Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1922, Page 72

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W ashington Motorists Show Good Effects of Safety Week Prominent Men See Big Improvement inj Traffic Since Drive to Eliminate Acci- dents—Hope to Perpetuate Carefulness. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 17, 1922—PART 3. —By BECK. /% AUTOEXPERT ENDS SCOUTTRIP ABROAD BAINGING N THE CHRISTMAS TREE - Maxwell Official Visited Leading Plants and Shows in European Cities. Claude Sauzedde, designing engi- neer of the Maxwell Motor Corpora- tion, has returned to the local of- fices of the company after a trip of two months to England, Belgium and ! Switzerland, during which time he attended the London automobile show and visited leading motor car manu- facturing plants of England and the continent. Mr. Sauzedde reports extensive re- cent activity among manufacturers of France, Belgium and Italy in develop- {ing chassis to a point of higher effi- AUTOINSURANCE . RESHEVAPE Efforts of National Dealers’ Association Brings About Beneficial Chance. Special Dispatch to The Star. ST. LOUIS, Mo, December 16— IAller six months of the competition to which casualty insurance panies of the United States have bi subjected by the insurance service | department of the National Automo- bile Dealers’ Association, the insur- ance companies have revised the “manual” rates applying to automobils { dealers and garages to a point virtu- jally 20 per cent lower than the existing rates at the time the National {ciency and a tendency on the part of English builders to give greater em- Automobile Dealers’ Association be gan its struggle for lewer rates for phasis to fine coach work. In chassis | design England offers nothing par- - { ticularly. new, he. asserts, .while lead- ing continental makers have adhered | . the indus! The rates are still 23 to a conservative policy of mechanical | | 1 e e i ine to 30 per cent higher than the rates course pursued by those Amercan available for members of the national N makers ‘who have wished ‘to keep | association, through their organiza- their products thoroughly modern leon ¥ without resort to freakish experi- § s enc ) | To show just what has been done i menteha i isheiu oy sfcostvatoRte Sl | actual figures by the revision of the European roads, which have long moasngl e gare o regarded as far superior to our 18 S e oo A AN . can no longer lay claim to this B o 3 distinction, according to Mr. Sau- e R e i zedde. He states that the heavy truck :S tement commenting upon the -4 ! sociation’s vietory for the principl | traffic during the war has caused l:te e ra “ment "of “ne Haropean [ for Whieh it contended. ies have been unable to keep i Specimen of Rates. roads in repair. During the same pe- PN Snirons o0 matnd D { liability policy of $5,000-$10,000 Timits e been vast- ven constant riod American roads ha i1y improved and are {and property damage of $1.000, the Examine carefully the numbers on the automobiles pictured above and rates for automobile deal you will learn some helpful lexsons in good driving. Every car in this picture teaches one of the following things: 1. Don't sound horn when Maintenance care t improved Dedentrians have right to pass your machine, 2. Don't xound horn to amnoy | F0ads here might mean changed de- | For first $10.000 payrol Relvers ahend whew traffic fn hlocked. 3. Don't start suddenly from curb|SISD in certain features of motor car 1 $100 (public liability); § I without observing trafle. 4. Dom't operate with cut-out open. 5. Domt|CODStruction s one possipility eto | (oroperty damage). ' : atop your car in p®iition to block street crossing. 6. Don’t hold the center || RS EEES e e T PR R Sl o) S of the street and block traflic if you have n slow moving vehicle. O i tal desluniior (ropert e their cars that full cognizance has | Byt e by was $25. ar would be pay ’ The capacity of Washington motorists to learn a lot in a littl demonstrated by the T week, according to leading members of the Washington Safety Council, and gives rise to hopes that this city may shortly win the reputation of having the best driven and best regulated traf- | fic In the country. There has been a remarkable change in the manner in which the vast ma- jority of motorists handle their ma- chines since they were taught the need of care during Safety week, say many | 3 persons who have ob: ditions the last ten as its care point out, cha eur now gi a definite idea of - is going to do. Intelligent Drivers Here. | of careless drivers. A few of thém just |} er, only need to ! ¢ d. The council taken of the improved highway tions which we now enjoy. In s respect much can be lelllé'n(‘d s i a from European motor car builders, flopes soun to open its school for auto- | fTom