Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-08
CITY ADvERTIsEnENrs.

in case OIL emergency or TO allow another
vehicle, street car or pedestrian to cross III
Section 10. No vehicle shall stop or stant
within the Intersection OF any cross street
nor within ten feet of any crosswalk or stree
crossing.
up 10 the curb when loading or unloading ex
cept when it is impossible TO load or UNLOAD
such vehicle while standing parallel to ths
the vehicle is horse drawn and has foul
wheels, the horse or horses must stand parable
trafhc. Drivers and owners must at all time;
comply with any directions or orders giver
section aai Il. No vehicle shall back to MAKE
a turn in any street. If by SO doing IT inter.
feres with other vehicles, but shall go around
the block or to a street sufficiently wide &c
turn in without backing.
Section 13. Every driver or operator of any
vehicle following any street car when passing
such street car while it is stopping to take
on or discharge passengers shall keep at leasl
four feet from the right hand running board
or lowest step of said car. shall give audible
Indication of approach to said car and shall
exercise due precaution not to interfere with
or injure the passengers getting on or off the
car; IL by reason of the presence of other
vehicles at the place where such car is stop
ping. or by reason of the ~narrownces of the
street, or for any other reason 1t is not pos
sible 10 preserve such distance Of four feet
vehicle to a full stop until the car shall have
taken or on discharged its passengers and
! again started.
Section IA. Drivers of vehicles shall pull
to TIE right side of the street when signaled
from a vehicle behind desiring to pass.
Section 10. No two vehicles shall stop
abreast of the street curb. When it becomes
necessary for more than one to STOP. at the
same place they shall face tSward the curb
in q slanting direction at an angle of about
forty-fiye degrees with the curb.
g gidHAI y.
Section l, Every driver in slowing up or
stopping shall signal those behind by raising
the whip or hand vertically.
Section 2, In turning, while in motion, or
in starting to turn from a standstill. a sigma
shall be given by raising the whip or hand.
Indicating with the direction in which the
turn is TO be made.
Section Before backing ample warning
vigilance must be exercised not to injure
those behind.
Section 4. Every driver Of an tomob
or motor-car shall. at the request of or upon
signal given by raising the hand above the
come to an immediate stop and TO remain sta
tfonary 80 long as may be necessary to allow
Section s.. Any driver shall, upon one blast
of a whistle being given by a police officer,
given by such police officer In quick succession,
the driver shall come TO a full stop and shall
SO to do from such ofiicer; three or more
blasts of the whistle is a signal of alarm and
indicates the approach Of a fire engine or
some other danger. The single blasts of tbs
whistle given at some street intersections for
the regulation of traffic are exceptions to this
rule.
Section 6. At such street intersections az
may be designated from time to time by the
Board of Police Commissioners drivers Of ali
vehicles shall come to a full stop at least ten
feet before reaching the intersection OF said
streets and shall not again proceed until re-
ceiving a signal from the police officer there
Section I. When in case OF accident or
emergency it becomes necessary to leave any
vehicle unhitched in the street at night a red
light must be conspicuously displayed thereon
by owner or person in charge.
Section b. Street cars carrying construction
material and vehicles of burden when carry
ing material projecting from behind, such as
iron rails, plahks or other similar material,
shall. in the daytime. carry a red flag, and
at night a red light, which flag or light shall
be attached TO the end of the material pro-
Section o. Every motor vehicle or motorcycle
While being used upon the streets, alleys and
public places of this city shall be provided
with a suitable bell. horn or other signal de-
wee, and 1t shall be unlawful for any person
ab:upt sound sufficiently loud to serve as an
adequate warning OF danger, and IL shall be
unlawful for any person operating any motor
vehicle or motorcycle to make or cause to be
made any unnecessary noise with any such
bell. horn or other signal device. or to use
me same except as a warning of danger. This
shall not apply to public ambulances or
vehicles belonging. to the police or fire de-
partments or to the Salvage Corps.
Section 10. No person shall drive any horse
or horses attached to any sleigh or sled
through any street unless there shall be a suf-
hcient number of bells attached to the harness
OF such horse or horses to give warning of
their approach.
IL All uftyEie5 WHEN III use on any
street at night shall have a lamp of such IL
Eliminating power as to be plainly seen one
teached thereto and kept lighted between one
hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise.
PART ".
Section l. Police, Fire Department, Fire
Patrol, Traffic Emergency Repair, United
shall have the right of way in any street
and through any procession.
Section 2. Subject to Section / Of this part,
] everything being equal. all vehicles and street
cars going in a n%ortherly or southerly direc,
ion shall hays the right OF way oyer a.
Section 8. Subject to section i of this part,
street cars shall have the right of way be-
tween cross streets over all other vehicles.
and the driver or person in control Of any
a street car shall Immediately turn out upcr
a signal from the motorman or person In
Section q. Any driver or operator OF any
vehicle on the street car tracks preceding OF
following a street car shall keep at least NJ
teen feet from said car. and when following 8
street car shall turn off the track when the
car stops and proceed as provided for in Part
Section s. No vehicle or street car shall SC
occupy any street as to interfere with or In
terrupt the passage Of other street cars OF
Section 9 A vehicle waiting at the curl
shall promptly give place to a vehicle about tt
take on Or let off passengers.
Section T. Slow-movlng and heavily lader
vehicles shall keep as near to the right hand
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sage for faster moving vehicles.
Section s. The driver of a vehicle, on thu
approach of a fire engine or any other fire
apparatus, shall imrnedia tely draw up SAID
vehicle as near as practicable to the right hant
curb and parallel thereto. and bring it to
standstill until such fire apparatus has passed
The driver or person in control of a stree
car shall Immediately stop said car upon tn,
approach of a fire engine or other fire appar
atus and keep it stationary until such engin,
or apparatus has passed.
Section 0. All persons driving vehicles oil
any street railway in this city, in the direc
ton that. the cars travel on said roads. shall
have the right TO the railway track whei
meeting any other vehicle going in the oppo
site direction, and the driver of the vehicle
going in the opposite direction shall be com
PEELED to turn entirely off the track; provided
that the railway cars shall in all cases hsv
the first right Of way.
PART v.
SPEED
Section /. No person or persons shall driy
or ride any vehicle upon or along any stree
at a greater speed than at the rate Of twelv
miles an hour, excepting. however. when turn
ing a corner of any street the rate of spec
shall not be greater than six miles an hour
nor shall any vehicle cross any street runninI
north or south at a rate of speed exceeding ST
miles an hour.
This provision shall not apply to publ
ambulances or vehicles belonging 10 the pc