Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1930, Page 64

6" THE SUNDAY AUTO DEATH RATE SHOWN INCREASING 31,680 Killed in U. S. Last Year, According to Revised A. M. A. Figures. A total of 31,680 persons were killed by automobiles in the United States Iast_year, according to revised figures of the American Motorists' Association. This represents an increase of approx- imately 12 per cent, or 6780 denths. over the total number killed in 1928 and brings the grand total of automobile fa- talities in the United States during the past 10 years up to 190,850 deaths. Of the total killed last year, 81 per- sons were killed in the District of Co- lumbis, compared with 83 in 1928 and 84 in 1927. In the District last year there were 3.389 persons injured. com- pared to 2,881 injured by aulomobiles S 1028 A comparative analysis of the figures for last vear shows that the number killed by automobiles is approximately three times the total of homicides and twice the total of suicides in the United States, there being 10,050 homicides and 15,500 suicides. Comparing the automobile deaths to the total number of accidental deaths annually in the United States, the fig- ures show that approximately one-third of all guch deaths are due to automo- bile accidents. Of the total killed by automobiles last year, 8,403 were killed in the 78 largest cities of the United States, having a combined population of 33, ,000. The highest number. of deaths for any .one month of last year was in October, a total of 885 being killed in the 178 citles, which was the largest number in any one month since automobile fatsl- | ity figures have been compiled. “The “increase in automobile regis- trations last year was 8 per cent, while the Increase in fatalities was approxi- mately 12 per cent.” it is pointed out by J. Borton Weeks, president of the A. M. A. “This means that despite all the efforts being made by the combined agencies of the Federal, State and mu- | nicipal governments to reduce the ratio | of automobile accidents, the increase consloues at an alarming rate. “The best data available from the largest cities of the United States, com- prising approximately a fourth of the total population, show that the death ratio due to automobile accidents st the present time is 26 per 100,000 popu- Jation, compared with 23 per 100,000 in | Mach of last year, or an increase of 13 | per_cent in the rate per 100,000 in a | single year. MEDIUM OIL ADVISED Light Grade Not Best for Summer Driving. ‘The light oil you have been using in Winter is not best for Summer driving. Change to a medium grade. If you have driven 10,000 miles or more since the Afilter in your oil purifier was changed, have that renewed now, UNIFORM TRAFFIC RULES VITAL NEED Backing of Educational Ef- fort Declared Essential in Meeting Problems. Epecial Dispatch to The Sta SYRACUSE, N. Y., May traffic rules and regulations throughout the land, based on a national code, should be speedily adopted: such law uniformity, backed by educational ef- fort to insure the operator knowing each and every detail, would be a con- structive effort of undoubted help in solving present-day traffic problems, it I8 stated by A. F. Hills, an executive traffic_expert of this city. As pointed out further by Mr. Hills, there ate many inconsistencies in pres- ent-day traffic regulation that are ar- gravating conditions, Among others he cltes the inconsistency of placing traftic lights without due regard to visibility; the variety of traffic speeds in practi- cally every town and hamlet, which, in addition to being difficult to follow, aré making automobile driving a job rather than a pleasure, and last, the incon- sistency in State operators’ tests, many of which are quite useless in so far as drtermlnln, the owner’s ability to drive. “In brief,” Mr. Hill states, “I think it high time that all local trafic laws ~Uniform WHERE TO MOTOR AND DINE Maryland Blue and Grey Tea Shoppe, Frederick. Route 240. Breoke ’E-u 27, nor, Ashton. Inn, Westminster. Routes 340-29, 240-31 or 240-15-32. Crass Inn, Gaithersburg. Reute 240, Routes 240: Emmit House, Emmitabi Mrs. K's Toll House C. Olney Inn, Olney. Route Peter Pan Inn, Urbana. Ridgeville Hotel, Ridgeville. Rose Hill Manor, Frederick. Betwean Alexand & iexandria On Richmond Road Mount Vernen Hom£ CooKin “Luncheon or \Supper ’ 85¢ - 3100 Diniier $p2s 48 123 #9130 Freeeeeesane. = Drive out to BEAUTIFLL SINGING PINES TEA HOUSE for an Old Virginis Ham or Chicken Din Fairfax Court seueneiss. Gaither CROSS INN Gaithe .{. Sunday Dinners, $1.00; Chic $1.50__ “Just_a Dpleasant_drive, Titun GRAY'S HILL INN Overlooking the Potomac Formerly a part of Mt. Vernon Luncheon Dinner Richmond R 16 Mi.—Ph. Lert vern, Colesville Pike. The Old Homestead, um(l!'; Ave. Pike. Rou Route 240. Routes 240-29. Routes 240-15. Route 1. Penn-Daw, Richmond Road. Red Fox Tavern, Middleburg. Singing Pines Tea House, Fairfax. The Tarry Tavern, Richmond Road, Warren Green Hotel, Warrenton. Routes 211 or Route 27. te 28. 