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Shannon News, 5 December 1922, Page 2

On the Pacific. Coast of the United States, where the highways are- exceedingly tempting to the average'motorist, the death roll is proportionately higher than in any other section of America, and efforts are being made to check the recklessness of automobile speeders. In Seattle, where the automobile is a most popular method of locomotion, speeders liave keen dealt with in an entirely new manner, especially men whoi have been divorced. A magistrate .in Washington city .conceived the idea oi' putling this class of manhood to a supreme test, and whenever a male motorist appeared , before him, he inquired whether, he were' married, j When the: accused responded that he was divorced, the magistrate issued an order compelling the traffic transgressor to pay a greatly increased alimony to his erstwhile wife.