Show I WAGE WAR ON SPEED TRAPS Advocate Posting of Signs to Inform Motorist of Local Laws We W e have heard much during the last two or three thre years year con con- concerning concerning con the abolition of speed traps These are ar of road where here from the su the motorist bello believes es the th law permits him to 10 travel at a II hither higher rate of ot speed ped than some om p purely local loca leg leg- legislation legislation lf actually does don says BY Charles D Hastings Hulings president ot of the tho Hupp Motor Car corporation Such a local act la is I obviously un- un unfair un unfair f fair lr even een though Ignorance ot of the law excuses no man Where It takes on the th character of a nuie nuis ante ance automobile clubs particular particular- p particularly ly Iy have bave done much to abolish It But even where It I Is fe not It I Is It still III unfaIr to the tb well Intentioned but unInformed automobile owners owner Hundreds Hundred of ot thousands of ot dollars have been collected through such luch methods method from those thos those who had no Intention of violating the law The outcome of such a II law Is I that the automobile owner who Is unfortunate unfortunate naf nate enough to be b caught and fined not only Is le justifiably provoked but that his and others other suits sult In considerable loss lose of legitimate mat mate business revenue to the th adjacent adja adja- adjacent adjacent cent municipalities from the tho tour tour- tourIng touring tour Inc Ing public SITE REMEDY MEDY Granting that there ther le I a specIal reason why the th maximum speed law at some corn particular spot should be unusually low the th remedy I is obvious Posting of conspicuous signs sIgn ns adjacent to the roadway In In- In Informing In forming every e motorist of o the ex- ex exact exact ex exact act speed feed 1 that remedy Jt it be done not only In Isolated instances but along every main m ln highway In other words word signs should be b erected wherever the tho speed limit changes chances Then It if that speed sped limit Is violated and not un- un until un until til then Is the th hapless automobile owner owne morally os Ds well as legall legally guilty At least lust one section ot of o th the country has already lrea taken step steps to cooperate In this respect with the touring public That Is I In Mary Mary- Maryland Maryland land where the th automobile owner 1 Is gIven Riven complete Information re- re regarding regarding r garding the established speed peed laws POST HIGHWAYS Today In certain parts paris of Mary Mary- Mar Maryland Maryland land easily readable signs lens have been erected along alone the th highways to the drivers driver rIght Informing him ot of the maximum speed These signs orange with large black letters letter In- In Inform inform In Inform form the motorist that he should Begin gln 16 Mlle Limit or Begin Betin 20 Mlle Mile Limit as he h enters enter the th buRl busi- business ns busl-ns ness nen or residential section ot of a city or emerges merge Into the th open countr country Sign such euch uch al a these theae give the th au- au automobile au owner who desire to obey the law the th necessary information tt at a glance fiance They convey conny It In a spirIt of o friendliness that cannot help but add to the revenue that the surrounding territory can ex expect p pest ct to receive from the th business |