Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1932, Page 97

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, ADJUSTING THE OLD HIGHWAY VIEWPOINT TO 1932 CONDITIONS The Old Hudson Crossed Again Relationship Between Transportation and Road Needs for the Future Described by Government Aut}lority. “The only rational conclusion is that he either drove directly into the crane and failed to slacken his speed when } could not see objects which might ar pear in his path, or failed to turn asic The driver of an automobile Wwho|if he could sce the crane. He could continues to proceed for a distance of | NOb proceed without having a sufficient eh Kibdings) [t i o distance 9 |viwe of the highway in front of him Reseal dings. I more than 150 feet at night while his | 15", 2F TG BIEAWEY 18 SOnY O orced Also, when, through research, it was | eves are blinded by the lights of &p- |t use it, and it could not be said that found that the wheel load or le load | proaching automobiles, ard as & result | he discharged his duty in this respect Highway depatments, has been rather than the gross 16ad is of major | crashes tnfe's contractar's crane parked | if he Droceeded, alihough Bimded By studies of highway txafic and i * : importance in the effect upon the high- | in the street without lights, is guilty | hts of approaching automobiles; aspects of highway trans- hy b ‘ . way structure, the motor vehicle manu- | ¢ 4 hebnes iwino dideeny port. These studies have included | [ ; ¢ ; v ] ¢ way structure, the motor vehicle manu- | of contributory negligence, and i pre- \ than he we e been had tes from Maine to California. There TS e ats the mumber of axles, | cluded from recovering for the dam- | ne on with h 5 shut. areas of intense industrial develop- and to place them upon either the |8ges resulting. Temporarily Blinded. “Plaintiff testifled that he was ‘tempo- JANUARY 31, 1932—PART EIGHT. production methods and equipment | favorable conditions, may be very un- and better engineering practices which | | safe when the range of the driver’s vi- have been developed. | | sion is limited. The Supreme Court Second, the important adjustment | |and this court have steadfastly held between the highway and the muwr‘ | that it is the duty of the driver of an vehicle that has taken place has been itomobile, when he is driving at night accomplished through. the co-operation | ve his car under such control the of the motor vehicle manufacturers | 2 stop or turn it away when ob- and ‘the tire manufacturers and_ the | rtercepting his passage com | highway engineers. Only a few years of his lights. In tes ago the heavier loads were all carried | g 5 con how can it pos- on solid rubber tires. Pneumatic tires ¥ aid that he was not negligent had not been developed capable of in driving his car at a speed of from carrying the ~heavier wheel loads. | Recent Pennsylvania Court| in grivne his car at & mpecd, of Irem When, through the process of experi- | . crane until he was within five feet of mentation and research, it was found Case Is Cited by 1t that the use of solid rubber tires under the heavier loads resulted in high im- A M A BY THOMAS H. MACDONALD, |these aspects, T believe, are found those pacts on road surfaces, causing depre- e e, Unlted States Bureau of Public Roads,| Which will have an important and per- [jclationgin bttt fYChicle end iihe Toad Pt haps the major bearing upon the future s Arnes et of Dhibras Reliio ot it aad successful efforts to the produc- LESs tion of heavy duty pneumatic tires. » first of these is the character- highway traffic. Since 1922 of Public Roads, in co- ith a large number of the nt and areas of almost no develop- == _ high pressure or balloon type of heavy | iy ol mcath Oate ent. Here are some of the facts G 2 duty tires. These two developments s b BT e have been found In these studies 5% Sre of outstanding importance to the | ‘The Superior Court of P The The predominating use of the future highway transport in their ef- |50 held in a test ca n of t is by privately owned pas- | fect not only up-n the service to the mobiles. In the 11 West- é ¢ public, but also upon the public’s pock- | By the legal de - on the Federal-aid s ! 