211-50-15, Upper Road to Alexandria 10 Minutes South of Highway Bridee Bulit The Cottage <% Fredericksburg, Va. Luncheon, Afternoon Tea, Dinner Chicken and Wafles Foreign Gifts. Antigues, Phone GO4-W. COLONIAL INN Westminster, Md. The best $1.00 dinner served in Maryland Lafayette Tea Room 106 W. Patrick St. @YD Frederick, Ma. Luncheon—Tea—Dinner Chicken and Waflle Diuners, $1 Continental Tea Shoppe, Fredericksburs. The Cottage, Fredericksburg. Gray's Hill Inn, Richmond Road. Forseshee Hill Iun, beyond Falls Chyrch. Route 211. The Little Tea House, Upper Road to Alexandria. e — s e 0 | - Virginia Route 1. Route 1. Route 1. Route 1, Routes 211-50. Route 211, Route 1. ROSE HILL MANOR North Market St. Frederick, Md, Good Old Maryland Cooking PETEI} PAN INN A% Urbang; Mg, 1 m h of Froderick, s Wi Country I3 RE. K's TOLL HOUSE TAVERN svilie Pike, Silver Spring, M; Follow Route 17 out 16th St. or G or get bus for Four Corners at 8t a. Ave. This old Toll House with its chai furnishings and Terraced delightfully smart = C CONTINUOUS' STAR, WASHINGTON, as such be definitely discarded and that we adopt in their place one national code, prepared and planned by a repre- sentative group of both business leaders and traffic expects. Operators’ tests, 1 | believe, are essential, in view of the un- expected situations that arise in mod- ern traffic, calling for speed of mental reaction. But such tests should be made uniform and should be based pri- marily on the ability of the operator to drive properly and safely. And, last, I believe that much in the way of reliev- ing traffic congestion and preventing accidents would be accomplished if placement positions for traffic lights on our streets and highways were stand- ardized so that the automobilist, irre- spective of what section of the country he might happen to be in, would al- ways know exactly where to look for | such traffic regulatory devices.” LOAD WEIGHTS CU ONDAMAGED ROADS Northern Systems Injured by Alternate Thawing and Freezing. Following in the wake of road de- struction which has swept across the northern tier of States and down as far as Kentucky a result of the alternate thawing and freezing of a fairly open Winter, comes the posting of roads to reduce load limil roads are being repaired o by weather conditions. The damage, according to a bulletin issued by the American Highway Edu- cational Bureau, has been confined mainly to connty and township sys- tems, where road types selected are not in sccordance with the demands of present-day traffic, although it has ex- tended in some cases to & considerable mnem in State systems. The amount of this damege cannot be calculated, says the bulletin, but it sdds to the burden of highway engineers and tax- payers as well. As an numal: of this loss arising from inadequately surfaced roads, the bulletin _proceeds, mlr be cited New York, where load limits were recently cut down on 34 reads in five counties— Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clin- ton and Lewis. In the St. Lawrence County group of 13 it appears that all were Btate highways. State Police on Watch. In ordering lighter loads, Commis- sioner Brandt of the New York State highway department declared the limi- tation of tons gross ight would remain in effect until the notices were removed by highway official tate police were instructed to be on watch for violations. Similar steps have been taken in other States “Of road problems,” the bulletin con- tinues, “there seems to be ng end, In States where load reductions have been ordered taxpayers are confronted with the situation of haying paid for high- ways which they cannot use to full capacity because of weather conditions, and added to that loss comes the cost of excessive repairs or perhaps com- plete reconstruction. To avoid the &n- nual recurrence of this highway waste there seems to be only one way out, snd that is to figure original construc- tion, annual per mile repair cost, with the cost of almost total reconstruction every five-year period, and add to that improved | the item of lost use of the road due to || such conditions as now prevail in New York and other States. ‘The sum total Iald down beside the cost of a road that would save all this trouble would at once reveal the truth that sound con- struction at the start pays best. Solution Ts Suggested. At any rate, if road bookkeepin, should ever get to the point where mfi balances could be strucks off each Spring, taxpayers would be able to dis- cover where annual highway repair losses begin and how to stop effectively the viclous round of waste. “In the opinion of many experienced engineers,” the bulletin coincludes, “the solution of the annual Spring repair roblem lies in better planning and tter construction, and the sooner these principles are put into practice e better it will be for taxpayers.” BALTIMORE'S AUTO VALUE AVERAGE $240 Many Protests Are Filed by Owners of Derelicts Against $100 Minimum for Taxing. Special Dispateh to The Btar. BALTIMORE, HI& $—Junk of new, running or puffing, the average automobile in Baltimore is worth $240, in the opinion of thase who fix the basis on which taxes are levied, it was dis- closed today. ‘The value of this sverage and myth- ical sutomebile is revealed in the an- nusl report of the Appeal Tax Couri. In that report it was sald that the sum