THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 2, 1921 3 NEW MOTOR TRAFFIC IE HERE'S THE LATEST JORDAN CREATION, A HANDSOME LANDAULET. IS SUBMITTED Uniform Regulations in Four States Proposed. CONFERENCE GETS RESULT Draft to Go Before Four Legisla tures Outcome of Meeting of Secretaries of State. The most important meeting ever held in the Pacific northwest looking to unification of traffic regulations of the states of Oreeon. Washington Idaho and Montana, was that of December 20 and 21 in this city, when the secretaries of state of the four states, together with traffic officer of Portland, Seattle and other points, met to discuss the drawing up of a uniform code. Proposed regulations, together with an explanatory statement, nave Deen prepared by Sam Kozer, secretary of state for Oregon, who was instru mental in calling the meeting here and has taJcen tne leaoersnip in. me effort toward uniform traffic laws. The DroDOsed regulations, it is under stood, are to be presented to the legislatures of the four states for consideration at fortncoming sessions. The regulations prepared are as follows: (a) Kvery motor vehicle operated or driven upon the public highway of this state shall be provided with two sets of Independently operated brakes, either of which shall be capable of stopping; the car in accordance with the following table: 20 miles per hour 30 feet 15 miles per hour 21 feet 20 miles per hour W feet 25 miles per hour 58 feet SO miles per hour 84 feet Kxcept motorcycles, which shall have at kut one brake capable of complying with "th ithAvi nrovlsions. f (b) Erery motor vehicle, shall be pro vided with a suitable bell, horn or other signal device, which shall be rung or blown as a signal or warning to any person or whenever there is danger of collision or ac cident, White Headlight Required, tcS Every motor vehicle operated or driven upon the public highways of the state shall exhibit, during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise and at all times when fog or other atmospheric conditions render the operation of aald motor vehicle dangerous to traffic or the ose of the highways, at leait two headlamps, one on each side of said vehicle, showing white lights visible st least 500 feet or more in advance of said ssJlhlTSi Such Lights shall be o de signed, deflected or arranged as to pro duce sufficient light to reveal objects at lf.ar IBS ft ahead thereof and 10 feet on either side of the center line of said chicle, measured at a distance of 10 feet In front thereof, and In such manner that the beam of light therefrom, when meas ured 75 feet or more ahead of the lamp, shall not rise above 42 inches from the level surface on which the vehicle stands under all conditions of load Such motor vehicle or any trailer at tached thereto shall have attached to the rear not less than one lamp showing a red light, visible at least 200 feet in the rear ct such vehicle, and the same light or additional light casting white ray of suf ficient strength on the rear number plate thereof so that such number plate may be easily read at a distance of at least 60 feet; provided, that motorcycles shall be required to carry only one light in the front thereof which shall comply as to II Inminatlon and deflection with the forego ing section, and shall carry a red light to the rear or In lieu of a red light the motor cyclees may use red reflex mirrors In the rear; provided further, that It shall be un lawul to display other than white lights at the front of any vehicle, EQUIPMENT. Trucks Width Restricted. Every motor truck, the body of which exceed fix feet in width, shall exhibit, Auna-g the hours of darkness, in addition to the above required lights, a white light en the loft side of the machine defining the limit c-f the body of the machine or the overhanging load, if any there be. and beyond the outside thereof: the said light shsll be so fixed or carried that the said light .halt be seen both from the front nd rear of said motor truck; provided, thst no vehicle shall be operated on the bighwavs of this state whose width over sll. including load, exceeds eight feet. fcHery vehicle carrying a load which pro jects over the resr end three feet or more shall be required to display a red flag by dav and a light by night on tbe rear end of ouch overhanging load. (Special width ksd ) , All vehicles, other thsn motor vehic.es. when operated upon the hlghwas between one-hart hour after sunset and one-ha;f hour before sunrisv and at all times when fog or other atmospnenc conoiiions rewaej KXVA.V JfJg. MiiIMIii ! TMIMUI II EBSBSiBBBBSHBjQBiBBAiBSJSlBSBgBHV HflBHSliH3HSBSHIH9s Nf- (T SSBBlSSsBSSSSSSSSSSSSSMMMi - - .J. 