personal injuries which they did ald not receive says saya the times compulsory insurance provi provides des a rich harvest tor for amb ambulance alance chasers and aal other shysters shyster shy so makes it impossible companies to select for or insurance risks raises rates aratea increases litigation crowds the courts makes reckless drivers more reck reckless lesu and makes tho the largo large majority pay tor for tho the incompetence of negligence of tho the small minority during tile the first tour four mor months its of motor fatalities increased 16 per cent persons having been killed ift ifa tho the bay state as compared with in tile corresponding period 0 of f 1928 the increase in tho the number of deaths deatha ot of motorists was 40 40 per cent of course it Is impossible to ascertain what proportion ot of these thebe deaths was due to tho the extra recklessness fostered by compulsory insurance but some or of the state officials say it must have boon been quite largo massachusetts has about registered motor vehicles automobile registration has not increased in tho the bay state in the same proportion that fatalities have increased about all that can be argued tor for compulsory insurance Is that it affords a means for persons injured Injure dt by motorists to recover damages but as aa this advantage seems to have been moro than offset by increased recklessness and fatalities it Is not likely that many other states will follow the lead of 0 massachusetts by the adoption of a similar insurance law |