lAA SAFETY LANE AT 

 BLOOMINGTON 

 Stat* Highway Of- 

 ficer James Tully cau- 

 tions a McLean county 

 driver. 



Watch For lAA Safety 

 Lane . . . 



It's On the Way 



jf CROSS lAAs Safety Lane 

 y LL went the first 100 cars of 

 ^^^^ I the 1937 season when the 

 apparatus was unlimbered at Piper City, 

 Ford county. May 3. Of the 100 cars 

 tested, 59 were in safe operating condi- 

 tion and 41 were rejected as being un- 

 safe to operate. As the Safety Lane 

 traveled, making one and two-day stops 

 in Ford, McLean, Champaign, Douglas, 

 Coles, Moultrie and Shelby counties, it 

 became more evident that the condition 

 of cars in rural areas has improved since 

 last year. 



The first twelve days of operation of 

 the equipment showed that 54 per cent 

 of the cars were "road-worthy" and that 

 46 per cent of them were not to be 

 trusted. Last year, during the first twelve 

 days, only 39 per cent of the cars tested 

 were OK'ed and 61 were outlawed. 



Why the difference? Well, for one 

 thing there are more new cars in the 

 country now than at this time last year. 



Driving vs. Drinking 



(Continued jrom page 21) 

 observes but, further, to support the ar- 

 resting officer at the subsequent trial. 



Other states have long since discovered 

 that this situation, in common with many 

 others in the traffic mix-up, can best be 

 handled by a standard drivers' license law 

 which (1) requires that all new drivers 

 pass a driving examination before they 

 are permitted to use the roads; (2) that 

 a record be kept of all traffic law viola- 

 tions committed by any driver; and (3) 

 make possible the revocation of the li- 

 cense of any one who is convicted of 

 operating a vehicle while he is intoxi- 

 cated. 



At the last annual meeting of the 

 lAA, the Board of Delegates went on rec- 

 ord as supporting a drivers' license law. 



There is every reason to believe our 

 "drinking and driving" menace will get 

 worse before it gets better and will never 

 improve until adequate legislation has 

 been passed to enable conscientious law 

 enforcement agencies to police the drunk- 

 en and otherwise criminal drivers off the 

 highways. 



But that alone does not account for all 

 the improvement. Many car owners have 

 found that it pays to drive a car they 

 can trust — one that will stop when the 

 brakes are applied. It's good business. 

 Jack Satorius, the genial Cass county 

 schoolmaster who operates the Safety 

 Lane, likes his job because he feels that 

 he is helping auto owners to make driv- 

 ing in Illinois safe. He urges owners of 

 rejected cars to have the necessary re- 

 pairs made for their own safety. Many 

 of the owners, Jack says, have their 

 brakes fixed or their head lamps adjusted 



and put their autos through the Lane a 

 second time to get a final OK. 



Have Your Auto Tested 



Running a car with faulty brakes is 

 like rushing up behind a spirited horse 

 without speaking to him, it is full of 

 thrills and surprises but it isn't safe. To 

 be on the safe side, have your auto tested 

 on the lAA Safety Lane. It will make a 

 stand near your home this summer and 

 you are invited to use it. You and your 

 family may live longer if you do. It 

 will be set up in the following towns in 

 June: 



I June 



Carmi, White County 1 



Ridgway, Gallatin County 2 



Harrisburg, Saline County }-4 



Golconda, Pope-Hardin County 5 



Vienna, Johnson County 7-8 



Anna, Union County 9-10 



Marion, Williamson County 11-12 



Benton, Franklin County 14-15 



Mt. Vernon, Jefferson 17 



Nashville, Washington County 18-19 



Centralia, Marion County 21 



Salem, Marion County 22 



Hillsboro, Montgomery County 2J-24 



Carlinville, Macoupin County 25-26 



Jerseyville, Jersey County 28 



Carrollton, Greene County 29 



Jacksonville, Morgan County }0- 



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