Clubs For Federal Aid

ARIZONA HIGHWAYS Arizona Automobile Association, Inc.

Affiliated with American Automobile Association 21 East Van Buren Street Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Phone 23389 Phoenix, Arizona

Monte Mansfeld. Tucson, President

W. W. Midgley, Clarkdale. 1st Vice-President

Monte Mansfeld, Tucson

Earl D. Bayless, Casa Grande

A. H. Gardner. Tombstone

C. B. Flynn, Mesa

W. A. Sullivan, Globe, 2nd Vice-President

Sam G. Bailie, Phoenix, Executive Secretary

W. A. Sullivan, Globe

W. H. Minor. Yuma

W. W. Midgley. Clarkdale

B. A. Cameron, Flagstaff

F. Barker, Phoenix

C. B. Flynn, Mesa

Taylor, Phoenix

Dr. A. J. Chandler, Chandler

John F. Barker. Phoenix

A. Woodward, Globe

F. Howell. Tucson

Harry Head, Prescott

F. C. Seale, Prescott

Elliott & Snell. Phoenix

Claude Smith, Tucson

Willis J. Black, Kingman

H. A. Clark. Bisbee

Gustav Recker, Springerville

J. L. Shirley, Grand Canyon

Peter T. Robertson, Yuma

John J. Keating. Florence

Kirke T. Moore. Tucson

Peter T. Robertson. Yuma

T. G. Norris, Prescott

G. H. Drumm, Winslow

ARIZONA GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION MEETING

On June 12 at Winslow the Arizona Good Roads Association has called its Mid-summer meeting. The officers of the association have in this way endeavored to help all those who want to take in the dedication of the new Grand Canyon Bridge, get an early start and stop over a day on the way. It appears likely that the main topic of the meeting will be the new budget of the State Highway Department. and the main grievance will be the action of the late legislature in not acting upon the plan submitted by the Highway Commission and the Good Roads Association for financing the more rapid improvement of the state's highways. A dry spring and early summer have emphasized what oil or paving would mean to the heavily-traveled sections, and echoes have already been heard from different sections of the state, recommending that the governor call the legislature to take some action on this matter. The Arizona Good Roads Association has been the leader in constructive plans for the improvement of the state's highways for many years, and most of the citizens of the state are beginning to recognize this.

ODDIE-COLTON BILL

Arizona is deeply interested in the matter of road construction and at this time is particularly interested in the Oddie-Colton Bill, which is now before the Congress of the United States. For the benefit of our readers, this Bill is printed in this issue.

VACATION LAND, 1929 CAUSES OF AUTO ACCIDENTS

Almost every copy of the daily paper contains an account of an automobile accident resulting in the serious injury or death of one or more occupants of the automobile. Numerous causes are assigned but perhaps the one most frequently mentioned or implied is liquor. Perhaps the reason for this is that it has almost become a habit to do so. A cursory examination of the circumstances contributing to the most serious automobile wrecks will show that a much smaller number than is usually supposed are due to the influence of liquor.

We have a legal speed limit of 35 miles. Many of our roads were designed and constructed for driving safely at this speed, but how many cars are being so driven? How many of the wrecked cars were being driven at or under the legal speed limit at the time of the accident?

Should a dealer advertise that the safe speed of his car was under forty miles per hour, can you imagine the rush of customers to place their orders? High speed on the highway and the faulty adjustment of the brakes will account for a very large proportion of the automobile accidents. When the car is travelling at a high rate of speed, then the clutch is released and brakes applied, the whole motive process is reversed. If the brakes respond unequally, all the elements which render the control impossible are present.

Not Demon Rum, but the high speed demon together with other factors entirely within the control of the motor owner are responsible for the great majority of automobile accidents. From a close study of automobile accidents, this Association has come to the conclusion that most of them are caused from one or more of the following:

Federal Aid, which was sponsored at its birth and nursed through a very stormy childhood by the organized motor clubs. has received constant attention at their hands. Likewise, the passage of the Oddie-Colton Bill is being urged by the automobile clubs affiliated with the American Automobile Association. A copy of a letter addressed to the American Automobile Association by the Manager of theUtah State Automobile Association, commenting on the Oddie-Colton Bill appears in this issue.