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...when the casual motorist in New England will have a new joy. He will drive up to a handsome colonial edifice set in a little park plot with poplar trees about it and there he will satisfy both his machine and himself. For the machine there will be gasoline and oil; for the man there will be hot dogs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: For Man & Machine | 8/19/1929 | See Source »

...West, where distances are great there are already deluxe filling stations, each of which represents no small fortune in invested capital, where any motorist can have his car fueled, washed, greased and mechanical adjustments made, all while he is buying tires or any kind of auto accessory that takes his fancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: For Man & Machine | 8/19/1929 | See Source »

...itself as by destruction of crops to stamp the insect out of Florida. Thousands of trees have been cut down. Fruit has been destroyed. In infested areas, no new crops can be planted. No fruits can be exported from any part of Florida without the most rigid inspection. Even motorists, driving through the infested districts, are stopped at county borders while busy officials squirt insecticide over cars, coats, baggage. Even personal luggage is opened and the contents liberally squirted. To a protesting motorist, one official remarked: "Well, lady, we have $4,000,000 to spend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Florida's Shakedown | 7/29/1929 | See Source »

...idea was to prevent dishonest motorists from using one set of tags for two cars. Previously a motorist would explain he had lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 8, 1929 | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

...Speed-reasonable and proper. An excess of 20 miles per hour in built-up districts and 35 elsewhere, presumptive evidence of a rate of speed unreasonable or improper." In fact should the wife of the passing motorist drive at this rate the State Police would more than likely require her presence before a judge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 24, 1929 | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

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