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

Ordinance No. ..
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE
SPEED OF VEHICLES, PROVID-
ING PENALTIES FOR VIOLA
TIONS THEREOF, AND REPEAL
ING SECTION % OF ORDINANCE
NO. IL AND AL OTHER ORDiN-
ANCES IN CONFLICT HERE
WITH.
BIZ 1T ORDAINED 81 THE PEG
PIE OF THE CITY AND COUNTY
OF HONOLULU:
Section Rates Of Speed; Limita-
tions; Prescriptions.
No person shall operate, drive OF
propel, and no owner thereof riding
, thereon or theTei shall cause or per
nit to be operated. driven or Fropell-
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 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 rate of speed eX-
ceeding fifteen 49, 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 a rate
of speed exceeding twenty 600 miles
| nf
speed and manner of 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 (25) 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
-overtaking or Meeting Street
Cars.
| In turning a corner of meeting or
intersecting public highways, the per-
son operating, driving Or ,propeli1ng
any vehicle subject to the provisions
of section one O 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 a 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 discharglng a
passenger or passengers, no such We
hicie aforesaid shall pass or approach
nearer than eight go feet from run
ming board or nearest part OF any
street car which has stopped for tbs
purpose of taking on or dischargins
passengers, nor shall such person pro
pceed at a speed greater than eight
(S) miles per hour when passing a
car so stopped, subject, however, te
any other provisions of the Traffic
Ordinance governing stops in speed
limits.
Section 3.-speed on Approaching
, Bridges, Garage Exits or Schoo
l. Houses.
i In passing a garage entrance OIL
n exit on the side of the street next the
garage, or in passing school house
Ton school days between the hours o
y s a. m. and p. m, or in approaching
a bridge, the person operating, drivin;
or propeltng 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
4 therein or thereon cause or perml
the same to proceed at rate of speeC
3 greater than ten 10) miles per hour
In passing a garage entrance o
: exit, the person operating any stree
car shall not proceed, nor shall tn
person in control of such street ca
|, cause or permit the same to pro
coed at a rate of speed greater thai
ten (10) miles per hour
Section 4.-AppIication Of This Ordin
ance-Street Cars and Railway
Excepted, When-Excepton As t
Duly Licensed Physicians, When.
Nothing contained in any of the pre-
; visions of this ordinance as to spe
v cific rates of speed shall apply to an,
!. Of the following vehicles, to wit:
(a) Vehicles which run only Oh
: rails and tracks, except when eN
J. pressly included in the regulations.
(b) Vehicles, wagons, trucks AM
apparatus under the control Of tn
y Chief Engineer Of the Fire Depart
ment, of the Sheriff of the City an
County of Honolulu, vehicles Of pub
:, lie utility agencies supplying gas an
!, / electricity, and ambulances, public o
:. private, while such vehicles are i'll tn
>, actual performance of duty during
;. emergencies.
q Duly licensed physicians shall b
exempt, in cases of emergency only
upon complying with the condition
of this Ordinance. The vehicle drive
by them shall display, in at least tw
conspicuous places, one in front an