Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-29
BY AUTHORITY
BILL NO. 70.

Ordinance No 49,.
AN ORDINANCE, REGULATING THE
SPEED or VEHICLES. PRONID-
ING PENALTIES FOR VIOLA
TONS THEREOF, AND REPEAL
ING SECTION ~ OF ORDINANCE
no. II AND ALL OTHER ORDIN-
ANCES IN CONFLICT HERE
| WITH
Bt. IT ORDAINED BY THE PEG
PIE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY
OF HONOLULU:
Section RATES Of Speed; Limita,
tions; Prescriptions.
No person shall operate, drive o.!
| propel. and no owner thereof riding
I thci con or therein shall cause or per
nit to be operated, driven or PrCpell-
ed, on any public highway in the City
and County OF Honolulu, any bicycle,
! tricycle. velOcipede, motorcycle, mo-
| tortricycle. motor delivery wagon, or
motor vehicle however propelled. or
any vehicle drawn By horses or other
animals, recklessly or negligentiy, or
at a speed or in manner so as to
| cndanger. or TO be likely to endanger.
| person.
Provided, that a rate OF speed eX-
ceeding fifteen 40 miles per hour
shall constitute prima faCie evidence
OF rate Of speed and manner Of driv-
| ing prohibited as aforesaid and of a
violation of the provisions of this
section; provided further, that rate
of speed exceeding twenty (20) miles
per hour shall constitute a rate of
speed and manner or driving prohib
| tied as aforesaid and in violation OF
the provisions of this section; provid
ed further, however, that a rate OF
speed exceeding twenty-five t25l miles
per hour on public highways wher".
the same pass through country or out
lying sections which are substantially
undeveloped and sparsely settled,
shall constitute a rate Of speed and
manner of driving prohibited as afore-
said and in violation of the provisions
CT this section.
Section 2.-Speed on Turning Corners
-oVertakine or Meeting Street
Cars.
In turning a corner of meeting or
intersecting public highways, the per
son operating, driving or propelling
any vehicle subject to the provisions
of section one 1) of this Ordinance
shall not proceed, nor shall the owner
OF any such vehicle riding thereon or
therein, cause or permit the same to
proceed at rate Of speed greater than
eight (S) miles per hour; and in over
taking or meeting a street passenger
car which has been stopped for the
purpose of receiving or discharging
passenger or passengers, no such We
hicle aforesaid shall pass or approach
nearer than eight (8) feet from a run
ming board or nearest part of any
street car which has stopped for the
purpose of taking on or discharging
passengers, nor shall such person pro-
coed at a speed greater than eight
80 miles per hour when passing a
car so stopped, subject, however, to
any other provisions of the Traffic
Ordinance governing stops in speed
limits.
Section 3.-Speed on Approaching
Bridges, Garage Exits or School
Houses.
In passing a garage entrance or
exit on the side of the street next the
garage, or in passing a school house
on school days between the hours of
8 a. m. and p. m, or in approaching
a bridge, the person operating, drivinE
or propelling any vehicle, or riding
any animal, subject to the regulations
of this Ordinance, shall not proceed,
chon tho in
troll of such vehicle or animal riding
therein or thereon cause or permit
the same to proceed at rate Of speed
greater than ten 1O) miles per'hour.
In passing a garage entrance or
exit, the person operating any street
car shall not proceed. nor shall the
person in control of such street car
cause or permit the same to pro-
coed at rate of speed greater than
ten 10) miles per hour
Section 4.-AppIcation Of This ordin-
anee-Street Cars and Railways
Excepted, When-Excepton As t.
Duly Licensed Physicians, When.
Nothing contained in any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance as to spe-
cific rates of speed shall apply to any
Of the following vehicles, to wit:
ta1 Vehicles which run only on
rails and tracks. except when ex.
pressly included in the regulations
(b) Vehicles, wagons, trucks and
apparatus under the control of the
Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart
ment, Of the Sheriff of the City and
County of Honolulu, vehicles of pub
lie utility agencies supplying gas and
electricity. and ambulances, public or
private while such vehicles are in the !
actual performance Of duty during
emergencies.
Duly licensed physicians shall be !
exempt, in cases Of emergency only, |
upon complying with the conditions
of this Ordinance The vehicle driven