'rHsSSBSSSSBSsBsSSBBBSSsBBiH '' ' ' " V ' V V BBSBPHFJBBBB . , ,Kjl,ISssssWH - ' JhC7 jyigdassssssssssssssSB'mssrsstt BtaSBBSBBBBSBBSBSBsEflBHT 'sKSBBBSnSBBBSBSBSW SMtSSSBSSSSSSSBJSSSSSSSSSstSsesW 1st vIHiMBXESHBMHBHSHBUIBHSSSHMBBSBBSBKBBSIsSEB-" THE UNIVERSAL CAR NEW CAR WHICH WILL BE RECEIVED HERE SHORTLY BY MITCHELL, LEWIS A STAYER, JORDAN DIS TRIBUTORS FOR THIS TERRITORY. We have the personal word of Edward S. Jordan, president of the Jordan Motor Car company, who won a warm place for himself in the regard of the local automobile men during his visit here last fall, that the new Jordan shown above "seats two in.luxury and three if they are friendly." The car is finished in South ampton tape, which appears green in the morning and gray in the twilight, Jordan says. The body Is .custom built along unusually distinctive lines. Unfortunately. Mitchell. Lewis & Staver will be unable to get one of the cars here in time for the auto show, although they will receive one shortly after that and put it on display in their showrooms. . , right side of the vehicle shall indicate a turn to the left. (d) Arm extended upward from thr left side of the vehicle shall indicate a turn to the right. Open Passage Necessary. 10. The person in charge of any vehicle moving slowly along And upon any street, road or hichwav shall keeD such vehicle as closely as practicable to the right hand boundary of such street, roail or hignwuj so as to allow more swiftly moving vehicles reasonably free DMMSsTS to the lett. 1 1. J' h o janitor of a motor vehicle shall, on signal, by raising the hand from a person riding, leading or driving In the opposite direction a horse or horses or other animals, bring such motor vehicle immediately to a storp, and remain sta tionary so Ions; as may be reasonable to allow such animal or animals to pass, and if traveling in the same direction, shall use reasonable caution In passing such animal or animals; provided, that in case such animal or animals appear badly frightened or the person operating such motor vehicle is so signaled to do, such person shall cause the motor of such vehicle to cease running so long as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent acci dent and insure the safety of others. 12. When overtaking or passing a street or interurban car on its right nand side, a driver of a vehicle shall bring such vehicle to a full stop before passing over or by any place where a street or Interurban car is stopping or stopped, and shall not pro ceed when persons are getting on or off. or about to get on or off, of said street or interurban car, unless said driver can maintain a distance of at least six feet between said vehicle and the running board or lower step of uch street or .In terurban car. Clear View Necessary. 13. Every vehicle shall be kept on the right half of the road, street or highway traveled and no vehicle shell overtake and pass any other moving vehicle when the view ahead is not clear for at least 100 yards. 14. Every motor vehicle when moving In defiles, canyons or mountain passes where curvature of the road or highway prevent a clear view for a distance of 100 yards, shall be held under control and shall In approaching all curves give signals with reovsm oiasts or strones oi norn, oeu. whistle, gong or other signaling device of Its approach, and upon all curves to the right shall keep to the inside or said curves, and upon all curves to the left shall keep to the outside of said curves. 1CV No race or contest for speed shall be held upon any road, street or highway in this state without the permission of the authorities of the state, county or mu nicipality having jurisdiction of said road, street or highway, and unless the same is fully snd efficiently patrolled for the entire distance over which' said race or contest for speed Is to be held. 14L I&very person operating a motoi vehicle on the public highways of this slat shall drive the same in a careful and prudent manner, not to exceed 30 miie per hour, and in no case at a rate of speed that will endanger the property of another, or the life and limb of any person. Park Drivers Cautioned. IT. Upon all narrow ways in parks, passes and defiles, not otherwise herein provided for, all vehicles shsll proceed In one direction only as the signboards and conspicuously displayed regulations upon such narrow ways In parks. pa.ses and defiles so located shall then define. The direction in which all vehicles ehall o proceed may be declared by park com missioner in parks and by the county coirunlwionen or other legally constituted authorities with respect to narrow passes and defiles within their respective Jurls- of its occurrence without complying with this section, and if this complying with this section, however, is not done, it shall be a violation of this act, and punished accordingly as herein provided, and in civil action for damages, as in this act elsewhere provided, shall be construed as an evidence of fault. Mishap to Be Reported. 