THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 1 , 102
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CQMPULSORY MOTOR
t? insURiCE IS HIT
Wfitiw Cost Huge Sum and
.. Would Breed Reckless
s; .-Association
1 WASHINGTON. July 1.- Fol
lowing an in VHSliagtion evtendin?
9fr several years, the Anieriran
Automobile a.ssodal ion issued a
statement today expresjUnK un
fliftcliing oposition to compulsory
automobile liability insurance,
which Is now being agitated in
many sections of the country.
The national motoring body has
reached the conclusion that the
claim of its ponsor. that mm
pnl.sory insurance would promote
safety is wholly unfounded and is
based on a deep-rooted fallacy.
Today's statement from A. A. A.
national headquarters put the pro
posal under ban on the following
counts:
Kirst, it Is in no sense a safety
measure as there is no relation
between prevention of accidents
and compensation for accidents.
Second, all the evidence points
to the probability that compulsory
insurance would breed reckless
ness rather than promote greater
rare.
Third, it would subject the car
owners in mass to a burden of
$::of.U0O.O0O in compulsory
premiums in order to provide pro
tection against comparatively few
motorists who are financially ir
responsible. Fourth, it would tend to in
crease rates because it would do
away with the principle of selec
tive risks.
Fifth, it would inevitably de
generate into state insurance and
lie an entering- wedge for state
control of every other business.
The position of the A. A. A. is
set forth in the following state
ment: "It is generally admitted that
less than 20 per cent of motorists
carry insurance, leaving some
thing like 16,000,000 of the total
2o.000.000 motor vehicles of
America without insurance. Con
sequently, if these compulsory in
surance proposals became law in
all the states. 16.000,000 vehicle
owners would be compelled to
purcise insurance; and on the
basf -")f the ordinary premium for
f heOllotint of insurance carried,
thf jTMB.O&OOOO would be re
retired to pay more than $300,
o.oo.OOO in premiums to comply
with the law. This would bring
the total bill, now something like
$100,000,000 to approximately
$400,000,000.
"If the present ratio .should
hold, in the event compulsory in
surance was adopted, only about
one twentieth of the gigantic
amount wouM be paid back to the
motorists in realization on insur
ance after damages had been
done. Thus, there would be the
enormous total of $400,000000 in
premiums to carry Insurance to
meet but $20,000,000 in uncom
pensated damages."
Characterizing as a fallacy the
belief that compulsory insurance
would decrease accidents, the
statement continued:
"When insurance is arranged
for. the feeling of liability on the
part of the individual is lessened.
.No insurance can prevent suffer
ing or restore life. No doubt, a
great many motorists who are in
sured feel that, because of their
insurance, they need not exercise
so much care while driving. It
would be a most human, a most
natural. If unfortunate and regret
able attitude.
"If the state guarantees to pay
everybody who is hurt on the
roads a stipulated indemnity, the
reckless and irresponsible can go
the limit with no fear of anything
but criminal responsibility.
'That there is a crying need
for some drastic action to reduce
automobile accidents cannot be
denied. It is not to be wondered
at that legislative bodies, civic or
ganizations and good citizens gen
erally are deeply concerned in
finding a remedy. But it is a
source of wonder that the latest
medium proposed contemplates
indemnity for the injured. Instead
of making a real effort to enforce
. ample speed laws and trafic stat
utes and ordinances, it is pro
posed to let the carnage go on.
seeing only that the heirs of the
dead are provided for in a mater
ial sense and that the maimed
Hnd the injured are assured mon
etary compensation.
Shall America contemplate
such a method of obtaining its
patrimony and permit financial
redress to become the. price of
iV'Wa life?"
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Walter II. Zoael, automobile
tires, tubes and accessories. Vul
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OREGON MOTOR CLUB
HAS EXTENSIVE JOB
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stopped r any hour of the day or
night for an infraction of the traf
fic codes of the state. With all
such services considered, there is
no questioning the assertions that
the service of the motor associa
tion works 24 hoars every day for
35 days out of every year in the
Interest of motorists. But few
motorists realize this situation,
and fewer appreciate It."
Despite Crisis Paris Celebrates "4t7i" and Morocco tieace
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With parades and display more elaborate than any sinct the peace celebration in 1918, and
forgetting its financial chaos, Paris observes Bastilc Day and the culmination of jeace in Morocco.
The photos show parading troops with the Arch of Triumph in the background, and the members of
the Moroccoan peace delegation, left to right: Si Cliami Abadon, Moulay Yousscf Sultan, of Moroc
co, and M. Steeg, governor of Morocco..
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HOW THE ROADS ARE
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grades ami somewhat rough hut
pansaltU'.
Albee-Ukiah: Surfaced.
l?kiah-Tlittf-r : Hough mountain
road; step grades.
Rittt-r-Mt. Vernon: Partially
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The MjilHs-niirfur-MaiiKia Cri-
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Macadam except a miles dirt rad
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structiou. l.'se old road which is
cinder finished. Fair cond it ioi.
I,ava liutte-Lapine: Macadam.
Iapine-Crescent: 14 miles new
grade; rough but passable. Bal
ance of 4 miles surfaced.
Crescent-Beaver Marsh - Sand
Creek Fort Klamath Kljmutli
"FaMs-Merrill-California state line:
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