The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-09

| uelidnu ana ellnef request ana eaCl
/ of them exercise due care and caution
| TO get clearance and avoid accidents
| Every person having control or charg,
| OF any automobile, motor vehicle ol
| motorcycle, whenever upon any publ,
street or way, and approaching any We
| hlcle drawn by horse or horses or ans
| horse upon which any person is riding
shall operate and manage and contro
such automobile, motor vehicle or mo-
| torcycle in such manner as TO exercise
every reasonable precaution to prevent
the frightening of any such horse OF
| horses and to insure the safety and
protection of any person riding or
driving the same. And if such horse
or horses appear frightened the per-
son in control of such motor vehicle
shall reduce its speed, and, il requested
by signal or otherwise by the driver
of such horse or horses, shall not pro-
ceed further toward such animal un-
less such movement be necessary to
avoid accident or injury, or until such
animal appears to be under the control
of its rider or driver
IL. In passing railroad or street cars
operated in any city. town or village
in this State, vehicles shall be operated
upon that side of said street or railroad
ear with due care and caution that the
safety of passengers boarding or
alighting from such street or raidroad
car shall be fully protected, and for
that purpose said vehicle shall be
brought to a stop, if necessary. but up
on the other or left side of said street
or railroad car, should there be a clear
passage, said vehicle shall be permitted
to so increase its speed for the neces-
sary distance to negotiate a safe clear
ance between said street or railroad
car and said vehicle so desiring to pass,
and the rate of speed requisite and
necessary so to do shall not be deemed
to be an excessive rate of speed, having
due regard to the speed of said rail-
road or street car;
~. In parades, at theaters and all
other occasions and places where traf-
fic is congested, vehicles shall be op-
Grated with due care and caution. and
jOckeying vehicles or running by for
position is prohibited by this act. Each
vehicle, upon embarking and discharg
ing it's load, shall Immediately move
out and away rrOm the cOngested area,
and the next vehicle shall follow the
same
49, Every vehicle shall be kept up
on the right half of the street, road or
highway travelled when the view ahead
is not clear for at least one hundred
yards;
IA. Every motor vehicle when NOV
ing in detlles, canyons or mountain
passes where the curvature of the road
or highway prevents clear view for
a distance of one hundred yards ahead
shall be held under control and not
| permitted to caost, and shall in ap-
preaching all curves give the signal
with frequent blasts or strokes of horn
| bell, whistle, gong or other signalling
device of its approach, and upon all
curves to the right shall keep to the
inside of said curve, and upon all cur
yes to the left shall keep to the outside
of said curve;
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shall be held upon any street, road OF
| highway in this State without the per.
mission of the authorities of the State
county and city having jurisdiction OF
said street. road or highway, and unless
the same is fully and efficiently pa
trolled for the entire distance over
which said race or contest for speed
is to be held;
16 Every vehicle shall be run at Q
rate of speed at no time greater thar
| is reasonable and proper, having re-
gard to the safety of the public, the
traffic and the use of the street, road
or highway then being travelled
IT, The rate of speed on all streets
| roads and highways of this State shall
| be reasonable speed, up to and not
exceeding twenty-five miles an hour
| but any speed in excess of twenty five
miles an hour upon any road or high
way of this State shall be unreasonable
| speed and is prohibited by this act
provided, however, that no motor We
| hlcle shall be driven at a rate faster
than eight miles an hour upon the
country roads or highways of this State
when within one hundred yards of any
vehicle drawn by horse or horses;
is. Upon all narrow ways in parks
passes and defles not otherwise here
| in provided for, all vehicles shall pro
ceed In one direction only as the sign.
nj Il
regulations upon such narrow ways in
| parks. passes and defles so located
shall then define. The direction ir
which all vehicles shall so proceed may
| be declared by park commissioners ir
parks and by the county commission
ers with respect to narrow passes and
defiles within their respective jurisdic
| tion and when declared shall be SC
| conspicuously marked with signs as
to indicate the rule and regulation in
regard thereto and the direction in
which all vehicles shall so travel
10. No vehicle shall be moved run
or operated on the streets. roads OF
highways of this state by any person
unable or incapable to control the same
with due regard to safety OF the public
and other vehicles; provided. that in all
cases any person in state of intox-
cation is deemed conclusively incapa :
BILE and unable to operate and control
the same;
20. No vehicle used upon the streets,
roads or highways of this State shall
be left standing unsecured, and how
soever it may be moved its motive pow
er shall be so secured that the same
cannot operate or move the vehicle
without some action upon the part of
the owner and operator SO to do;
II. No vehicle shall be operated with
an excessive smoking exhaust upon
any street, road OF highway in this
State;
22. Ambulances, while being oper--
ated as such, and vehicles for the use
of doctors, physicians and surgeons,
tive businesses be exempt from the
provisions of this act as to speed and
traffic regulations, where preference for
right of way can be given them with
due regard to the safety of the public;
provided, that each of the same shall
bear a red cross
49, Patrol wagons, police ambulan-
ces. fire patrols, fire engines and fire
apparatus shall in all cases, with due
regard to the safety of the public,
have the right of way, all provisions
of this act contrary Notwithstanding,
but this shall not protect the driver Of
any such vehicle from consequence in
the arbitrary exercise of this right or
for injuries yillfuly inflicted
"a. In all localities where an author
lZed OIncer, mafSnal constable or pO-
liceman,. conspicuously displaying his
star and then discharginG the duty of
regulating and directing traffic in his
locality, shall signal any vehicle to
take a direction or to stop or to other
wise proceed for the safety of the pub
lie. it shall be the duty of such vehicle
to obey said direction and to comply
with the orders of said authorized Of
fcer in that behalf
25 Duty in Case of Collision, Mis-
takes in Judgment or Accident.-Should
any pedestrian or other object through
want Of care or other cause come in
Streets roads or highways of this
State 1t shall be the duty of such We
hicle to stop and of the owner or op-
orator thereof to ascertain the name
of the person or the object and to
render such aid and assistance as may
be required, and in case of collision or
nther acnident to render lil1e a ssi