24. The dri vers of all ve h icles shal 1 within 12 hours after causing Injury to any person or damage to any vehicle or prop erty, report the same to tbe constituted police power of the locality in which the accident or collision occurred, giving the information obtained as hereinbefore pro vided. 25. Bocal authorities shall have no power to pass, enforce or maintain any ordinance, rule or regulation, affecting a slower rate of speed than herein specified at if- such vehicles may be operated, or the uss of the roads, streets and high ways of this state, contrary to or incon sistent with the provisions of this act; and all such ordinances, rules and regulations now In force are hereby declared to be of no validity or effect; provided, however, that the local authorities may limit by or dinance, rule or regulation hereafter adopted, the speed of vehicles on the streets within their respective corporate limits, on condition that such ordinance, rule or regulation shall also fix the speed limitation for all vehicles, not to be in any case less than one mile in six minutes, and on further condition that all local authori ties' shall also have placed conspicuously on each main street, road or highway of this state where the boundary of such local authority crosses the same, and on every main street where the rate of speed changes, signs of sufficient size to be easily readable by persons us'ng the same, bear ing the words, "Dowi to miles" (the rate being Inserted , an with AetlsAs: and when so dsclarftd shall be eo shall mpta? on the left side or taia vehicle a white light which must be visible from the front and rear Tor a distance noi Ifee than 200 feet In either direction. The term "beam of light" shall be con strued to mean the reflected rays of light which are projected approximately parallel to the optical axis of the reflector. The above provisions of this act shall not apply to spotlights, but all spotlights shall, while in use upon the highways of this state, bo so directed that tbe beam of light shall strike the roadway at least six ieet to the right and not more than 76 feet In front thereof. Kemr View Kasenflal. d Evfiy owner or operator of any b snot or vehicle constructed or loaded as to prevent au unobstructed view directly to the rear, used on the public highways of this state, shall equip such motor vehicle with a mirror or other device to enable the driver thereof to have such a clear and unobstructed view of the rear as will enable him to obey the ' rules of the road" when overtaken by any other vehicle. e) All vehicles operated on- the high ways of this state which are so constructed that hand and arm signals given by the driver are not visible to the rear of said vehicle must be equipped with a suitable mechanical or electrical device capable of giving unmistakable signals as to the In tention of the driver to fctop or turn such vehicle, RULES OF THE ROAD. 1. Vehicles proceeding In the opposite direction shall pass to the right, giving one-half of the road to each. vehicles proceeding In the same di rection in overtaking each other shsll pass to the left. The overtaking vehicle shall main tain it kwrd until clear of the overtaken vehicle and for uch distance thereafter MS Shall pre r.t dust Sr 1 mua inryw in nnn th overtaken vehicle. 4. The signal to pass shall be given by ens blast or stroke or the horn, oeu, whistle, gong or other signaling device, ft. Should the overtaken vehicle then not give way. three such blasts or sig nals shall be given, and upon the failure to comply therewith, the overtaking ve hicle may at the next suitable place safe for both vehicles go by without further signal. a. It shall be the duty of the operator of every overtaken vehicle to turn to the right and give one-half the road to the overtaking vehicle, and shall not increase his speed while being passed. Crossing Rules laid Down. 7. Drivers, when approaching highway Intersections, shall look out for and give right-of-way to vehicles on their right, simultaneously approaching a given point, provided, however, that atreet and inter urban cars and emergency vehicles shall have the right-of-way at all times at such higbwav Intersections. 8. All vehicles approaching an Inter section of a street, road or highway with the intention of turning thereat, shall, in turning to the right, keep closely to the right, and in turning to the left, shall run to snd beyond the center of the intersec tion. 0. The driver of anyt vehicle about to turn, either from a standstill or while in motion, shall give timely signal by hand or w-hip, or in some other unmistakable manner. Indicate the direction of the turn as follows: a) Arm extended horisonally from aitber the right or left side of the vehicle shall Indicate a turn In the direction io Which the arm Is extended. (b) Arm extended downward from either the right or left side of the vehicle a collision or consequence resulting from a ahull indicate a stop, mistake in