City of Rochester v. Alling

The defendant has pleaded guilty to the charge of operating an automobile owned by him at a speed greater than legally permitted by the city ordinance. The penalty that may be imposed by the court for this offense is a fine not exceeding $150 or by imprisonment not exceeding 150 days or by both such fine or imprisonment.

The prevention of accidents is the basic purpose of this ordinance. In fact, most of the laws and rules regulating traffic were drawn with only this object in view, namely, the prevention of accidents. Experience has shown that rare indeed is the accident involving two…