Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-03-12

20. upon all narrow ways, In b.
parks, passes and defiles not other |
wise herein provided for, all vehicles
shall proceed in one direction only
as the signboards and conspicuously |
displayed regulations upon such mar |
row way, in parks. passes and defiles /
so located, shall then define. The
direction in which all vehicles shall |
so proceed may be declared by the
park commissioners Of this city, with
respect to narrow passes and defiles
within any Of the parks of the CITY
of Ashland; and when declared shall
be so conspicuously marked with
signs as to indicate the rules and
regulations in regard thereto, and the
direction in which all vehicles shall
so travel
"a. No vehicle shall be moved,
run or operated on the streets. alleys
or public ways of this city by any
person unable or incapable to con-
troll the same, with due regard to the
safety OF the public and other vehi-
cles; provided, that in all cases any
person in a state of intoXication is
deemed conclusively incapable and
unable to operate and control the
same.
25. No vehicle used upon the
streets, alleys or public ways of this
city shall be left standing unsecured:
and howsoever it may be moved, its
motive power shall be so secrued that
the same cannot operate or move the
vehicle without some action on the
part of the owner or operator so to
do; neither shall any horse or horses
be left standing in any of the said
streets, alleys or public ways, alone
and unsecured by tieing or otherwise.
26. No vehicle shall be operated
with an excessive smoking exhaust
upon any street, alley or public way
in this city.
81. Ambulances, while being op-
Grated as such, and vehicles for the
use of doctors, physicians and sur
geons, shall while operated upon
their respective businesses, if urgent.
! be exempted from the provisions of
this ordinance as t. speed and traffic
regulations, where preference for
| right of way can be given them with
! due regard to the safety of the pub
! lic; provided, that each of the same
shall bear red cross.
| 2S. Patrol wagons, public convey
ances, fire patrols and fire engines,
and fire apparatus shall in all cases,
with due regard for the safety of the
| public, have right of way, all provis-
ions OF this ordinance to the contrary
Notwithstanding, but this shall not
protect the driver of any such vehi-
cles from consequences in the arbi-
trary exercise of this right or for in
juries wilfully or negligently inflict-
ed
30. In all localities where an au-
thorized officer, marshal, constable
or policeman, conspicuously display
ing his star, and then and there dis
charging the duties of regulating and
directing traffic in his locality, shall
signal any vehicle to take a direction
or to stop or otherwise to proceed for
the safety of the public, it shall be
the duty of the driver or operator OF
such vehicle to obey said direction,
and to comply with the orders OF
said authorized officer in that behalf.
30. Should any pedestrian or
other object, through want or care
or other cause, come in contact with
moving vehicle in the streets, al
leys or public ways of this city, II
shall he the duty of the driver OF
such vehicle to stop and to ascertain
the name of the person or the object
and to render such aid and assistance
as may be required; and in case oil
: collision or other accident to render
like assistance to the colliding vehi.
Gle or the vehicle struck, as the case
may be, and to the occupants there.
: of, as may be necessary, and taking
the name of the vehicle, its number
and the time, the place and othel
data concerning the accident oil
event, with the names of the wit
| nesses present, and likewise giving
his own name ana number for identi
= fication. Each and all of said in
formation, however, shall not be con
g strued or determined as fixing liabil
ity in either case for fault or negli
gence of either party. but shall be ;
= means OF Identification of the fact
e and circumstances only; and neithe
y party to a collision or a consequence,
D resulting from mistakes in judgmen
! or arising from accident, shall NOV,
u away from the place of its occurrenc,
: without complying with this section
5 and If this complying with this sec
y ton, however, is not done IL shal
be violation Of this ordinance. an,
: punished accordingly as herein pre-
J vided, and shall be construed az evi
dence of fault.
SECTION 4.
4 Every motor vehicle shall he pro
S vided with adeuuate bra'{ca sulfl
r cient to control the vehicie at al
@ times, and suitable and lde luat
i bell, horn, whistle or other signal
@ ling device, and shall. during ~
+ period from one hour after sunset (,
IS one hour before sunrise. display O
l. least two white lights in lamps o
It the front and one red light OIL III
{ rear of such vehicle. Said rear Ian;
" shall show white light across III
d rear of the vehicle.
lr The white rays of such rear lam
n shall shine upon the number plat
& carried on the rear of such vehicl,
N as provided for by the laws Of tn
lie state of Oregon, as shown by Chapt
" l74, Laws of 1911. The light ,
De the front lamps shall be visible {
v, least 200 feet in the direction
10 which the vehicle is proceeding, pre-
l. vided that motorcycles shall each b
e. required to display but one lighte
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