The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-11
RULES OF THE ROAD.
How They Are Defined by Laws oi
 Connecticut.

''Nine-tentf1s of the auto accidents ars due to the fact that people do not know the rules of the road.
 This applies to men as well as wo- men, and to drivers of hores-drawn vehicles as we'll as to automobilists-
 The rules of the road, approved uly 6, 1905, are as follows:
 RULES OF THE ROAD"
 An Act Concerning the Meeting and
 Passing of Persons and Vehicles on
 Public Highways.
 Section 1. Whenever the term i've hicle.' is used in this act it shall in- clude bicycles, tricyc1es, motor bicy- cles, motor vehicles of all kinds, vehi- cles drawn by horses or other ami rna1s, and all other vehicles used for the carriage of persons or goods no matter how propelled, excepting only such vehicles. as are run upon rails or tracks.
 in the travelled portion of a public highway, or g. person riding, driving, or leading 8 horse or other animal, therein, or driving or operating a vehi- c1e therein shall meet another person thus walking or thus riding, driving or leading a horse or other annial, or thus driving or operating a vehicle, if such persons are moving Ain opposite directions each shall sIaclen his pace, if necessary, and reasonably turn to the right so as to give half of the travelled road if practicable, and fair and equal opportunity to pass, to the other. or, if they are moving in the same direction, the person overtaking shall pass to the left side of the person overtaken, and the person over taken shall as soon as practicable, turn to the right so as to give half of the travelled road and a free passage on the left to the other. Any such person shall, at the intersection of pub lie highways keep to the right of the intersection of the centers of such haehways when turning to the right, and pass to the right of such inter section when turning to the left.
 Sec. 3. Every such person who shall by neglecttng to conform to the provisions of section two of this act, cause any Injury to the person or property of another, thereby causing such injury, shall pay to the party injured treble damages and costs.
 Sec. 4 If any owner of any horse or other animal, or of any vehicle. shall entrust such animal or vehicle to his agent, servant or -employe, to- De ridden. led. driven, or operated by such agent. servant, or employe upon the public highways of this state, or shall rent or loan the same to an incompe- tent and inexperienced person to bel thus ridden, led, driven, or operated, and such agent, servant or employe' while in the execution or such owner business within the scope of his au- thcr1ty, or such incompetent and mex perienced person, as a result of such inconapetency and inexperience, shall by neglecting to conform to the provis- ions of section two of this act, cause any injury to the person or property of another, thereby causing such fn- i,1rv. si1ch owner shall pay to the party injured his actual damages and costs; but in every case the party injured shall elect whether he shall proceed against such owner under the provis- ions of this section Sr against the per son actually causing such injury un- der the provision of section three of this act.
 Section 5- All persons violating any Of the provisions of section two of this act shall be fined not. more than , Section 6. Sections aos6. aOss. Ana7.