Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-04
BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. s..

OhDlNANCE NJ. %,
/ AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE
SPEED OF VEHICLES, PR0VID.
ING PENALTIES FOR VIOLA,
| TlONS THEREOF, AND REPEAL.
ING SECTION % OF ORDINANCE
NO. IL AND. ALL OTHER oRDfN-
ANCES IN CONFLICT HERE
WITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PEG,
OF HONOLULU:
Section 1-Rates Of Speed; Limita-
tons; Prescriptions.
No person shah operate, drive or
propel, and no owner thereof riding
thereon or therein shall cause or per-
NIT to be operated, driven or propell-
ed, on any public highway in the City
and County of Honolulu, any bicycle,
tricycle., yelocipede, motorcycle, mo-
tortrieycle, motor delivery wagon, or
motor vehicle however propelled. or
any vehicle drawn by horses or other
animals. recklessly or negligently, or
at a speed or in a manner so as to
endanger, ~or to be likely to endanger,
the life or limb or property of any
person.
Provided, that a rate of speed ex-
ceeding fifteen (15) miles per hour
shall constitute prima fsAie evidence
of rate of speed and manner of driV-
ing prohibited as aforesaid and of q
violation Of the provisions of this
section; provided further, that a rate
of speed exceeding twenty (20) miles
per hour shall constitute a rate Of
speed and manner of driving prohib-
tied as aforesaid and in violation of
the provisions of this section; proyid-
ed further, however, that a rate of
speed exceeding twenty five (251 miles
per hour on public highways wherc
the same pass through country or out.
lying sections which are substantially
undeyeIoped and sparsely settled,
shall constitute a rate OF speed and
manner of driving prohibited as afore-
said and in violation of the provisions
Of this section. r., lis
Section 2.-Speed on Turning Corners
-overtakins or Meeting Street
Cars. :, - ,;
In turning a corner of meeting or
Iintersecting public highways, the per.
son operating, driving or propeiling
any vehicle subject to the provisions
Of section one I'll 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 80 miles per hour; and in over.
taking or meeting street passenger
car which has been stopped for the
purpose of receiving or discharging a
passenger or passengers, no such We.
hicle aforesaid shall pass or approach
nearer than eight i8) feet from 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
tSl miles per hour when passing a.
car so stopped, subject, however. to.
any other provisions OF the Traffic
Ordinance governing stops in speed
limits. EsEsEh -. ID q, 49, q i =.
Section 3.-Speed on Approaching
Bridges, Garass Exits or School;
Houses. 80 - -
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 .. m. and p. m, or in approaching
a bridge, the person operating, driving
or propelling any vehicle, or riding
any animal, subject to the regulations.
of this Ordinance, shall not proceed,
nor shall the owner or person in con-
troll of such vehicle or animal riding;
therein or thereon cause or permit
the same to proceed at rate Of speed
greater than ten 110) miles per hour.
In passing 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. j. '%....1
Section 4.-Appiication of This ordin-i
ance-Street Cars and Railways
Excepted, When-Exeeption As to
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:
(a) Vehicles which run only on
rails and tracks, except when ex-1
pressIy included in the regulations.
tb) 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 conditions1
of this Ordinance. The vehicle driven
by them shall display, in at least two
conspicuous places, one in front and
one in the rear of such vehicle, the
sign of the Green Cross" in figures ofI
not less than five 90 inches in height
and of proportional width painted in