Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-16
az AUTHORITY.
ORDINANCE NO. 81.

OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF
HONOLULU:
Section l. Section ls OF Ordinance
No. SIS, Traffic Ordinance" is amend
ed to read, as follows:
Section Is. Right Of Way of Am.
balances, Fire and Police, Electric
and Gas Company VehieIes-When
Allowed.
The officers and firemen of the
Fire Department, and their apparatus
Of all kinds, when going to, or on
duty at, or returning from fire, and
all ambulances, whether Of a public
or private character. and all other We
hicles when employed in carrying sick
or injured persons to hospitals or
other places for relief or treatment,
end the officers and policemen, We
hicles Of the Police Department and
vehicles Of the Public Utility Agen-
cies furnishing gas or electricity, shall
have the right of way over all We
hicles or persons on any street, and
through any procession, except over
vehicles carrying the United States
mail; and when the Fire Department
or Police Department is responding to
an alarm, all vehicles shall come to
standstiii along the right curb in
the direction being travelled by such
vehicles until the vehicles Of the Fire
Department shall have passed, and
no vehicle shall stop on any cross
street. excepting close to the curb
and far enough away, from the inter
seeting street to allow the vehicles
of the Fire Department to safely turn.
Each such Fire and Police Depart
ment vehicle, public ambulance, and
each such gas and electric company
vehicle, claiming q right of way, shall
be plainly marked to designate its
character. and shall be provided with
a distinguishing sound signal device
to be approved by the Board of Super
yisors. .,.. 49,. ~
Until so designated. such vehicles
shall not be given the right Of way, as
aforesaid. $50 g., * s.s,..s.s..
All ambulances or private vehicles
so used for carrying the sick or in
jured shall not have the right Of way
as described, unless the driver thereof
or person In control shall cause to be-
sounded continuously, while claiming
such right of way some adequate
sounding device, as a warning OF the
emergency character OF fits business
Section 2. Section 10 of Ordinance
No. 56 Is amended to read as follows:
Section Is. Rule on Passing Street
Cars Stopped for .Passenqers-lnslde
OF and Outside Of Speed Limits. Rule
In honolulu Speed Limits. -,
Any person operating or driving or
In control Of any motor vehicle, motor
cycle, bicycle. or other vehicle, or
riding any animal, shall not approach
nearer than item (1Dl feet from al
line drawn across the street at the
front or rear of street car, which |
car has stopped for the purpose oil
taking on or discharging passengers.
Such vehicles when stopped, shall not
proceed until after q such car has
started. gs.s ..--,-.
This rule shall apply to that nor
ton Of Honolulu only comprised with |
In the speed limits, as now enacted,
or amendment thereof.
Section g. Section 20 Of Ordinance
No. 56 Is hereby amended to read as |
follows: ~ ~ -
Section 20. Sound Signal Device.
It shall be1unlawful for any person.
to drive or propel any automobile,
motorcycle bicycle, tricycle., veloci. !
pede or other similar vehicle, upon
any highway without having attached |
to such vehicle a gong, bell, horn or /,
other sound signal device in good |
working order and Of proper size and
sufficient to give warning !,
of the approach OF such vehicle, Said |
gong, bell, horn or other sound sig
nal device shall be of such size only
as may be necessary to give such |
warning and shall rot be used to |
make any unnecessary noises, the use
Of siren horns or similar instruments |
for the purpose of producing any I'M
usual, loud, or distressing or annoy.
Ing sounds, except upon motor We
hicles in charge OF the police and fire
departments of the City and County
and other vehicles given a special +
right OF way by ordinance, is hereby
prohibited. Such public ambulances
and City and County vehicles shall
be provided with a distinguishing
sound signal device to be approved by
the Board of Supervisors.
Section l.. Section q of Ordinance
No. Sc relating to. Tantalus Road is !
hereby repealed b."
Section S. Section "a OF Ordinance
No. Sc is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section "a. Vehicles Standing in
Special Traffic District Restricted.
During the hours from eight A. NJ.
to ten P. NJ. no owner, driver. or
person in control of any motor We
hicle, motorcycle. horse drawn We
hicle or other vehicle. shall allow the
same to remain standing in any street !,
in the Special Traffic District" for a |
time longer than thirty minutes.
Section 6. Section Sc Of Ordinance
No. Sc is hereby amended to read as |
From thirty minutes after sunset
to thirty minutes before sunrise at
any time while an automobile is sta
tionary on any public highway, there
shall be displayed at the front there |