Show 1 MOTORING PESTS everybody who has done any considerable amount of i travel ravel by automobile has rim ran into the two commonest pests which annoy the motorist one is the hitchhiker hitch hiker using the term broadly broadb to cover any stranger who tries to halt your car aal and asks for a lift the other is the beggar who tries to sell bell you something worthless when your car is held up in in line awaiting the clearance of traffic in the other othe direction where the road is under repair several states have recently legislated against both of these pests new mew york imposes a penalty of fine and imprisonment on anybody askine a passing motorist for a ride massachusetts imposes a 50 fine for offering r goods for sale to stalled cars there have been enough cases aen in 31 many V states of holdup hold up men getting a lilt and I 1 robbing ab bing and in some instances killing the generous motorists who obliged them to justify legislation on that subject there are enough risks incident to motoring without that one the other type of pest the fellow who frequently posing as ex service men seeking funds for the relief of disabled veterans try to sell cheap cheal lead pencils or souvenir booklets when their victim cannot get away from them and frequently become profane and abusive when the motorist refuses to come across are just a plain unmitigated nuisance and they should be subject to the vagrancy laws without the necessity of special legislation le we are too soft in dealing with minor crimes and midd misdemeanors banors in most parts of the united states we are too inclined to be sympathetic with the man who malkes makes a pretense of trying to earn money even though we know that it is only only a pretense every once in a while the police of big cities discover that some corner beggar has accumulated a fortune and is better able to ride in in his own car and live in luxury than most of those who drop their pennies and nickles into his hat bat so lono longas human nature is what it is however W we suppose there will be a fair quota of people trying and often succeeding to get money without working forit for it |