All voiters must bear lights of STANDARD SIZE and STRENGTH after SUNSET and must, in addition, carry in RESERVE a RED DANGER LAMP, with independent storage, which must be IMMEDIATELY EXPOSED OVER THE VOITER in case of ACCIDENT to the regulation lights.
The casting of any OBSTRUCTION on the roadway is a Felony.
Any violation of these Regulations will be PROSECUTED to the Full Extent of the Law.
WARING,
I. & R. Commissioner of Highways.
They read the sign over and both stood staring at it, a puzzled expression on their faces.
“Very curious!” commented Dean. “The language used seems to me quite strange. Take that word voiter, for instance. What does it mean? Did you ever see the word before?”
“Never!” declared Kearns, still staring at the sign-board.
“It is, I take it,” continued Dean, “a new-fangled word coined by the makers of automobiles to designate some new kind of motor conveyance. Possibly it is taken from the French word voiture, which means carriage.”
“What’s puzzling me,” said Kearns, “is the title of this fellow Waring, who signs that notice. Read it: ‘I. & R. Commissioner of Highways.’ It’s high-sounding enough, but what the deuce does the ‘I. & R.’ stand for?”
“‘I. & R.,’” repeated the Professor, staring hard at the sign. “I find it impossible to imagine what those letters stand for. If we were in Europe, I should instantly surmise the meaning, but we are in the United States.”