“SPEEDING” IN U.S.A.

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 February 1939, Page 2

“SPEEDING” IN U.S.A.

OFFENDERS VISIT HOSPITAL SYDNEY, January 24. Youths aged between 16 and 20 years who "speeded” constitute the greatest danger on the roads of the United States, according to Dr. David Jones, physician of the City of Chicago Corporation, who arrived in Sydney by the Mariposa yesterday. When convicted of their first ‘‘speeding” offence such youths were made to walk through the wards of city hospitals to see people who had been severely injured on the roads. They also had to contribute five dollars to the hospitals, and lose their licenses for a period. Second offenders were deprived of their licenses for life, but Judges had reported that very few of these hoys offended twice. Dr. Jones said that, the corporation allocated =£Bo.ooo a year to his department. to care for the health of 17,000 employees, and to assist the Police Department with cases requiring medical treatment. Treatment of injured workers by his staff of 80 assistants saved the city huge sums in compensation payments. "Chicago has lost its reputation as a gangster city.” said Dr. Jones. "Most of the gangs finished with the repeal of prohibition law." He added the surprising information that Americans were beginning to play cricket. ‘The game will soon be as popular in the United States as it is in the British Empire." he declared.