The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-13
VIVA L UMLAUF TRAFFIC
ORDINANCE PROVIDES

upon track in front Of n street car
shall Immediately turn out. upon !, sig
mai from the motorman or driver OF
| the car.
-. No vehicle or street car shall oc-
! cupV any street SO as to interfere with
or interrupt the passage OF other cars
or vehicles.
%. Any vehicle waiting at the curb
snail promptly give place 10 a vehicle
/ ABOUT TO take on or let off passengers
&c. Tho driver or person in control
iof vehicle on the approach of fire
engine or other apparatus. snail iinme-
(. diately draw up said vehicle as near
| as practicable to the right-hand curh
and parallel thereto, and bring il 10 a
| standstll.
| -. No street car shall be delayed
LONGER than one minute by persons
loadins or unloading vehicle.
Is. Every person riding. driving. pro-
peilins or In charge OF any vehicle
upon any street snail keep said vehicle
at least ten feet from the running
! board or lowest step of any street car
| which Is stopping for the purpose OF
! taking on Or discharging passengers.
| and II. BY reason OF the presence Of
! such vehicles at the place where such
car is stopping. Or BY reason OF the
narrowness OF the street. and for any
other reason. It Is not possible to pro-
| serve such distance OF ten feet from
such running board or lowest step Gas
herein prcscribed}. then such person
shall stop such vehicle until such car
shall have taken on or discharged It's
passengers and again started.
70 No vehicle except those mentioned
In section II hereof. shall proceed at
| any time a greater speed than eight
F.! (s1 miles an hour In the territory
bounded on the north by Marshall
Street. on the south by James River, on
| the weEt By Adams Street. and on the
east b. Eighteenth street. and in the
! territory outside thereof no vehicle
hereoD shall exceed a speed OF fifteen
| (lo) miles per hour. and no vehicle shall
cross any street or avenue running east
and west. or make any turn at 4 speed
rate exceeding one half OF the speed
! permitted by this section.
F.! 80. No horse shall he left unattended
| in any street or highway unless secure
| Is fastened or unless the wheels OF the
vehicle to which he Is harnessed are
| securely tied. fastened or chained. and
the vehicle Is Of sufficient weight to
prevent 1T being dragged at a danger
Gus speed with the wheels so secured.
81 40 horse shall be inhibited in anv
street or highway. unless secured By
4 halter.
80. No person. IN any street or high
way. shall remove a wheel pole. shaft.
"hitiietree. splnterbar or any part OF
! a vehicle. or any part Of the harness
Of the horse. likely to cause an acct
dent il the horse should start. without
first unhitching the horse or horses at
tached to said vehicle.
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streets or highways any unduly dan
Eerous or partially :broken" animal.
or use the streets or highways for the
use OF breaking" animals. 1t being tho
intention of this section TO define the
words broken" and "brea king 10 the
acts OF accustomlnG animals to the sad
! die and harness for the purpose or sub
| iectinR. or TO use the streets for salo
purposes.
81. No person shall drive a vehicle
that is so covered In as 10 prevent the
driver thereof from having sufficient
| view OF the traffic following and at the
| sides OF such vehicles.
10. No one shall drive. conduct or load
such vehicle in such n manner as to be
| likely TO cause a blockade. accident.
breakdown OF injury to man or beast
| or property.
80. No person shall SO load a vehicle
with iron OF other material that may
strike together and produce a great
nolso. without properly deafening" it,
s" that 1t shall cause no unnecessary
| nRia.
90 no person under eighteen GS)
years OF age shall drive any automobile
| or other self -rropclled vehicle on the
| streets. alleys or public highways OF
the City OF Richmond
IS. no one shall ride, hang on to or
jump upon tbs rAar OF any vehicle with
ont permission, and when SO riding
~" part CT the body OF such person shall
| Drotrudc beyond tho limits OF the vc-
! hlcie
SO. No vehicle mali be left unhitchcd
IN the streets or public ways at night
without red light being displayed
thereon.
/ 40 vehicle shall back up to curb
only long enough to be loaded or 70 bt.
unloaded
A. Horses attached to vehicles
backed up to the curb shall be turned
to tho right. The shafts OF unhltchcd
be turned to the right,
AZ No one shall crack or so usn
whip rs to annoy. Interfere with or
anoanger any person. or excite any
horse other than the one he is using.
| 49, The roadbcds OF highways ani
streets are primarily intended for va.
hicles. but pedestrians hayn the right
TO cross them in safety, and ali drivers
| or vehicles shall exercise all proper
care not to injure pedestrians and
pedestrians, before stepping from tho
sidewalk to the roadbed, should look to
see what ~ approaching. and shall not
needlessly interfere with tho passage
| Of vehicles.
| al. The word vehicle includes enues-