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Show RED TO YELLOW CHANGE FOUGHT Switch of Tc.il Light Is Opposed Op-posed by Majority of A. A. A. Clubs. Since the adjournment of the second sec-ond national conference on street and highway safety, the American Automobile Auto-mobile association has conducted a canvass of sentiment among its affiliated affili-ated clubs as to the proposal made at the conference to change the tail lights of automobiles from red to yellow. yel-low. It develops, according to A. A. A. headquarters, that the motor clubs already heard from regarding this proposed Innovation are against It, and take the position that such a change, npplying to 20,000,000 motor vehicles would cause untold confusion con-fusion on the highways and would inevitably tend to increase the toll of traffic accidents. Rank and File Oppose. This was practically the one proposition prop-osition on which the A. A. A. took issue is-sue with the recommendations made oy the committees of the Hoover conference con-ference and It was at the Insistence of club executives that a decision on the tail light was postponed. All developments de-velopments since the conference indicate, in-dicate, It Is stated, that the rank and file of the motoring public stand by the resolution adopted at the time by the A. A. A. as follows : "That the secretaries of clubs affiliated af-filiated with the American Automobile Automo-bile association in convention assembled as-sembled hereby condemn the proposed pro-posed change as being detrimental to public safety and to the best Interest In-terest of 20,000,000 motor vehicle owners." Railways Want It. Although no mention was maJe In the resolution of the forces urging the change, It was well known that the railroads and the motor clubs were on different sides of the fence on this Important matter. Notice has been served by the A. A. A. that proper Provision must be made for representation represen-tation of the motorists before any com-m'ttee com-m'ttee that takes up tills question for further study, as provided by the s"fety conference. |