Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-30
BY AUTHORITY
BILL NO. 70.

~ Ordinance No. -. :
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE
/ SPEED OF VEHICLES, PROVID-
ING PENALTIES FOR VIOLA.
TTONS THEREOF, AND REPEAL
ING SECTION 90 or ORDINANCE
NO. IL AND ALL OTHER ORDlN-
ANcES IN CONFLICT HERE
WITH. -
| BIZ 1T ORDAINED BY THE: PEG
PIE OF THE CITY AND, COUNTY
OF HONOLULU:
Section 1.-Rates Of Speed: Limita-
tons; Prescriptions. ~ H.
No person shall 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., velocipede, motorcycle, mo-
Itortricycle, motor delivery wagon, or
motor vehicle however propelled, or
any vehicle drawn by horses or other
animals, recklessly or negligently, or
at speed or in manner so as to
endanger, or to be likely to endangeT,
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 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
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; provfd-
ed further, however, that a rate of
speed exceeding twenty-five (251 miles
per hour on public highways wher".
the same pass through country or out.
lying sections which are substantially
undeyeloped 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. Isl"
Section 2.-Speed on Turning Corners
overtakins 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 ID 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 tSl miles per hour; and in over
taking or meeting a street passenger
car which has been stopped for the
purpose of receiving or discharging a
passenger or passengers, mo such We
hicle aforesaid shall pass or approach
nearer than eight (S) feet from run
ming board or nearest part of any
street car which has stopped for tina
purpose of taking on or sdiseharging
passengers, nor shall such person pro-
coed at a speed greater than eight
| CD miles per hour when passing a
car so stopped, subject, however. to
any other provisions of the Traffic
f0rdinance governing stops in speed
limits. I'D. r..
section 3.-speed on Approaching
Bridges, Garage Exits or School
| Houses. .....-.s -.
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
a. m. and 4 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 a rate of speed
greater than ten t10) miles per hour.
In passing a garage entrance or
exit, the person operating any street
lear shall not proceed, nor shall the
person in control of such street car
cause or permit the same to pro-
coed at a rate of speed greater than
ten (10) miles per hour.
Section 4.-AppIication of This ordin-
Excepted, When-Exception 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:
| (a) 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
Ilic 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
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 RED Cross in figures OF
rot less than five t5) inches in height
! and of Droportional width nainted in