Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-06
AUTO F|ENDS ARE
TO BE Regulated
CITY INTENDS 10 ENFORCE or
DlNANCE REGULATING
DRI\lNG.
CHAFFEURS TO Be licensed
Al Auto Drivers WIN Have to Qualify
Before Driving n Machine
in Tulsa.

With the arrest Of two chuunours
and the Issuance OF warrants for
eighteen owners Of automobiles, who
viii face trial IN police court this
morning for not having 1919 license
tags on their cars the city police yos-
terday started rampugp against
the automobile fiend that promises 10
result la some drastic regulations for
the auto traffic in Tulsa.
city Attorney Ramsey is preparing
some amendments TO the city auto
mobile ordinance. one Of these VIII
be To raise the age limit for drivers.
At present no one under ! years OF
age Is allowed 10 drive "a car alone.
1t is intended 10 make the minimum
age for drivers is years. AZ the ur-
gent request of experienced chaut-
feurs IN the city the city attorney
will also prepare an amendment re-
During all automobile drivers tu De-
licensed. They must also pass a
technical examination as to their quail
ifications as a driver ana mochanlcInn
before they will be given license.
These regulations are enforced i'm all
large cities of the United States,
There is one provision uf the pres
ent automobile ordinance, say The poe
lice, that has never been lived up TO.
The section provides that garage own
crs must see that the number of oal h
car, the name Of the driver and the
hour of departure and return must b"
recorded in a book at the garage for
each trip made, There are many other
provisions in the ordinance that the
police are studying.
Al 1911 automobile licenses have
expired, according 10 the authorities,
and every car on the city streets must
have 1912 tag, or the owner Will be
arrested and hailed into police court
II was also determined by Municipal
Judge Houston yesterday morning
that gargage owners cannot put dem
onstration cars on the streets that
are not tagged.
one common automobile nuisance
here Is the "muffler" lombard, caused
by leaving the muffler open. Expert
automobilists say there is no good
reason for the condition.
Some of the city automobile rules
already moulded in the Tulsa ordi-
nance an dto be added soon follow:
No automobile or other vehicle shall
travel at a rate of more than eight
miles an hour i'm the business district
or more than fifteen miles an hour
outside the business district
When crossing a street a vehicle
shall keep to the right, No vehicle
shall stop with It's left side 10 the
curb except on such streets as may be
designated one-way traffic streets,
No vehicle shall stop or stand with
in the intersection Of any cross street
nor within 10 feet Of any cross walk
or street crossing.
Drivers Of vehicles shall pull TO the
right side Of the street when sig
nailed from a vehicle behind desiring
to pass.
in slowing up OF stopping, every
driver shall signal those behind by
two blasts Of whistle or horn. The
same signal shall be given before maxi
ing a turn the direction in which the
turn is to be made being indicated
with the hands.
Drivers Of VEHICLES must at all times
comply with the directions OF any
member of the police department
whether given by hand, voice or
whistle.
A full set Of front and rear lights
must be displayed at all hours Of the
night by automobiles