The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-05
City Council TO BE Asked To
adopt New Code To Regulate
Vehicles ON City Streets
TO SUPPLEMENT STATE LAWS
New Code Would Prevent Accidents
and Make the Use of the City
Streets Safer for All Sorts
of Conveyance

WH1CH Will piONIuC 1uico 1ol Inv 10Y
of the city by all kinds of vehicles.
The code for the governing of the
vehicles provides for the regulation
not only of automobiles, but all sorts
of vehicles. Some Of the provisions
of the code follow:
Section l. Vehicles shall keep to
the right and as near the right hand
curb as possible.
Section 2. Vehicles meeting shall
pass each other to the right. /
Section 3. Vehicles overtaking
others shall, in passing keep to the
left.
Section 4. The driver or persons
having charge of the vehicle before
turning the corner of any street or
turning out or starting from or stop
ping at the curb line of any street,
shall first see that there is sufficient
space free from other vehicles SO
that such turn, stop or start may be
safely made and shall then give a
plainly visible or audible signal
Section 5. A vehicle turning to the
right into another street shall turn
the corner as near to the curb as prac-
ticable.
Section 6. A vehicle turning to the
left into another street shall pass to
the right of and beyond the center of
the street interesting before turning.
Section 7. A vehicle crossing from
one side of the street to the other
shall do so by turning to the left.
Section g. It shall not be lawful
for any person driving or having
charge of any cart or other vehicle,
to drive the same on the sidewalk of
any of the STREETS of said city. It
shall not be lawful to stop at any
of the crosswalks or intersections of
streets so as to obstruct or hinder
travel along such crosswalks or inter
sections of streets, or to place any
such carts, or other vehicles crosswise
of any streets of SAID city, except to
load thereon or to unload therefrom
Section g. In no case shall a
vehicle remain backed up to the curb
excepting when actually loading or I'M
loading. M
Section 10. Unless in an emergency
or to allow another vehicle Gas provid-
ed in sections Is, IA and 16) or pedes-
trian to cross it's path, no vehicle shall
stop in any public street or highway
in this city except close to the curb
line.
Section IL. Street cars shall stop
on the far side of the street at the
cross walk to discharge or take on pas
sengers.
Section II. On all public streets
and highways of the city vehicles 60
ing in northerly or southerly direc-
ton shall have the right of way over
any vehicle going in an easterly or
westerly direction.
Section ID. The officers and men of
the fire department and fire patrol
with their fire. apparatus of all kinds
when going to, or on duty at, or re-
turning from fire, and all ambulances,
whether of a public or private charac-
ter, and all other vehicles when en-
ployed in carrying sick or injured per-
sons to hospitals or other places for
relief of treatment, and the officers
and men and vehicles of the police
department, shall have the right of
way in any street and through any
procession, except over vehicles carry
ing United States mail.
Section Ia, Subject to the proceed
ing section, street cars running on
tracks LAID in the streets, especially
for their use shall have right of way
along such tracks between cross street.
lover all vehicles, moving in the same
direction and the driver of any vehicle
proceeding upon the track in front of
a street car shall turn out as soon as
possible upon signal by the motorman
or driver of the car.
Section Is Subject to the provi-
sions of section Is, it shall not be
lawful for any person driving or hav-
ing in charge any cart, wagon, car or
other vehicle to drive through, hinder
or interrupt any funeral procession.
Section 16. In slowing up or stop
ping, signal should be given to those
behind by raising the whip or hand
vertically, and the same signal should
be given before backing.
Section IT. Every person operating
an automobile or other similar motor
vehicle upon or along any public high
way, shall upon signal by putting up
the hand or other sign of distress, made
by a person riding or driving horse
OF horses, which are frightened, cause
such automobile or other similar motor
vehicle to stop unless movement for
ward is necessary to avoid accident or
injury, and upon request shall stop all
motor power until such horse or horses
are under control, and shall, if re-
quested, assist such person or persons
TO pass, such automobile or other SINH
lar motor vehicle in safety. All
motor power shall be stopped on cry