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The 1904 Automobile Laws of All of the United States
The 1904 Automobile Laws of All of the United States Author:Automobile Club of America From the Preface to the edition of 1904. — This little pamphlet contains the State laws of all the States of the Union regulating the running of automobiles on the public highways as amended up to the date of its issue. The compilation of these laws has involved considerable labor and care, as it was desired to have the publication complete and a... more »bsolutely reliable, and it is believed that this has been accomplished. The automobile has been so wonderfully improved and perfected within the past ten years that even the novice is no longer content to run his car within the limits of his own city, county or State, but, like Alexander, seeks new worlds to conquer, and a trip which carries him beyond the limitations of his own State law is now no novelty. To meet this condition, it has been thought wise to place within the reach of all tourists, members of the Club, the laws of all the States, so that no matter how far afield one may stray, he can have with him in compact form the law of the State into which his venturesome spirit may lead him. A very copious index has been prepared which will enable those seeking information to find in a moment the particular provision to which it is desired to refer.
It should be borne in mind that the automobilist should not conclude from the fact that a State has no State law affecting automobiles that he can make merry therein with a sense of absolute freedom from restriction; such States are most likely to have annoying local speed and other regulations with which the automobilist must familiarize himself or run the risk of getting into trouble. To have obtained these local ordinances and inserted them in this book would have required more time and expense than it was thought wise to bestow upon the subject, and would have made a book of great bulk and more than one volume. The local ordinances, too, are being constantly amended, added to, and repealed, and it would have been impossible to keep track of them all and to keep club members informed of changes, so that a compilation of them by reason of the changes constantly made was liable to do more injury by misleading automobilists than it was likely to add to their convenience.