Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1932, Page 98

SUNDA WASHINGTON, . €, JANUARY 31, PART EIGHT. STAR, 4 THE (1931 HIGHWAY MISHAPS MOUNT TRAVEL INTERESTS SAFETY PROBLEM ™ b EsprrE vicoroUs campalons HELD CIVERSIFIED FOREMOST I80UE] .vetessness 1o Declered <o Be Account- Touring .-Calls of District able for Rising Tolls—Child Motorists Analyzed Fatalities Show Decrease. by A. A. A. — |thirds of the accidents, then two-| The junking of unsafe vehicles has|pen, where, and when. The U. 8. Bu- thirds of the effort expended in safety | been sponsored by the industry and is|reau of Public Roads is planning to education should be directed to them. |being actively pursued | contribute its experfence and facilities Tt is not suffcient simply to refuse| Inspection of vehicles on the high- (to aid in the solution of the problem them the privilege of driving unless|ways is being made by public officials | with such other agencies as the Na- they are among the “incurables.” This | in more and more States tional Safety Council, the Institute of would mean depriving them of & use- | We still need to know more about | Traffic Engineers, and other groups im- ful and needed transportation service.|the causes of accidents, why they hap- | mediately concerned i know of no better approach to the traffic accident problem for any uncL thar. the Boy Scout motto, “Be Pre- pared.” : s T . o o e ANNOUNCEMENT to him. Further than that, no one ex- | ts an accident to happen to him. Perhaps that is the reason drivers and walkers alike take chances that they Conference of | Would be the first to call loolhnrdyi Auto President Continual Striving Needed to Secure Better Traffic Conditions. A working exhibit of interest to all lines of business BY E. L. CORD, such s the Bastern o | madite will be shown in space 13-14. 1 bile Chember | Motor Vehicle Administrators, are be- . P o R or rathe Comimistee and | coming increasingly effective. | "1t every driver and every pedestrian, Erecdant AuburfolHg Tt will probably be conceded at once |When on the street or highway, were | resttont ui ontasler Motors Oorporstion.| Highway accidents are still on the | that a certain percentage of accidents | to conduct himself as though expetts g despite increasingly vigorous | are truly unavoidable. For the rest, it | ing an accident to happen, there would Year after year our highways are = can only be said that some one—driver be an immediate sharp certailment in Van Dorn: Elact: Tool being given a greater and greater as- |methods to decrease them or pedestrian—was careless or reckless. | the reports. | an Dorn Elect. Tools | signment to handle. Registration fig-| Automoblles and roads are being Some drivers have a predilection to| It s a fact that accidents rarely Sos mre evidence of an ever-increasing | bullt better and safer than ever before. | accldents. Sclentlsts have labeled them | happen at the places that look the number of automobiles. Improvements| Vehicle regulation is becoming more the “accident-prone drivers. EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR » analysis of touring calls recetved e A LAL » District of Odlumbia Division of | rican Aufomobile Association veals that the travel interests of | n motorists are diversified, t only from the standpoint of ob. t of things they | South-Bend Lathes Binks Paint Spray Eqpt. Egyptian Lacquer Cornwell Quality Tools Carborundum Products (Ind.) Ingersoll Rand Air Compressers Goodrich Mech. Rubber Goods I doubt | most dangerous. The bad corner is | not there are “accident-prone pedes- |usually self-evident—it is the straight- trians.” tives, but &l the A. A. A, a distant trip large city, while having the same avoid cities and of hi inter- rsed. Another will n historic spots and stops to points of un- terest. Still another the quickest Way in his objective may be reached, Jod roads is the governing factor Planning Necessary. aid: p of & hun- areful plan- died coveri of speed, the exk the gas, means All they see is betore them of a throbbing ive is to conquer relax when they ar- " joy of smooth and speed is paramount can- the enjoyment that an- rson derives from just se who derive ng, effort- nd a dirt road. they get away the better they enjoy maps, there are y W tk coast to coast, merely inquire mber and are on thelr people driving 10 or Baltimore on a Sunday every turn of the will wish to ough the smallest gs at the touring and will come in and ratively easy rodations range isive de luxe hotels ps. In be- motorist ercial or rall town rist homes could be | ial' to humble road- arjety is equally pro- ce C tourist camps. ither sleeps in the car and camps out Travel Trends Seasonal. quite seasonal. follows the flow he makes short rby resorts. | ns hi Northward as the Adirondacks, the Atlantic Coast water- Quebec or New England. he migration is to South- Gaspe Penins \sands had discovered its charm. will be the same in Mexico when 1e roads now being built are com- d to Mexico C! New roads in- ean more tourists.” Watch Gas Tank Cap. n a motor balks the cause may cd an old gas s a yent to allow x and maintain oline to insure he proper flow to the engine. ~After 1 service the vent may becomre Joked with rust or dirt, causing the car to stall or buck, particularly on & Jong puil. y intend to take a | FRED L. HALLER, Head of the Washington Automotive | Trade Association and generalissimo of | the twelfth annual Auto Show, AUTO PLAN GIVES POTENTIAL BENEFIT Change in Taking of Inven- tories Seen Industry Aid by E. T. Strong. BY E. T. STRONG, President Buick Motor Co. The program promulgated early last year by the board of directors of the | National Automobile Chamber of Com- | merce to change the taking of inven- tories