Show SAfETY CODE BEiNG fRAMED American Engineers Are II Making Study Re- Re Regarding Regarding Re Regarding garding Brakes 1 A national safety code codo for tor auto auto- automobile a auto automobile uto- uto mobile brakes brakel and brake testing will sill be bo developed ed und under r the nus- nus aus of o the rho American committee Consisting of o senJ I Of ot the tho American Automobile a association the motor M eh cle conference con con- con ference committee the of motor administrators the American Society of o Mechanical Engineers the mho United States bureau of standards the United States tes war nt the tho Society of ot Auto Auto- Automotive Automotive Automotive motive Engineers tin the underwriters laboratories the tho lie safety lately group of the tho A n I S C and ld Dt DI of the Class Journal company David Van Ven vice president Of the tho National Safety council was chairman of o the committee The A E S 3 C has naked asked the tho I Society of Automotive 1 the Bureau of ot Standards and the AmericAn Automobile association to act a as joint sponsors for lor tho the de- de deVelopment de development of oC o th the code The Thc actual cork ork ot of o formulating the the- th code will WUI willbe willbo be carried on by a n special com com- com representative ot or all the tho In- In Interests interests In Interests concerned 1 with the problems of automobile brakes either cither ag as Ad- Ad d- d users I rs or general public The need forI for a I national safety code covering covering- methods of o testing t te brakes and also those elements ot of brake or brake lining linin construction which a e a-e e accident factors Is emphasized emphasized em- em by the increasing tendency toward stale slate and municipal legislation legisla legisla- legislation legislation tion on this subject Sc Sc eral eral state states stales already lla halo ha 0 brake testing laws and In a number ot of oth other r states tal such laws ore are brine being dratted drafted Them Thero is Is however no agreement at present as to what la is a safe sate braking dis distance lance tance or what constitutes constitute n II satis satis- satisfactory satisfactory factory braking te test rt rt Until a II na- na national national na national safety cod code has been developed devel devel- developed developed and generally accepted the tho motorist lne from one city to fo another or 01 from state to state will have no assurance a that brakes approved ap- ap apI ap approved I proved In ono city will not bring bringa d a fine In the next town or state Slate |