1. A. A. Auto Insurance IVews 



pBLISHED BY ILUNOIS AGRICULTURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., 608 S. DEARBORN, CHICAGO 



MUST HAVE DRIVERS UCENSE MAY 1 



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COMPARE lAA LOW COST AUTO INSURANCE 



Ask the agent in your County Farm Bureau office for 

 low cost rates in the Ilhnois Agricultural Mutual Insurance 

 Co. The cost for full coverage as provided in the policy 

 which includes public liability and property damage, fire and 

 theft, stationary and moving object collision is only $10.95 

 semi-annually for a new car with f.o.b. list price up to 1750.00. 

 The policy fee payable only once is extra. The rates are 

 further reduced as the car grows older. It is the present policy 

 of the company to pay a 10% dividend to policyholders whose 

 policies are in force 21,2 years and a 20% dividend to policy- 

 holders whose policies have been in force 5 years or over. 



GUARANTEED RATES - NON-ASSESSABLE INSURANCE 



The Illinois Agricultural Mutual 

 policy provides for guaranteed rate, 

 non-assessable insurance. You know 

 what its going to cost when you take 

 out the policy. You know too, 

 backed by a $2,- 



The fact that the company has in 

 force upwards of 64,000 auto in- 

 surance policies and more than 12 

 years of successful operation with 

 a constant gain in policies, assets, 

 and reserves assures the policyholder 

 assed safety and security. 



ALL FARM BUREAU MEMBERS 

 SHOULD HAVE lAA INSURANCE 

 TO PROTECT THEM FROM LOSS 

 IN CASE OF AUTO ACCIDENT 



Proof of Financial Responsibility Rjequired by Law 



When License Is Revoked or When 



Judgment is Outstanding 



Every resident of Illinois who drives a motor vehicle must have 

 an operator's license by May 1. 



This provision was enacted in an amendment to the Motor 

 Vehicle Act by the State Legislature last year. Application should 

 be made without delay to the Secretary of State, Springfield, III., 

 on forms provided for that purpose. The cost is 50c for each mem- 

 ber of the family over 18 years of age who drives. The first license 

 is good until May 1, 1942. The fee for persons under 18 is 25c 

 for three years. Thereafter, the license expires every third year on 

 May 1. No person under the age of 15 may procure a driver's li- 

 cense and no person between the age of 15 and 18 may procure a 

 license without the consent of father, mother or guardian. No 

 person under 21 may drive a school bus while in use for transporta- 

 tion of pupils to and from school. 



The driver's license law does not apply to persons who operate 

 road machinery, farm tractors, or farm implements temporarily i 



drawn over the highways. 



The operator of the motor vehicle 

 must have the driver's license with 

 him when driving car or truck. A 

 temporary instruction permit may bcj 

 issued while a person is learning toj 

 drive, or when the Secretary of I 

 State deems an examination neces-l 



DRIVE SAFELY 



1. Keep your car mechanically 

 safe— your brakes, tires and 

 other features oi the running 

 mechanism in good cindition. 



2. Never pass a car on a curve 

 or near the crest oi a hill. 



3. Slow down wh'en road condi- 

 tions require slow speed or 

 where roads are so marked for 

 safety. 



4. Always signal before making 

 turns, slowing down or stop- 

 ping. 



5. At all times, regard stop signs, 

 signs oi railroad crossings and 

 light signals. 



6. Give the pedestrian the benefit 

 oi the doubt. 



7. Keep to the right side oi the 

 center oi the road. 



8. Obey instructions oi police oi- 

 iicers in traiiic. 



9. Do not stop on the slab oi the 

 State highways. 



10. Regulate your speed by the 

 condition oi the roadway, the 

 traiiic, the light and the weath- 

 er conditions. 



sary. 

 Financial Responsibility Required 



The driver's license law marks ari 

 advanced step in clearing the publiij 

 highways of reckless and drunkeil 

 drivers because serious violations of 

 road laws or repeated infracti(>nl 

 of minor rules of the road will U.ii| 

 to revoking the license in additiof 

 to fines and possible jail sentenccj 



When a driver's license is ta|i 

 away from a person by courts'' 

 record for manslaughter, drivir 

 while intoxicated, making false ■>§ 

 fidavit on application for licen^l 

 felony in commission of which rnf 

 tor vehicle was used, conviction 

 three violations of speeding or r' c| 

 less driving, or driving motor > 

 hide in any manner in violation 

 the restrictions imposed in a 

 stricted license, the driver must ; 

 nish proof of financial responsibill 

 before his license to drive can 



PERSONS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE 



The Secretary of State is directed not to issue a driver's license to . 

 person who is a habitual drunkard or is addicted to the use of narql 

 drugs; to any person who is afflicted with a mental or physical disabilf 

 to any person who is required to take an examination under the act I 

 who fails to successfully pass such examination; to any person whose dl 

 ;es have been suspended by the court until the expiration of if 