from Winter to Summer, with corresponding change from Summer to Winter for new model announcements, has potential benefits that extend far | bevond the automobile industry itself. Those benefits lie in the stimulation of the raw material markets during the Winter months. One of the aims of all industrial en- | terprises is the maintenance of steady | markets. Regardless of whether or not |'the particular industry secks its market among users of raw materials, or among | those whose Tequirements are for fi | ished or partly finished goods, the de- sirability of enjo demand thro the y er the same To this end much s has been given by industrial leaders and sales executives to the leveling off of pe and the filling in of valleys in the sales curves that trace the yearly history of | almost every great business The above program was adopted to remedy this and other problems for the automobile industry. It was put | effect last yi several manufa | turers,” Buick leading with its new model in mid-November. Were this program to be followed by | the automobile industry generally | not too much to that it would go “Er toward relieving Winter di | many other of th | The motoring ested in & new car. While the mid- | Summer peak will no doubt continue, | nevertheless there are many thousands | of motorists who like to have the new model of their chosen car as soon &s possible after it is announced. Then, too, there are advantages in having a dependable new car during the Winter, | or to be able to obtain the latest model for vacation touring as early in the year as one chooses The automobile industry buys in the open market everything it uses. Its thousand and one demands reach to| almost every State in the Union. Thus, | the introduction of a new sales peak in | the automobile industry is reflected by every enterprise supplying it with ma- terials, The list of raw and manufactured materials going into the modern auto- mobile is an extensive one. Its leading items are steel, iron, rubber (manufac- tured), plate glass, lumber, leather, aluminum, copper. tin, lead, zinc, | nickel, cotton, upho! cloth, top and side curtain material, asbestos for brake | linings. It is also & large consumer of chem icals, industrial ofls, tool steels, lubri- cating oils, gasoline, iron ores and coal. Of some of these materials, the auto- mobile industry is the largest consumer. This is true of strip, bar and sheet steel, or malleable iron, rubber, plate glass, nickel and lead. In the bringing in of these commodi- ties and in shipping its finished prod- ucts, the automobile industry is a large | er of both rail and water transporta- tion. ‘There are & total of 193,049 miles of highways ved for construction on the Fed aid system, according to the D. O. division of the A. A. A. | conduct in road construction and the increase | uniform, particularly with respect to in motor horsepower mean & speeding up of traffic and the extended use of the automobile into new and greater fields. So each year the cumulative use of our highways and byways mounts at an amazing rate—and each year, also, brings us an army of young and inex- perienced drivers. Consequently, the problem of safety on our highways will long continue to be a foremost issue throughout the country. With this increased use of the auto- mobile motor accidents must not be permitted to increase, There must be a continual striving to secure traffic safety. No Individual Matter. Driving on the highways long ago ceased to be an individual matter. On the road the conduct of the “other fel- 1 affects in a large manner our own safety, and our conduct affects his safety All the time, with hardly a thought about it, every one is expecting every one else to drive according to the conventional manner. It has been f \nd that by setting up certain Tegu- lauons and extending their application a high degree of safety on the road has been attained. Cities, counties and States have pro- moted uniformity and a standardiza- tion in traffic manners by laying down highway trafic regulations. Further, | with the increase of touring and cross- country trips, the natlonalization of rules and standards has proved of con- siderable_assistance to the motor car driver. The movement to standardize road signs, traffic signals and the like | throughout the Nation have been of great value in the safety crusade and should receive all possible encourage- ment. In addition to the regulations estab- lished by law, certain conventional prac- have grown up spontaneously. These form a vital part of our driving These practices differ greatly 1 the various cities and sections of the country. It would be a great aid to tourists and long-distance drivers if se differences were eliminated and tices that are backed by usage ather than by law become uniform throughout the country, The under- taking is not a matter for the National Government, but one loglcally fitted for the work of automobile clubs, espectally those of a national scope. Many Advantages Gained. The many advantages alread: ined through unification of trtmcyrg:gull< tions and driv mf methods should be an inspiration to further standardization. The road here is quite clear. All that is needed is the willingness and the in- dustry to continue the undertaking. Increased development of the high- ways to carry their immense burden and to care for the augmented business that is certain to be assigned them is another key step in maintaining the safety of the' roads, Construction of arterial highways is one of the greatest needs. Arterial roads are necessary not only to connect citles and sections of the country, but also within the cities to handle the huge urban traffic and to open the way for suburban