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48 spectors from the various stations are called in and study the maps and charts. They are then in a position to make recommendations for handling the traffic at, particularly bad corners, by the shifting of men on point duty, ete.
An Insurance Man's Views But, in spite of the methods that are being adopted by the police to regulate traffic more effectively, th fact yet remains that Shengha trafic is becoming daily more of problem,. As was noted last we in a conversation between a lending insurance man and a "North-China Daily News" reporter, Shanghai will never have any fewer motor cars, and as for having mor 'a glance at the number of ne dating the past year is necess And as the number increases the problem grows correspondingly, and accidents occur more frequently.
Two years ago, according to th irsuranee man, insurance companies could insure a motor car at ey rueh lower rates than now and rider that they were making good Mofits, Last September the rate on each motor car was raised Tis, 1C. Even at thet rate the companies now find that they are not makin 1cfit and the next two months will another rise in the rate for ae. eident insurance.
Should Shanghai roried of prosperity and the tarpon'
motor ears be increased to any large extent, i¢ would not be sur-Fusing to see the rates increased ozain, was the opinion of this man: 1 was his belief that the traffic congestion, and not bad driving, was the cause' of the majority cidents, The companies had found, he said, that the driving hai was, on the wywhere, in ti 2 fact that more chauffeurs are used here than in Western countries.
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