The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-10

Section Is. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to drive or propel any biey-
Gle, tricycle., velocipede, motor bicycle,
automobile or any other riding machine,
or horseless vehicle, upon the streets
without having attached to such bicycle,
tricycle., veIocipede, motor bicycle, or
automobile. gong, bell or horn in good
| working order and of proper size and
character sufficient to give warning of
the approach of such vehicle TO pedes-
trians, and to riders and drivers Of other
| vehicles, and to persons entering or
leaving the street cars. Said gong, bell
or horn shall be of such size only as NAV
be necessary to give such warning and
shall not be sounded except when neces-
sary to give such warning.
Section 49, It shall be unlawful for
any person operating vehicles described
within Section Is of this Ordinance to
use thereon, while travelling through the
streets, any instrument for the purpose
of giving a warning which shall pro-
duce sound of an unusually loud, an.
moving or distressing character, or such
that viii tend to brighten pedestrians
or animals, it being the intention Of
this section to prohibit the use of
so-called "Sirens'' or similar instru-
ments for the purpose of producing IN
usually loud, or distressing or annoy
ing sounds.
Section 20. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person operating vehicles described
in Section Is of this Ordinance to leave
such vehicles standing on grades exceed.
ing per cent with only the brakes
set, except when the front or rear
wheels of such vehicle shall have been
| thrown in towards the curb in such a
manner as to prevent such vehicle from
running down the grade If the brakes
should be released; provided, however,
that in all districts outside the fire
limits, on streets where the grade ex-
eeeds per cent, it shall be lawful
for any person operating vehicles de-
| scribed in Section Is of this Ordinance,
to leave same standing against curb,
and at right angles to same, with front
or rear wheels against curb, provided
| the length of the vehicle does not OBJ
struct or interfere with street car traf-
ic on such street.
Section 81 1t shall be unlawful for
any person wilfully to stop, drive, or
propel any vehicle along or cross any
street railway or over railway tracks in
such manner as to unnecessarily him
| der, delay or obstruct the movement of
any car travelling upon such track; pro-
vided, however, that vehicles of the
Fire and Police Departments and hos
! pital ambulances shall have the right
| of way when in service or responding to
/ calls
! Section %. Tt shall be unlawful for
any person riding any bicycle upon any
street to carry while so riding any
| child, animal, article, package or parcel
/ of whatsoever nature exceeding five
pounds in weight.
/ Section g. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person operating any vehicle upon
the streets to claim right of way when
travelling on street railway tracks in
| the same direction as street ears usually
travel upon said tracks; it being the
| intention of this section to limit the
| right of way on such tracks to street
| railway cars only.
Section "a. It shall be unlawful for
any person to, in any manner, catch on,
hold or otherwise attach himself, or any
vehicle or object to any moving vehicle,
unless given permission so to do by
the operator of said moving vehicle.
1t shall be unlawful for any child under
the age of fourteen years to jump on
or off any street car or railroad car
| while the same is in motion.
Section Is. It shall be unlawful for
any person riding on the streets upon
a bicycle or any similar vehicle, or any
other vehicle, to travel so closely in the
wake of any vehicle in such manner
as to imperil life or limb, or to travel
| al %ho 10 Of n n
| vehicle as not to give the following
| vehicle ample room in which to stop
or turn out in case the preceding yehi-
ele comes to a sudden stop.
| Section &C. 1t shall be unlawful for
| any person operating self-propelled
/ vehicle upon the streets, to permit the
! motors of same to operate in such a
manner as to visib1y emit an unduly
| great amount Of steam, smoke, products
| of combustion from exhaust pipes Or
! other pipes or openings.
! Section 81. It shall be unlawful for
any person operating self-propelled
vehicle upon the streets to permit the
/ pipes, "mufflers' or other devices, to
| emit the sounds of exhaust in a loud
and annoying manner; it being the in
| tention of this section to compel the
| operation of such self-propelled vehicles
in as noiseless manner as possible.
| Section %. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to drive upon the streets
any unduly dangerous or partially
''broken'' animal or to use the said
streets for the purpose of breaking"
! animals, it being the intention of this
section to define the words "broken J"
and breaking" to the act of aecus-
tomi'ag animals to saddle and harness
for the purpose of subsection.
Section &c. It shall be unlawful for
any person to ride, drive, propel, or
operate any vehicle or vehicles upon
the streets at a rate of speed greater
than is reasonable and proper, having
| due regard to the traffic and use of the
| highways, or so as to imperil the life or
limb of any person or the safety of any
property. No person shall operate a
motor car on any public street in the
District of Honolulu at rate of speed
greater than twenty-five miles an hour,
nor on any public street in said Dis,
trict within the area bounded on the
makai side by the sea, on the Waikiki
side by Kapiolani Street and Ward
Street, and the extension of the line
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