Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1927, Page 12

COMPULSORY AUTO INSURANGE RAPPED Association President Says Plan Advocated Here Is Vicious and Futile. Unqualified opposition to the action «f the police and fire control commit- tee of the Washington Chamber of Commerce in proposing a compulsory automobile liability insurance law for the District of Columbia is voiced by the American Automobile Association in & statement in which Thomas P. Henry, president of the A. A. A., de- clares the committee *“has gone ab- solutely counter to the country at large in its position.” Speaking for the A. A. A.. which represents 928 motor clubs through- out the country, Mr. Henry stated that the motoring agency’s study of com- pulsory insurance revealed that there is all but unanimous agreement that such a law not only is vicious in prin- ciple but futile in practice as far as | ! | |Dives Into Eastern Branch| and Pulls Her Ashore—Mo- torist Comes to Aid. James Shepherd Then Goes‘ on to Work Without | Telling Any One. Saving lives is all in the day’s work for James Shepherd, 2338 Minnesota | | avenue southeast, mployed as a baker with the Continental Baking Co. While crossing the Penn ia | Avenue Bridge over the Kastern Branch of the Potomac River thi 37 years old. 1231 Pennsylvania ave- nue southeast, just as she was going under. Holding her in one arm, he swam to the slippery breakwater and called for help. for more than 10 minutes until a passing motorist appeared and pulled them to shore. | morning he heard a woman scream.||. | Dashing to the bank, hejumped over | in time to seize Mrs. Vincenzi Torre, | 1ES She was taken to Casualty Hospital, He held her there | where she is suffering from shock and Her husband, who conducts bruises. a shoem ihe claims made by its proponents are concerned. Cites Expert Opinion. “The consensus of expert opinion,’ said Mr. Henry, “is that compulsory automobile insurance would ultimatel thwart safety work, put a premium on recklessness and impose an enormous additional financial burden on the car owners, a burden which would be out of all proportion to the amount of uncompensated damages. Much of the support of compulsory insurance is uestional on Whereby many people believe that compulsory insurance provides for | broperty damage as well as for per- | sonal injury.” He continued: i “The Hoover conference on street | and highway safety inquired into lho] merits of the scheme and refused to further it in any manner, shape or | form. Twenty-eight State legislatures M had compulsory automobile insurance bills before them this year and in every single instance these proposals | re overwhelmingly defeated. The National Grange turned the principle down after giving it serious consid- eration, while the American Automo- bile Association at several successive annual conventions voted unani- mously against it. The National Au- tomobile Chamber of Commerce took | the same position, as did the Cham-| ber of Commerce of the United States | and several other leading national | organizations. | “It is hardly to be expected that the police and fire committee of the Cham- | ber of Commerce had at its disposal any new facts that these large na- tional bodies did not have or that the | collective wisdom of the committee was greater than the combiged wis- dom and experience of these national bodies. Only one State has adopted an out-and-out compulsory automobile in- surance lJaw—namely, Massachusetts— and the experience of Massachusetts so far discloses that the law has’ by no means fulfilled the aims of its el actors. It has not reduced accident it has not driven the reckless driver from the highway; and there is no evidence that it has been a very ma- terial aid in increafing the margin of those compensated for injuries re- ceived in auto accidents. Situation in Capital. “There are approximately 110,000 car owners in Washington. Of this total probably not more than 30 per cent carry liability insurance. This means that 70,000 Washington motor- ists would be compelled to carry an additional financial burden of approxi- mately $30 a year. 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