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Show STANDARDIZED TRAFFIC LAWS NEEDED. During 1931 extensive revision of traffic laws will take place in many states. It is an unfortunate fact that legislation probably will, as in the past, vary from state to state so that the motorist who crosses boundary boun-dary lines will be in a quandary as to what is legal and what is not in the matter of driving an automombile. This lack of. state cooperation has unquestionably been largely responsible respon-sible for the barriers in the way of accident prevention. Various organizations organi-zations have sought to create a national na-tional traffic code suitable to the needs of all states. A federal traffic ordinance has been suggested. This would not only be a violation of the state's rights principle of government, govern-ment, but would lead to the creation of another great federal department, extending into every community at the public expense. The proper way out is for the states themselves to pass legislation which is satisfactory to the greatest possible part of the nation. Varying speed and right-of-way laws, different differ-ent systems of traffic control, unequal un-equal standards of qualifications for drivers' licenses all contribute to the accident chaos. The experience of the past, in which fatalities and injuries have increased by leaps and bounds, gives us a foundation on which to advance highway safety on a national nation-al scale through uniform state legislation. |