2 & P : | Ptbok Which during these times, is | Motorists'” Assoclation ) e were more than 20,000,- highly important he opinion, of interest senger-car miles of road | torist, is quoted, in part. by the A ; e States of Pennsylvania 3 3 s Pemonstra. | A, and is as follows: “A driver of { Ohio this usage ran to about at high fficials, road con- | 2utomobile must keep in mind tha il i 000,000 s daily. This immene manufacturers, | OUStacle may appear in his pa vy duce Dis speed. and th " privately owned automobiles ime, and so drive his car as to be able | {0 drive at a Speed Jproimates 85 to 80 per cent of the The recently completed George Washington Bridge, bine vt have co-op | 1o avoid it. under ordinary L intil it was too lat 1 volume of highway utilization motorist’s love of shorter distances and scenic splendors. SEASEJEDOS. public highway | Stances. What would be a saf wa The use of the highways| —— = e = . e = 3 = e 3 TR i | ansport a e decreased | in daylight, or at night under ordinarily titions, s her automobiles or motor trucks | constantly decreasing index of tond | credited with a large part of this de- | The composite prices 931 have | cost, both for the roads themselves and to A hole, I such States | COsts before there was any effect from | creased cost. through improved or- | been about 26 per cel : for _trar service; ‘and these ? o S e I U ooy Tag | the present depression. The decrease | ganization and better methods which | erage Cost for the five-vear period, | decreased ccsts noe small but are | because of the demand to furnish em- < . D e R ocal | in_Toad costs for the five-year period | permitted higher production with the 25-1929. This latter reduction has | of large ms yment Ammeter Trouble re thickly populated this local| from 1924 to 1929, taken from unit |same organization cost. Better engin- extent been due to lower | The thirc aspect s that| It is my hope that v et {romifiotto ‘dnn-::;,]:;f" Volume | Prices of Federal-aid projects, was | cering designs, better inspection and a d to some ex-|of the futur t e e ating volume | gy000 97 per cent. During this same | pride in output on the part \t lower prices for labor, ads by both automobiles S Andlcot hich 3 k period there was a canstant increase | both contractors engineers general road costs, which rable. S i tances—that | iy the quality of the roads produced | duced at a constantly decreasing co around 45 per cent lower the States and the lo- | through tr of the use will be under | gepnara)ly. The road contractors and stantly better quality ani wore | peak costs of 1924, would not into road construction |ty improve our ; equipment manufacturers are to b ble roads. been possible without the improved | y sible of road income | dition. ndertaken port indus- connecting New Jersey and New York, which combines the er the e: most s The ownership of both d trucks in use on the edominantly private. re has been a notable drop of transportation re- for local service, s been a growth in the longer travel of busses and trucks. ike many others, are seeking There has been a cer- of business taken over ads by trucks and n the public cr com- but this is an of the total vol- roads nge hes taken place in thods of merchandising. There has B A been nge from relatively large : . : v j 4 , ler inventories, resulting 55 ST ARG = 5 - Fred Zeder, Noted Engineer, tells Ripley...broadcasts the incredible siory And bere's Peter DePaclo, holder of the world's speed record for 500 miles, putting the new Jimmy Flags. . .famous artiss” .. looks transportaticn quickly . R A L Floyd Gibbos story of Floating Power, of DeSoto's unbelievable low price, DeSoto throush its paces in dramatic test. Expert checkers clocked speed of 30 m. p. b the car over from the beauty angle. having a profound effect upon trans- rtation needs. For example, in Ohio, total of 84,000 retail 36,000, or 43 per cent, that require daily re- In Maryland, of a grand of retail establishments of 21,000, 9.000. or 42 per cent, handle that are replenished day by These are only two instances t indicated in a concrete way a ice which has become established a daily highway use Frank Hauwks. . . famous aviator . .. gets preview of DeSoto's Awsomatic Cluschy Intimate Relationships. d be possible to carry this ion into unnecessary lengths to Jonstrate the intimate Telationships ve been established between ole population and highway transport. It is Not necessary to go to these to point to the conclusion t no material part of the develop- our highway system is con- upon any of the services are now in controversy. The r highways will g0 on and on » of their highly localized serv- elong to them exclusively ce traffic may be by-product, important in_it- having practically no effect necessity for the improve- ume of use of improved Thus, from the standpoint > future of highway building, no roversy as to the or commodities by Va transportation agen- regardless of how they are finally sed, will affect more than a rcentage of the use of the second point that has had a profound bearing upon the tremen- dous development of highway transport is the co-ordination of effort by agen- cies behind the building and use of the Controversial Aspects. ghways. These agencies-are primarily T 1 1! s and engineers. the including _their the manufacturers road and automotive This latter group includes y the motor vehicle manufact- but mnay of the accessory manu- rex including as an important » the rubber tire industry. ver Major Advances. 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