Judgment or arising from ac- Ifi Arm extended upward from the ' cidont shall move away from, tan slas re gard thereto and the direction in which all vehicles shall so travel. Is. No vehicle shall be moved, run or operated on the roads, streets or highways of this state by any person unable or incapable to control and properly operate the same' with due regard to the safety of the public and other vehicles; provided, that in all cases any person In a state of Intoxication Is deemed conclusively in capable and unable to control and operate the same. 19. No person having control or charge of a motor vehicle shall allow such ve hicle to stand Jn any public street or nubile highway unattended without first effectively setting the brakes thereon and stopping the motor of said vehicle. No vehicle shall be stopped or parked upon the main traveled portion or any hignvvav In this state; provided, that this shall not apply to any vehicle so disabled as to prevent the moving of the same. Smoke Exhaust Regulated. 20. No vehicle shall be operated with an excessive smoking exhaust upon any road, street or highway in this state Gongs and siren whistles shall not be used on any vehicle other than ambulances or vehicles operated by a police department fire department, sheriff or other police of ficer, or upon any such vehicles only when moving in response to emergency rails. 21. Patrol wagons, police ambulances. fire patrols, fire engines and fire apparatus shsll In all cases, with due regard to the safety of the public, have right-of-way, all provisions of this act to the contrary notwithstanding; but this act shall not protect the driver of any such vehicle from consequence In the arbitrary exercise of this right or ror injuries wurmiy in flicted. 22. In all localities where an author lxed officer, marshal!, constable or police man, conspicuously displaying his star or badge and then discharging the duty of regulating and directing traffic In this locality, shall signal any vehicle to take any direction or to stop or otherwise pro ceed for the safety of the public. It shall be the duty of the driver of such vehicle to obey said directions and to comply with the orders of said officer. Injured Most Be Aided. 2.1. Should any pedestrian, vehicle or other object from any cause come In con tact with a moving vehicle in the roads. streets or highways of this state. It shall be the duty of the driver of said vehicle to stop and render such aid and assist ance as may bb required and In case of injury to persons or damage to any vehicle or property, it shall be the duty of the driver of either vehicle, or any occupant thereof to furnish the driver of the other vehicle or to any occupant of such vehicle or witness of the accident, or in case of sn Injured pedestrian to such pedestrian or witness, the license number of his vehicle, the true name and address of the owner, the name and address of the driver and of each occupant of said vehi cle, and it shall likewise be the duty of any witness of the accident to furnish to the driver or occupant of said vehicles, his or her true name and address, and the drivers of said vehicles, or any other Dartiee concerned In said accident, shall make a written notation of the time, plaee. date and other data, togetner witn tne names and addresses of witnesses pres ent. "Each and all of said Information, how ever, shall not be construed or determined as fixing liability In either case for fault or negligence of either party, but shall be a means of Identification of the facts and circumstances only, and neither party to arrow pointing in the direction where the speed Is to be reduced or changed; and, provided further, that such an ordinance, rule or regulation shall fix the penalties for violation thereof similar to and no greater than those proscribed In this act for violation of speed limitation by ve hicles; and provided further, that on any portion of any road, street or highway where, on account of sharp curvature or other causes, it Is deemed unsafe for ve hicles to operate at the maximum speed allowed In this act, or to be parked on such portion of said highway, the county court or other Jurisdictional body may regulate such speed or parking pjrivllege, by ordinance, rule or regulation hereafter adopted, on condition that said ordinance, rule or regulation shall regulate all ve hicles alike, said speed limit not to be In any case less than one mile in six minutes, and on further consideration that said Jurisdictional body shall cause to be posted at either end of such portion of said high way, signs of sufficient size to be easily readable, setting forth the speed and park ing privileges allowed, and stating by whose order said regulations are made, and thereafter any violations of said order shall be deemed unlawful and shall be punishable as set out in this act : pro vided further, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed as limiting the power of local authorities of incor porated cities and towns to make and en force further ordinances prescribing fees, rules and regulations affecting motor o other vehicles." Radical Changes Made, One of the most radical changes, at lea. radical to this section of the country, sug gested by the conference of secretaries of state held at Portland, December 20 and 21, was perhaps that of permitting motor vehicles to proceed where there is room for certain safety zones, where street or Interurban cars are Mopped and in the act of taking on or discharging passengers The traffic regulations In all north western cities require that motor vehicle 'drivers must bring their machines to a full stop when proceeding in the same direction as a street or interurban car, when such car Is taking on or discharging Its load of passengers regardless of the fact that there may be 20 feet or more of wasted space between such car and the curb line of the street or road. If a little thought Is given to the subject it will be readily seen that this Is an ancient and antiquated cue torn and retards rather than assists congested traffic. The whole scheme of traffic regulation Is to keep traffic moving and moving safely, not to stop it. Starting and stop ping traffic Is where the danger to the, pedestrian is most likely to be. for he cannot know if the approaching vehoile Is always a perfect plfce of mechanism or If Its driver's mind Is expertly trained to meet any emergency. Therefore the ped estrian does not know just what he should do or where he should be in order to en joy the greatest possible decree of safety, nor can the average country driver, who must of necessity be in the city occasion ally, know at what minute he may go wrong and be hailed before some stern magistrate. As it has become absolutely necessary that many people travel in motor vehicles, some large cities have es tablished one-way traffic regulations on congested streets, simply to keep traffic moving. Take a motor vehicle upon any street, having street car service, where the traffic regulations permit of a 20-miis rate or speed, and do compeuea to stow every t;me the street car does to accommo date its Dfl.-seniT'Ts: continue under suet. conditions for fifteen or twenty blocks and one is soon convinced of the inconvenience of such a regulation, and the folly of it if sufficient space existed in which to provide saiety zones. Safety Zone Is Urged. Wherever It Is possible to do so a six foot safety zone ehoul be provided for the use of those In getting on or off street or interurban cars. In such a zone ex tending the length of a street car more pedestrians can be accommodated than oan bo conveniently seated in iuch a car. When mw-h nrovlsion is made the pedes trian knows his rights, feels confident of hie personal satety ana tne motor rausss driver Is permitted to go on about his business and with less fear of some pedes trian aimlessly getting in his way. and traffic is thus renewed instead of retarded. Uniform hand or arm signals will be a great relief to the traveling publlo if sim plified as suggested by the meeting. A complicated set of signals in one city and a more elaborate set in another confuses the driver. As driving is only secondary In his consideration and simply his means of getting from one place to another, he should not be compelled to digest a lot of complicated signals. The signals sug gested by the secretaries are practicable and as truly applicable to the country vil lage as to the congested city and as easily understood by the country driver as the city traffic officer. The use of the arm signal was considered of sufficient importance that where motor vehicles were so constructed that such signals could not be visible from the rear, such vehicles should be equipped with a suitable mechanical or electrical device capable of giving unmistakable signals to Indicate the intention of the driver. , Road Markers Important. In recommending appropriate and uni form signs and road markers for the con venience of the traveling puduc, ine sec retaries took another big forward step Who has not driven on a strange highway and been confused by one sign readin such a distance to a given point, whil someone else's sign gives it a mile o two nearer or farther, as the case may be Such signs should be placed by authority of the state and contain tne speea iaw the states party to the agreement, correct distances between towns or cities and where laws relative to traffic might be obtained. Markers designating dangerous mipvm erades. directions for turning, etc, will save time for the motorist and keep the farmer from answering a lot of fool n npstions. With reference to who shall have the rieht of wav. the secretaries used the sim plest and plainest wording possible when said. Drivers, wnen approacomi