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Show Motorists Tagged Among the measures designed to reduce automobile accidents, a new Connecticut law will be watched with interest. It provides different insurance rates for various classes cf motorists. Those whose driving records indicate in-dicate them to be especially competent com-petent and careful are granted a reduction from the regular insurance insur-ance rates; the next class pay the standard insurance fee; those found to have been involved in minor accidents ac-cidents and slight violations of Traffic rules must pay a premium of 10 per cent; those who have had serious accidents are penalized 25 per cent, while those who are shown to have been at fault in highly serious ser-ious and flagrantly avoidable accidents ac-cidents must pay an additional premium of 50 per cent for their insurance. The new law has not been in effect ef-fect long enough to enable one to judge of its results, but it seems to be based upon sound principles and may prove to be of some measurable measur-able benefit in reducing automobile accidents. |