poor risks along with the good ones,
i The new insurance is to cost automo
bile owners in this State approximately
$18,000,000 for the first year.”
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The Massachusetts experiment, in
the opinion of the Youngstown Vindi
cator, “will be closely watched by all
the rest of the States and by foreign
countries as well.” The Vindicator
quotes the Bay State insurance com
missioner as calling the law "radically
novel” and as expressing “no fear
that such a law might encourage
carelessness." The Youngstown paper
feels that “the country has been wait
ing for some State to try such an ex
periment as this,” and predicts that
“if Massachusetts finds the scheme
practical, it will soon be adopted ev
erywhere.” A feature which is em
phasized by the Lowell Evening
Leader is that "following a suggestion
which had the support of the automo
bile clubs affiliated with the American
Automobile Association, the rates on
the various classes of cars are not
identical for the entire State, but vary
in each of the three territories into
Which it has been divided.”
“The Massachusetts law includes
every motorist; there is no loophole,”
according to the Paterson Morning
Call. "The protagonists of the law
claim that no law will be easier to en
force than this. The motorist cannot
drive for long without license plates
before being apprehended, and he can
not possibly obtain his license plates
until he has proved that he has done
one of the three things made manda
tory in the law. There is no escape
and no one is absolved from comply
ing with the law.” The Call describes
the three things from which the mo
torist may make his choice. He may
take out a liability insurance policy
for $5,000, or give a surety bond for
$5,000, or deposit with the State $5,000
in cash or securities.