imaw Intersections, shall look out for and give right of way to vehicles on their ngnt. tTnrfr such a common sense ruling no other than a blind man need have an accident at a road Intersection. Just to lonk is the only requirement imposed on the driver, and together with the common sense advice given in the motor vehicle law to "drive In a careful and prudent manner, not to exceed 30 miles an hour, and in no case at a rate of speed that will endanger the property of another, or the life and limb of any person," should be miffifipnt rules of the road for all. The suggestion that vehicles be prohib ited from parking upon the main traveled nnrtinn of any highway should be incor porated in the law as another safeguard against accidents. It is anticipated that Rnme obiections will be encountered here however it should be remembered that itirisHictional bodies may regulate speed or parking privileges by ordinance or order and the posting oi apprepnaie signs sot ting forth such privileges. Useless Rules .Eliminated. The practice now In force in some sec tions of the country, of compeiing motor vehicle operators to give, upon crossing the imaginary line of a state boundary. his name, age. color or hair, larnuy his tory, make and motor number of his car und where he got the wherewithal! to ac quire such a vehicle smacks considerable of European methods, the very methods which recently cost this country billions nf dollars and thousands of lives that such a sVstem should not fasten its clutches unon this democratic country of ours. Thr business man or respected private clti zi-n should not be unnecessarily molested in going about his affairs and the visitor from other sections should be made feel he Is welcome In any community so long as he keeps within the limits of rea sonable laws which were provided for his personal safety and consideration of the other man a rights. The recommendation of the secretaries that such courteous con siderations as were possible be extended to all and the exchange of state motor ve hicle registration lists to assist in the apprehension of violators of any criminal law is commendable indeed. With such 365 Happy Days in the New Year You owe it to yourself to your wife and to your children to get away from the work and wTorries of each day into the glorious Oregon country which lies all around you. You might as well be a hermit in the midst of abundance as live in Oregon without quick transportation to the beauty spots so close to your home. iake a New Year's resolution now. Get a Ford Sedan. Bring happiness for your self and for every member of your family into every day of the New Year. No other investment can bring so much pleasure and satisfaction or save so much time at so small a cost as a Ford Sedan. Henry Ford fixes the price himself . It is the same everywhere except for freight. And that price is now lower than before the war. It has been cut below actual cost of production. This present low price may be increased soon. So decide today. Resolve to have a new Ford Sedan delivered at once and have 365 happy days in the coming rear, Chassis $360.00 Runabout (Regular) $395.00 Runabout (With Starter) $465.00 Touring (Regular) $440.00 Touring (With Starter). . . .$510.00 Coupe (With Starter) $745.00 Sedan (With Starter) $795.00 Truck (Pneumatic Tires) . .$545.00 The Prices Listed Above Are F. 0. B. Detroit. For Sale by the Following Authorized Ford Dealers Francis Motor Car Co. Grand Avenue at Hawthorne Palace Garage Co. 12th Street at Stark Wm. L. Hughson Co. Broadway at Davis Rushlight & Penney, Inc. East Third at Broadway Talbot & Casey Inc. East Ankeny at Grand Robinson-Smith Co. Sixth at Madison 'The Weather Is Always Good in a Ford Sedan' lists available at the office of the secre tary of state, officers throughout the state can conveniently, by telegraph or other wise, soon determine the legal ownership of any motor vehicle held under suspicion. That registered chauffeurs should be bonded is purely a business suggestion. It protects the skilled driver from the un skilled competitor and brings to the skilled driver the confidence of the business world and fixes responsibility. A uniform license year to correspond with the calendar year in all states Is of vital interest to the law enforcing officer. As an example of the difficulties besetting this officer, attention is directed to the Washington and the Oregon license plates both to be in use after January 1. Both plates are of green color with numerals of white, of practically the same size and design. It is easily understood how con fusing this will be until March I, 1921, when the Washington license will be of a different color. If the calendar year was the same in both states the new license plates of the state of Washington, being oi a dirrerent color, would be applied January l, thereby eliminating all such confusion. Emphasis