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Travelers at New York's Kennedy International Airport were hopping mad last week - hopping out of cars, hopping over fences, even taking gates off hinges in their frenzy to escape the colossal traffic jams. One motorist needed 45 minutes to drive the two miles from the airport's entrance to the Eastern Air Lines terminal. Another left Greenwich, Conn., early enough to reach Kennedy a full hour before his scheduled 8:30 p.m. Swissair departure, only to find himself at the end of an endless, motionless line of autos when he got to the field. Both missed their...
Nothing brings a more purposeful expression to the face of a German motorist than the glimpse of another car fast overtaking from the rear. Usually, his reaction is to tramp on the accelerator and do battle. But the prudent motorist respectfully pulls into the right lane when he sees a blue and white me dallion on a weasel-like grille barreling down upon him. And with good reason, for it is the emblem of the sleek five-seater produced by the Bayerische Motoren Werke. The BMW can outperform and overtake almost any standard German car on the autobahn. This year...
...hectic days Cambridge drivers have been experimenting with Harvard Square's new traffic circulation plan, but it is still unclear whether the new system will be a boon to motorist or an invitation to even more congestion...
Three years have passed since six-year-old Craig Thompson lost his right arm in a suburban St. Paul auto accident, but his family has yet to receive a cent in compensation. Reason: the insurance company involved has gone broke. Los Angeles Motorist Dominga Lopez found herself in a different kind of bind. She carried a $100-deductible policy, and her insurance company tried to get her to pay $200 damages herself by insisting that a three-car smashup was actually two separate accidents. In Memphis, a collision with a city bus cost Businessman T. J. Downs...
...year premium rates on auto liability insurance across the U.S. increased by 5.2% on the heels of a 9.3% increase in 1965. In Massachusetts, which has the highest rate of any state, a 10/20/5 liability policy* now costs an average $130 v. $93 ten years ago; for a Boston motorist who wants 50/100/5 coverage, the premium can soar above $600. Even in sparsely populated Wyoming, a similar policy can run as high...