of the assessments on automobiles in the city is $29,642,680, and that the number of automoblles taxed is just under 125,000. Among those who dispute the value | arvived at for the ge car, members | of the Tax Court were ready to admit, | will be found some hundreds of col- | legians who are owners of ready-to-be abandoned machines as “collegiate” in their way as their masters. No matter what the condition of serv- itude of the automobiles, and with a total disregard of their abilities or lack of abilities to run, the minimum as- sessment fixed is $100. To this there has been In recent months a great deal of objection by those “collegiate” and others who bought derelict automoblles for sums ranging from $10 to $25 and suddenly found themselves belng taxed on a basis of $100. For those who bought a car for $10 and are required to pay & tax of $2.35 to the city, in ad- dition to the registration fees of the State, the overhead oftentimes more than equals the original investment, THREE NATIONS BATTLE FOR TIRE TRADE LEAD U. 8. Supreme Since 1927, With while the | 1159 B ROAD HOG MENACE ' T0 TRAFFIC SCORED Driver Who Speeds Up to Beat Changing Light Also Condemned. BY RALPH HEPBURN, Noted Racing Pilot. ‘The difference between good and bad driving depends almost entirely on the amount of thought and concentration the driver puts into it. Almost invariably bad driving is the result of thoughtlessness and inatten- | tion. As a rule the new driver is more i careful than the experienced one. His inexperience fills him with the full nificance of his respousibility and danger of driving. ¢ On the other hand, the experienced driver becomes carviess or, to put it more gently, overconfident of his abil- ity. He or she may display this over- confidence by engaging in conversation g &t the scenery while driv- ing. Driving a car requires the full attention of the driver, particularly in these days of heavy traffic. Road Hogs Warned. I don’t know why it is, but it seems that I am always running into the bird who stays in the middle of the road when he should be over to the right. | He is the cause of many accidents and should be warned by any well meaning driver, and certainly by law enforce- ment officials, that he is a nuisance and a menace. ‘Then there is that other moron who speeds up to rush across a road just as the light is changing. It would be & repl pleasure for me to tell him just exactly what I think of him. Courtesy Should Be Habitual These two examples of bad driv are direct results of thoughtlessness an: recklessness, and I am making it my duty to stop and talk to this sort of motorist just as & matter of motoring education. In the last year I have talked to about 20 transgressors of this type and only once has the recipient of my remarks become angry and told me to mind my own business. As it hap- pened, I followed this driver, and it was only 5 miles from where I first encoun- tered him that I found him in the arms (literally) of the law. I took the trou- ble to sdd my complaint to those al- ready lodged, and I really believe he will be & better driver when he gets his license back. It is true there {5 & multiplicity of driving regulations, and it is equally true that it is almest impossible for the average indlvidual to keep track of all of them, But rules of common courtesy should not have to be remembered. ‘They should be habitual. Yet if they were observed on American highwa, driving conditions would show vast im: provement overnight. And such an improvement would not only net great- er peace of mind for all motorists, but it would save hundreds of thousands of dollars annually as a result of fewer accidents. - PATENTS COVER AUTOS One Out of Four Is for Motor In- dustry. One out of every four patents on file in the United States Patent Office per- tains to the automotive industry. This percentage is arrived at by W. L. Pow- lison, librarian of the National Automo- bile Chamber of Commerce, who in the Inst 12 years has covered every mew patent, and recently completed his five- hundred-thousandeth copy. MAY 4, 1930—PART FOU MOTORING ABROAD FACILITATED American tourists now may. ship Belleau Wood region, in France (lower boys 12 years ago. In spite of an ever-increasing public sentiment insisting upon the installa- tion of non-flying glass in public pas- senger conveyances as well as in pri- vately owned motor cars, an investi- s‘ lon by Accident Statistics Bureau of ew York City reveals that in only three Btates has legislation of this char- acter been introduced. ‘The three States in which members of the Legislature have taken serious cognizance of the situation with the preparativ . of bills making the use of safety glass mandatory in all public con- veyances are New York, Massachusetts and Delaware, Other States are, however, consider- ing the subject, according to Accident Statistics Bureau, and reports from the governors of Vermont, Utah, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Minne- sote indicate that such legisiation may be considered when the 1931 legislative sessions_convene. In the Massachusetts Legislature, after & brief debate, the bill has been introduced to its third