develop- ment. Double-deck roads in the more congested areas would likewise be an aid to meeting the safety problem. Highway construction can very wail be undertaken at this time. Materials are obtainable at unusually low prices, and if pushed through new roads could be completed at & smaller cost than will be possible again for many years to come. But with all of these ways of relieving traffic congestion—every one very necessary—there still will remain the problem of increasing accidents un- less the two chief causes of accidents can be removed, namely, unsafe cars and careless drivers. Careless drivers will | be with us always, but safe cars can mitigate greatly the unsafe driver and the congested highway. If all drivers, both the careful and the careless, were ;\zrigun&ed with proper safeguards, the cidents score would be iental reduced to a Safety Starts st Factory, Accident prevention must begin at the factory, and the numerous carefu], fact-finding surveys have established the four most important safeguards as reliable brakes, low center of gravity, all-steel bodles and strong, easlly op: erated steering gear, Perhaps some day, in an effort to safe- guard the safety of all, publiz opinion or legislation will make these features Cars: Teres o0, e Pincime ot Bave 5 e, %00, the of stand- ardisation will assist m&umm the safety of the highway. WHY PAY MORE? CLEAN CAR ASH, 75c Sundays and Holidays, 20c Extra automobile accidents. at work weeding out these people, the enactment of drivers’ license laws. Administration is improving Commercial vehicle operators are re- sponsible for less fatalities. creased. Here is one of the big flelds for | given the driver. ‘The time and effort of more organi- [ administrative officials. zations is belng devoted to the high- safety cause and official groups, pedestrians are responsible for two- |ers seem to have. Safe and sound. .. but half an hour before how close to tra ged ! SHE might have been a victim, as so many children and grown-ups have been victims, of the tragedy of shattered, flying glass. What happened could have happened in any car—perhaps in your car. One moment, a father chatting gaily with the little one in the seat beside him. Then suddenly .. . a thoughtless driver swerving out upon them from a hidden side road . .. and CRASH! Suppose it had been your car, your child. Would she, would you, have been showered with thousands of cruelly sharp pieces of smashed wind- shield and windows? Would broken glass have shot at you like arrows from all directions, perhaps to blind—to maim—to scar—to sever arteries—who knows what? You may have been lucky up to now—but the unex- pected could happen. Why not make sure that your loved ones and yourself are really protected from the perils of flying, broken glass? Why wait other cars to follow Studebaker? Studebaker, pioneer of Free Wheeling and many other epochal motoring advancements, now takes the final step in motoring safety by offering full- sealed, super-strength, 1932-type, clear-vision Safety Plate Glass in @/l windows and all windshields of all models—uwithoxt extra charge! Studebaker feels that all danger from breaking glass must go—that Safety Glass in the windshield alone is not protection enough. And so Studebaker adds the protection of Safety Plate Glass all around to armor-plated bodies—exceptionally low center of gravity— automaticstarting—reflextaillights—non-break- able steering wheels—no-glare windshields— steel running boards and the 1932 Free Wheel- ing plus Synchronized Shifting which combine to make the Triumphant New Studebakers the safest of all cars. 5 The public welfare is at stake. Other cars will as surely follow Studebaker to this advance as they did to Free Wheeling. But why wait? Right now, and a# 50 extra charge, Studebaker you complete Safety Plate Glass ion bigges, finer, Triumphant New ers that are drastically lowes In price! DRASTICALLY LOWER PRICES Coupe for four*. St. Regis Brougham, for five*t... Sedan, for five*.... Convertible Roadster, for four. Convertible Sedan, for fivet. Sedan, for seven®.. Limousine, for seven DICTATOR EIGHT 117 inch wheelbase—83 borsepower—1932 Free Wheel- ing—Safety glass all around—full cashioned power. Coupe, fOf tWO®*.veerrnranssenssnnes Coupe, forfour®..c...... St. Regis Brougham, for five*t Sedan, for five*.... Convertible Roadster, for four. Convertible Sedan, for five........e00 These are the “repeaters” in |away, or the deceptive grade or curve Science i3 now | that leads the careless into trouble The automobile industry has further checking by means of their accident advanced the safety of its vehicles this | records _what 1is responsible for the|year. More safety glass is being used, | The ratio of child fatalities has de- |lapses that involve them in sccidents. | better vision and better control are | Every effort has been | Safety education has been extended. |study and for intensive checking by | made to lessen driving fatigue and thus | If one-third | to secure the avoidance of those mo- of the drivers and one-third of the | mentary lapses which even careful driv- The T | COMMANDER EIGHT 125 inch wheelbase—101 borscpower—1932 Free Wheeling—Safety ghass all around—antomatic ride control—ball bearing spring shuckles, Coupe, for four*...... St. Regis Brougham, for five*t. Sedan, for five* . Convertible Roadster, for four. Convertible Sedan, for fivef... STUDEBAKER SIX 117 inch wheelbase instead of former 114 inch, 80 borsepower instead of former 70, borsepower, 1932 Free Wheeling, axtomatic starting, full cusbioned power, safety glass all around, two-way Houdaille sbock absorbers ($150 grester velve shan previous model). 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