With American-made automobiles dominating the market, the numbers of cars in the Holy Land has doubled since the end of 1933. The Government estimates there are now 12,000 cars in the country.
The Government statistics show that Palestinians imported 3,575 automobiles valued at $4,000,000 in 1934. Of these, 2,836 valued at $2,300,000 came from the United States.
With automobiles coming into greater use in the Holy Land, motorists are raising vigorous complaints against the vigilance of traffic police, according to Roy G. B. Spicer, Inspector General of Police.
One complaint he received declared the cops “trail cars even when they are traveling at snail’s pace.”
Inspector Spicer made public a reply to all complaining motorists, giving notice that he does “not propose to relinquish his campaign in the interests of safe motoring in any way whatsoever.
Speeding, he added, was the cause of twelve fatal accidents in the Jerusalem urban area last year.
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