The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-27

in any public street or highway ex-
cept near the right-hand curb thereof.
10. No vehicie shall back to make a
turn In any street, II BY % doing Il In
ferferes with othsf vehicles. but II
.aei.S,Iy VITA. To 70 . D,9a1 Without e. back
Ing.
II. The drivers OF vehicles owned or
controlled by any person shall not pro.
! coed In procession. ana distance of
81 least twenty t5o) feet must be be-
tween every such wehicies+4
IL. The driver or person In control
of the vehicle, in slowing or stopping.
shall signal those IN the rear by rais-
| ing whip or hand vertically.
10. No vehicle shall be turned while
in motion. or in starting to turn from
| viously be given by raising the whip or
hand, indicating. by II the direction In
which the turn is to be made.
ee shall nasK ..m sen. Without 81 ample
warning having been given. and while
backing unceasins vigilance must be
exercised not to inture those in the
! Is. Every person in charge OF a We
htcis shall pull to the right side OF the
street or road When signaied from
vehicle behind desiring TO pass.
Is. All bicycles, motor bicycles, auto
mobiles and ali other riding machines
and horseless vehicles upon the streets
shall have attached thereto CONS,
opitf Hotb VT UtUoT Aucludtc stA bat -
good working order, 10 be approved
by the Chief OF Police. and OF proper
size and character sufacient to give
warning OF the approach Of such We
hicies TO pedestrians and to riders and
drivers OF other vehicles and to persons
entering or leaving the street cars. and
such gongs, bells. horns ana other sig-
mails shall not be sounded except when
necessary to give warning, provided
! that no such gong, bell horn or othar
signal shall produce q sound unusually
loud. annoying or OF distressing Char
scter or such as will brighten pedes-
| TRANS or animals. or extreme noise, as
! SIRENS or similar instruments that
! produce unusually loud, annoying or
| vision of this section shall not apply
to public ambuiances, vehicles belong
\ ing to the iro or police departments
OF the City of Richmond, or vehicles
| Ions required to respond to alarms of
/ fire or other emergency calls.
~. No person operating a self pro-
! PEELED vehicle shall permit the motors
/ OF same TO operate In such manner
as to possibly emit an unduly great
amount OF steam. smoke or products OF
combustion from exhaust pipes or
! openings.
| IS No person operating self-pro-
/ PEELED vehicle shall permit the pipes.
''muffiers' or other devices TO emit
| sounds OF exhaust In loud and annoy
| Ing manner and all such vehicles shall
be operated in as noiseiess a manner as
possible.
10. All automobiles operated or
standing upon the public highways of
the City OF Richmond between one
hour after sunset and one hour before
| sunrise. shall be provided with at least
two lighted lamps showing white
lights, visible Tor reasonable distance
I'm the direction toward which the We
hicle is going, and one red light at
tached to the rear OF such vehicle, WIS.,
IDLE for reasonable distance in the
rear thereof
20. Vehicles of the Police Depart
msnt, Fire Department, Fire Patrol,
Traffic Emergency Repair. United
states matt and ambuiances shall have
the right OF way at all times In any
street or through any procession.
I'll. All vehicles and street cars going
in an easterly direction or westerly d.
rection shall have the right of way
over all vehicles or street cars going
| in northeriy or southeriy direction.
-. Subject TO section 81 OF this ordi
nance. street cars shall have the right
OF way on cross streets over ali We
hfcles. and the driver or person In con-
troll Of any vehicle proceeding upon a
track in front OF q street car shall
| Immediately turn out upon a signal
from the motorman or driver of the
car.
-. No vehicle or street car shai oe-
cupy any street so as to interfere with
or vehicles.
-. Any vehicle waiting at the curb
shall promptly give place to vehicle
about 10 take on or LEI of passengers
rs. The driver or person in control OF
vehicle, on tho approach OF IRE
engine or other apparatus. shall imrne
diately draw UP said vehicle as near as
PRACTICABLE to the right hand curb and
parallel thereto and bring IT to a
standstiii
Is. No street car shall be delayed
Longer than three minutes by persons
"a. Every person riding. driving. pro-
peliinG or In charge OF any vehicle up
on any street shall keep said vehicle at
lowest step OF any street car which is
stopping for the purpose OF taking on
or discharstns passengers. and II by
reason OF tho presence OF such vehicles
at the place where such car 10 stopping.
or by reason OF the nArrowness OF the
street and for any other reason, IL is
not possible 10 preserve such distance
OF feet from such running board or
lowest step Gas herein prescribed)
then such person shall stop such We
hicle until such car shall have taken
on or discharged Its passengers and
IS. No vehicle. except those men
toned in section 81 hereof. shall pro-
coed a. any time at . greater speed
following streets; Cary. Main. Frank
lin and Grace streets from Fourth
street to Nineteenth street, Broad
street from Adams street 70 Twelfth
!
south to Canal street; Seventh street
from Marshall street south to Arch
street, Arch street from Seventh street
to Ninth street. thence along the line
: of Ninth street. across the James river
free bridge, thence along Seventh
street washington ward to Hull
street. Fourteenth street from Main
street southwardiy across Mayo
Bridge" and thence along Hull street to
the corporation line on the south .
Eighth and Ninth streets from Marshall
street to Cary street, Seventeenth ana
Eighteenth streets from Broad street
10 Cary street and in the territory out
side thereof no vehicle fexcspt these
mentioned in section IL hereof) shall
exceed 3 speed OF nfteen tis) miles per
hour, and no vehicle shall cross any
street or avenue running east and west
or make any turn at q speed rate ex-
ceeding one-hatf OF the speed permit
ted by this section.
, 70. No horse shall be inhibited In any
street or highway unless secured by a
halter.
80. No person. In any street or high
way, shall remove q wheel. pole, shaft.
whift1etree. splinter bar or any part of
vehicle, or any part OF a harness of
the horse likely TO cause an accident
II the horse SHOULD start. without first
!. unhitching the horse or horses attach
ed to said vehicle.
al. No person shall drive upon the
streets or highways any unduIy dan
gerous or partially broken animal
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