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Show . IMPROVED ROADS ; ARE WELLMARKED Easily Read Signs Are Provided Pro-vided to Direct Tourists in United Slates. - A tourist with a road map and the anility to read the Imglish Inngmige tan now start from almost any point ! In the I'liiied Slates and go almost anywhere wbhi.ut losing a lot of time trying to linil the way. iieeonlir.g to Kdward S. Jordan, president of a large motor car company. Automobile clubs and various govern-mental govern-mental agencies should pel a hirge part of the credit for this because of the constructive work ibey are doing in the intelligent marking of our bii.-h ways. Tliimsands of additional miles ot improved roads are beini; made avail-: avail-: able each year. They are not only laid more scientifically than ever before, be-fore, bin they are properly drained and are banked at the curves. Easily Read Signs. Now we find clear, easily rend sii:ns that warn of cross roads, curves, nar row bridges and steep bills as well as pivin: ruute numbers and general di-rections. di-rections. - The combination of pood roads and in'.ellicrent marking is largely resiw.n ! fible for the tremendous increase In ' touring. .! In some communities there is still : mom for improvement, but we have j advanced tremendously in the last ten jears. Remove Speed Restrictions. " The next forward step, according .j to Jordan, is tn remove speed resiric- - lions in the open country, making arrests ar-rests only for reckless or careless L- driving. ' This has already been dune In eer-;i eer-;i tain sections of the country and in those places, peop!e can travel much more rapidly from city to city, with j perfect safety. But with the steady, balanced cars - of today, with four-wheel brakes, it Is just ns safe to drive TiO miles an hour - on our finely surfaced, well-marked roads as it was to drive the old-fash ioned cars at SO to X under much more unfavorable road conditions. |