reading. The wisdom of making the law applicable to busses only was questioned by Rep- resentative Martin Hays of Brighten, Mass,, it is claimed in the ~Accident Statistics Bureau report. He is sald to have asserted that if such legislation is 80 necessary for public conveyances it should apply to all motor vehicles, pri- vately owned, and so on. If that sit- ion came about, however, he feared, it is.reported, a monopoly on the part of shatterproof glass makers. Representative Nutting of Leomin- | ster, M d not agree with Repre- liners (right) and visit by motor such places as this attractive Irish hamlet mn':a American their autos abroad uncrated on lett), made famous by Few States Act to Void Menace Of Flying Glass in Motor Accidents sentative Hays. He stated that all makers of automobile glass aie now manufacturing the laminated or non- flying variety of glass. He also pointed out that inasmuch as the bill is in- tended as & public safety measure only and the safety glass is already available to practically every car purchaser who desires it, he saw no réason why a law should be enacted at this time to pro- tect the private owner. It seems to be the general opinion in many places, says Accident Statistics Bureau, that the flying glass hazard in public conveyances, over which the pas- senger has no control, is of far greater UnPorunca from a legislative stand- point than the safety of the individual who deliberately subjects himself to the danger of scattering or flying glass. Legislative action regarding glass equipment in the Eastern States is be- ing watched very closely by some of the Western States. T. H. Cutler, chief engineer of the Missouri State Highwey Commission, for example, writes to that | effect and adds that the glass hazard is | steadily assuming growing importance | in the checking of motor accidents in his State. Half and Half. Prom the Wheel. “Look and see how much gas we've got, will you?" “It points to eme-half, but I don't | know whether it means half full or half mpty.” | placed at least cn‘ry 1 TRAVEL ABROAD PROMISES RECORD Simple Arrangements for Shipping Automobiles to Eucourage Tours. By the Assoclated Press. Unprecedented travel abroad may be the answer this Summer by Ameriean motorists to the call of the open read. Simplicity in arrangements for shi) rlnl automobiles abroad, customs n,u ations at international borders and cllities for planning trips prior to parture are listed as the controlling fac- tors that will contribute to an incre flow of travel. Steamship lines have arranged special facilities for handling uncrated automo- biles, transporting them as “extra bag- (-{e 8t flat rates based on weight or cubic foot displacement. Many of the voyagers will point for the q;::fl countrysides of the British Isles; the pilgrimage of the Gold Star Mothers to France is expected to be followed by many motorists, while in Germ: the drawing card will be the passion in Oberammergau, which will be staged ::r intervals from May 11 to Septem- wit] ‘weather along the Riviera during the Winter months. In Switserland, Italy and Austria the mountain pAsses are not open until well into June, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Poland and Jugosiavia sré home to tourists during the er. OSCILLOGRAPH MOVES AT PHENOMENAL SPEED Iastrument Traces Line Aeress Phoetographic Plate at 144,100 Miles an Hour, A motorist may thinic he is traveling fast when he geis in Lis car and goes whizzing over & piece of splendid pave- ment at the rate of 76 miles an 3 But figuratively he is stane still when h is compared that of characteristics of the electric spark. It traced & line 1 inch across an ex- roud photographic plate in ene mil- jonth of a second, which is equivalent to 144,100 miles an hour. At this rate of s s trip to the moon would require less than two hours. Current as small as one billionth of ampere also was measured. As enly fenioe, & Sibionih. A% of° thi amps, & w& fantastic. 0il Filter Cleaning. An oil filter cartri should be re- ludge and other i matter sl out of a filter after miles weig] twe peunds, when was Mnr: —ale: ‘The le supported uto_in- autry ronld. Potate New Jork, OHL: 10, o test | cago, Philadeiphia, Los Angeles, Bosten and eisco. San Pran ight-cylinder motoring at its LOWEST COST .. Eight-eylinder motoring with all its thrills is no longer expenmsive, De Soto has seen to that. The new De Soto (world’s lowest-priced Eight) is today elimbing into nation-wide popularity — becsuse it is far and away the biggest achievement in value in eight-cylinder history. This beautiful new ‘OGS AND UP—7.0.3. 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Canada and France. ‘The United States has maintained the supremacy it took in 1927 from France, but Canada has crowded in for second tank, The three countries, with the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Japan, supply the bulk of the tire consumption of the world. Exports of the United States in 1929, according to the Department of Com- merce, amounted to 2,979,438 casings, the largest number shipped by any country at any time in the industry. 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