Laid on Lights. In the matter of equipment, the secre taries have placed particular emphasis upon the matter of light anid have re quired that two (not one) ivead lamps, showing white lights on the front of motor vehicles shall be necessary w hen operating at night It is betlileved, however, that to operate a motor vehicle at any time with out such equipment should be primafacle evidence cf the violation of this act. In providing for the deflection of such head lamps tnat tnp Deam or light snail not rise above a given distance in the road will eliminate some of the danger now experienced upon the highways from glar ing lam-ps where no effort ia made to comply with the law which requires the operator of a motor vehicle to dim his light when meeting an approaching vehicle. To require ngnts on venicies opera tea upon the public highways', by muscular power is "both a protection to the horse drawn vehicle and the motogist. Argu ment in favor of such a provTion is pro vidfed on most any main' highway where one can find here ami there a borse-drawn vehicle wrecked as the result of not being equipped with a light, and more often than otherwise personal injury 1 the re sult of such weglect. To com oel a lisrht to be D'aceti on the left side of motor trucks whose body ex- ceeds s4x feet in width, defining the limits of the body or load, will be an aid to the driver of an approaching vehicle. fo on account of reflection of the lights ne is facing can only Judge the width of such approaching motor truck by imaginary measurements from the position of the two head lamps, or lights. Considerable damage to property results from over hanging widths of load and the danger therefrom to a great .degree will be reme died by this provision. Most Pavements Narrow. For the reasons evident herein, it was deemed advisable to limit the w idth of the load to eight feet over all, as most ptaved highways In this and other states do not eiceed 16 or 18 feet and where such Loads of equal width should meet more or less danger is encountered in passing, while to permit loads of extreme width to hold up other lighter and swifter moving vehicles Is manifestly an Injustice to such vehicles. In recommending that a red nag by day and a light by night be displayed on all loads projecting three feet or more to the rear, the secretaries were guided large ly by the experience and benefits obianied from city ordinances which require such protective measures. In practically all the western states the lumber industry must use, to a greater or less extent, the de signed highways of the States to bring to the transportation lines the product or tne mills, which product Is more frequently than otherwise long timbers e.jeeding in length by considerable distances, the vehi cle or equipment upon which it may be loaded, and la so doing endanger other traffic. It Is only a wise provision to extend this protection to outlying sections Of the states where police protection is limited. The spotlight Is acknowledged as a great convenience, but the abuse of such a convenience as Is now the practice of many drivers, convinced the secretaries some action should be taken to control its use, and by directing that its beam of light shall strike the roadway at least six leet to the right from its position upon the vehicle (always assuming it Is to be at tached to the left hand side of the vehi cle) and not more than 75 feet In front thereof, such abuse would be overcome to so mo degree at least. Common Complaint Met. The most common complaint, other than that of improper lights or the abuse there of, coming from the general driving public Is directed against the drivers of heavy trucks, who, it is claimed, persist in hold ing to the center of the road and refusing to give the right-of-way to lighter and more swiftly moving vehicles, approach ing from the rear. In many instances in the past, such complaint w.as justifiable, snd Is yet to a certain degree, as a few truck drivers will take advantage of the heavy machine under their control, regard less of the rights of others. On the other hand, the necessity for transporting bulky loads by motor vehicles, does, in many in stances, obstruct the view of the rear and the noise attendant to the operation of heavy motor trucks prevents the driver having knowledge of approaching vehicles or their desire to pass. It was therefore, deemed advisable to require thst motor vehicle: so constructed or loaded to ob struct a clear view of the rear, shall bs (Concluded on Page 4.) BRUTE STRENGTH (jjjj wfllte. the STUDEBAKER BOOTH, li , 1 t Aato Show OWT Complete Lini l'2-ton 22 -ton 3! 4 -ton 5- ton 6- ton NIIIII11IIIII TRUCKS. Trucks I Only Truck Built With 3 Final Drives Timken Worm Internal Gear Double Reduction Notice to Dealers: Write, your territory may be open. a W. C. 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