Buropear Woter tar DROLIC mabileRdr may £0|to take full advantage of improved v, | road conditions. ! Ly msxrance of % ) ,000 property dam- fi%\ n average rate of = ince the re- mpanies_ hava {abolished _ the di first $10,000 750,000,- | and next $15.000 ve authorized a rars flat charge of $2.55 a hun | "The New York rates been Te- duced from an_average of $4.49 per $101 oll 10 $4 per $100 of payroll on < of a payroll of $25.000 & year. / revisions hava for public 000 limits with Ve 121807 Copvright, 1932, by Merropolitan Newspaper Service on the c: and accessories more than $2. more than 80,000 deale: stribute this huge bus! E ¥ 200,000 gi according s recently given to fizure CURB TO OVERLOADING. [ STRIDES IN AUTO TRADE. | Maryland Drivers Forced to Stop |Industry Continues to Lead, Say H e and Alter Trucking. | Firestone Statisticians. With various punitive efforts fail-| The automotive industry continues | ing to stop the pounding to pieces|to forge ahead of all other industries, | 000,000; of certain highways in Maryiand, the authorities are said by a Firestone ship-by-truck representative to have adopted a novel method for putting an_end to this trouble. Truck drivers are forced by the highway police to unload and pile at the roadside such part of the load in oxcess of the law and then to send for another truck at the operator's safety council now intends to see that they are supplied with the prop- er information on regulations and that the man who refuses to obey them is ¥ punished. The traffic committee of the safety council is to be the most important ubordinate body of that organiza- distant, promi- Ye: automotive figure. i | | Only one-third of the world’s popu- I 1ation is white. ce “1 didn't know" and * will be tion. Its members will be “key” men who are in a position not only to reach conclusions, but to see that they are carried out. Besides they will be men of sufficient intelligence to pre- vent the city's traffic regulations go- ing to the other extreme and mak- ing this a “hard” place to drive. If n upon stopnni ects to sound his horn be- ts posting collater ion house and s more al at the ne riing out to of more person “Our city is G ¥ Ml = plans now under consideration ma- : 2 larger percentage ¢ rechle and s’ub;‘?fi“(d ferialize, it is declared, Washington | €Xpense to carry it off. It was soon drivers,” said A. E. i deprived of tha tight to) dr soon will be a better place to live in | found that driveers were careful to for both the motorist and the pedes- | keep Within the lawful load. trian. G The membership lists of the council Will Give Informution. are still wide open to any business y week proved beyond a shad- | man, manufacturer or ordinary citi- at the vast majority | zen who wishes to join. Any and all motorists want to| will be welcomed as members,'and the v, for their own benefit or membership is too small to s the ‘safety of others. The oven be considered. ut bile in the District of one of the council. ) did not unde GREATER MILEAGE FORECAST C. F. Kettering, president General Motors - Corporation, is reported as stating that fifty to 100 miles on a gallon of gas will be an ordinary event in the future. to do is to keep ri Dle e drive. We still have AUBURN SWEEPING REDUCTIONS EFFECTIVE NOW *100 to *200 Five-Passenger Touring Car--Now, $1,275 Seven-Passenger Touring Car--Now, $1,345 Sedan-—-Now . ........... $2245 ~ Brougham —-Now .........$1965 Sport--Now. e e e T Bovieie s 1895 _ Freight and War Tax Extra The Greatest Automobile Value Ever Announced : HADEN MOTOR SALES CO. - Sales and Service 1026 Connecticut Avenue % 72707777 7227 Smart Hupmobile Special the Talk of the Town Smart, dashing, but not extreme, the new Hup- mobile Special Touring Car and Specia! Roadster, are literally the talk of the town. They are proving particularly attractive to those \ who demand less conventional appearance in a motor car, with the consistent, economical service for which the Hupmobile is so noted. The top is a special brown; disc wheels of pleasing design are included, as well as such desirable = fashionable details as aluminum scuff-plates; nickel-plated radiator, radiator cap and bar, cowl ~ lamps, and barrel headlamps. | The roadster has, in addition, nickel-plated bars on the rear deck, and a tilted tire carrier. The style of these two models seems particularly ex- pressive of the Hupmobile’s brilliant performance. At $1250, these two special Hupmobiles are out- ) standing values—in style as well as in sturdy serviceability. You should see them. Come in, or phone for demon- . stration today. . L STERRETT & FLEMING, INC. 2% 72 7, 7 Z. Z Z 722 2 22 , Champlain Street at Kalorama Road . Branch Salesroom 1223 CONNECTICUT AVENUE NORTH 5050

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