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Show TRAFFIC RULES TO BE CHANGED Uniform Legislation Will Be Sought From Legislatures WASHINGTON, Dee. c Federal legislation looking to highway traffic regulations will not be sought by associated as-sociated motorists this winter, notwithstanding not-withstanding the desirability of control con-trol or the t Inst' ad of seeking f.deral regulation, greater uniformity in state re;rulal lona will be urged. "Every highway engineer hopes for ! uniform highway trafflo rRulatlont, I but federal legislation at thin time I would be premature1 snld Thomas H. I McDonald, chief of the bureau of public pub-lic roads. "We are agreed that there 'should b more uniformity in state regulations before any suggested highway high-way traffic measure Is submitted lo congress for enactment. The question of enforcement Is vital. It will have to l solved in connection with any national traffic law." Motorists of the forty-three states In which legislatures will meet this winter will not be Inactive. Many matters of import to them will be pressed. Drafts of proposed "legislation "legisla-tion have been prepared by national organizations Those contain suggestions sugges-tions having to do with motor car registration, reg-istration, theft prevention, headlight control, automatic signals, taxes and fees in the operation of motor ve-hlcles. ve-hlcles. uniform traffic regulations, elimination of grad" crossings, suow removal and with the question Of declaring de-claring motor vehicles to be common Officials of the American Automobile Automo-bile association and National Motor- I ists' association say that a vast .amount of road legislation is needed land that highway development problems prob-lems will be sadly retarded throughout through-out the I'nlted States unless all legislative legis-lative bodies meeting In 10l23 recognize recog-nize the demands ol the times and act accordingly. |