The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-12

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Motor Car: For the purposes OF TINS
Ordinance the words Motor Car shan
applv and include all vehicles propelled
by any power other than muscular
power, excepting such as run only upon
rails, and further excepting traction en-
gines and road rollers.
Section 2. Every person riding, driv-
ing, propelling Or In charge OF any
vehicle upon any of the streets, shall
ride. drive or propel such vehicle upon
such streets in careful manner and
with due regard for the safety and con-
venience of pedestrians and all other
vehicles upon such streets.
Section 8. Every person riding, driv-
ing. propelling or in charge OF any
vehicle, upon meeting any other vehl-
Gle at any place upon any street, shall
turn to the right, and, on all occasions
when it is practicable so to do, shall
travel on the right side of such street,
and near the right hand curb thereof,
excepting when the right hand side OF
street is obstructed by teams, building
or other material, or when street Is
closed for repairs; in such cases the
travel shall be as far away from the
left hand curb as possible so as to allow
other vehicles to freely pass
Section 4. Every person riding, driv'
ing, propelling, or in charge of any
vehicle upon any street having but two
wheel tracks, or well-beaten paths for
vehicles, is hereby required, when
practicable, to turn to the right and to
surrender the left track upon meeting
any vehicle going in the opposite dlrec-
ton.
Section s. Every person riding, driv-
ing. propelling, or in charge OF any
vehicle upon any street. shall, in over
taking any other vehicle, pass to the
left of such vehicle, and the person IN
charge of such vehicle being SO over
taken and passed shall give way to the
extreme right to allow such vehicle to
pass with safety.
Section 6. Every person riding, driv-
ing. propelling, OF in charge of any vehi-
Gle moving slowly upon any street, shall
keep such vehicle as close as possible
to the curb on the right, allowing more
swiftly moving vehicles free passage
on the left.
Section z. Every person riding, driv-
ing, propelling, or in charge OF any
vehicle upon any street, shall, before
turning, stopping, or changing the
course of such vehicle, first see that
there is sufficient space, so that such
movement can be made in safety and
shall then give a plainly visible or
audible sign, to persons in charge OF
such vehicles behind them, of their in
tention to make such movement, except
when followed by rapidly propelled
vehicles in which even no turn shall
be made until such vehicle shall have
passed on the left.
Section s. Every person riding, driv-
ing, propelling, or in charge of any
vehicle upon any street shall, in turning
to the right into another street, turn
the corner as near the right hand curb
as possible.
Section g. Every person riding, driv,
ing, propelling, or in charge of any
vehicle upon any street, shall, in turn
ing to the left into another street, pass
to the right of and beyond the center of
the street intersection before turning.
Section 10. Every person riding,
driving, propelling, or in charge of any
vehicle crossing from one side of any
street. to the other side thereof, shall
make such crossing by turning to the
left so as to head in the same direction
as the traffic on that side of the street
toward which such crossing is made.
Section II. No person riding, driv.
ing, propelling, or in charge of any
vehicle shall stop the same upon any
street with the left side Of such vehicle
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Section 12 No person riding, driv-
ing, propelling, or in charge of any
vehicle, shall stop such vehicle upon
any street except as close to the curb
as practicable; provided, however, that
this section shall not apply in case of
emergency or when such stop is made
for the purpose of allowing another
vehicle or pedestrian to cross its path.
Section 49, No person, riding, driv-
ing, propel1ing, or in charge of any
vehicle upon any street, shall allow such
vehicle to remain backed up to the
curb except when such4vehiele is be-
ing actually loaded or unloaded, except
as hereinafter provided.
Section IA. Every person riding
driving, propelling, or in charge of any
vehicle in moving on street running
in generally easterly and westerly
direction shall have the right of way
over vehicles going on streets running
in a generally northerly and southerly
direction; and every person riding
driving, propelling, or in charge of an,
vehicle going on such northerly and
southerly streets, shall allow such vehi
| cles so going upon such easterly and
| westerly streets such right of way.
Section Is. The officers and fremer
of the Fire Department, and their ap
paratus of all kinds, when going to
| or on duty at, or returning from a fire
| and all ambulances, whether of public
or private character, and all other
vehicles when employed in carrying sicl
or injured persons to hospitals or Other
places for relief or treatment, and the
officers and policemen and vehicles OF
the Police Department, shall have the
right of way over all vehicles or per
sons on any street and through any pro
cession, except over vehicles carrying
the United States mail; and when tn,
Fire Department or Police Department
is responding to an alarm all vehicles
shall came to a standstill along tn,
| right curb in direction being Travelled
by such vehicles until the vehicles O.
the Fire Department shall have passed
and no vehicle shall stop on any eros
street excepting close to the curb an(