New Britain herald., 1915-04-09
BILL DEFINING RULES
 OF RoAL PASSED
Senate EnaCtS Measure Pertaining
 10 Lights, etc.

rules or the TOdu, the HrSC attempt of the sort since the advent of motor vehicles. The act follows:
 Rules of the Road.
 Section 1.-The term vehicle when used in. this act shall apply to all vehicles except those which are designed to be propelled by hand, and shall include bicycles, tricycles, 1 motor vehicles, motor cycles, and all vehicles drawn by horses or other animals but shall not. include such vehicles as are run only upon rails or tracks. ..
 Sec. 2.--Every persons walking in the travelled portion of public nigh way, or riding, driving, or leading. a horse or other animal therein, or driving or operating a vehicle there-'I in, when meeting another person
 walking, or riding: driving, or lead ing horse Or other animal,
 or driving or operating a vehicle, shall slacken his pace, if
 necessary, and .seasonably turn to the
 right so as to give half of the travelled
 road, if practicable, and fair ant
 equal opportunity to pass, to tho
 other; or, if both are moving in the
 same direction, the person overtakins
 shall pass on left side of the person
 overtaken, and the. person overtaken
 shall turn to, the right so as to give
 half of the travelled road and @ free
 passage on the left to the other. The
 person or vehicle thus overtaking an
 other, and passing to the left of the
 ore overtaken. shall do so subject to
 the right of way of those travelling in
 an opposite direction from his owa
 and meeting him at the point where
 he is to pass the person or vehicle
 overtaken. Every person or vehicle
 shall, at. the intersection of public highways, keep to the right of the intersection of the centers of such highways, when turning to the right, ! and pass to the right of such intersec- | tion when turning to the left.
 Lights on Vehicles.
 Sec. 3.-Every vehicle, whether sta ] tionary or in motion, on any public | highway or bridge, shall have at l tached to it light or lights which shall be so displayed as to be visible 1 from the front and the rear during l the period from one-half hours after sunset until one-half hour before sun- rise. Such light or lights shall be of ! sufficient Illuminating power to be l visible at distance of 200 feet, pro- vided this section shall not apply to any vehicle designed for the trans portation of hay or straw, while such vehicle is loaded with such freight nor shall it affect the provisions of any existing statute or regulation re- quiring lights on motor vehicles.
 Sec. 4.-Upon the written applica- l Il reasons therefor by the owner of a l vehicle, the secretary of state may in 1 writing and in such form and subject ! to such requirements as he may elect, | and without expense to the applicant, | exempt said vehicle from the pro- ! visions of Section of this act for 1 such period of time as said secretary may elect. . | Sec. 5.-Any person driving, in | charge of, or occupying any vehicle during the period from one-half hour after sunset until one half-hour be- | fore sunrise, who shall refuse, when requested by a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or any proper officer of town, to give his i correct name and address, shall be | fined not more than $50.
 | oWHcf INCSIOuSlDle.
 Sec. 6--If the owner of any horse l or other animal, or of any vehicle, shall entrust such animal or vehicle | to his agent, bailee, servant or em- ployee to be ridden, led, driven, or l operated by such agent, bailee, ser want, or employee upon the public | highways of this state, or shall rent ! or loan the same to an incompetent | and inexperienced person to be thus | ridden, led, driven or operated, and such agent, bailee, servant or em- ployee, while in the execution of such
 owners business within the scope of
 his authority, or such incompetent or 1 inexperienced person, as a result of l such incompetency and ineXperience, shall, by neglecting to conform to
 any provisions of Section or 3 of
 this act, cause any injury to the per
 son or property of another, or shall negligently collide with another, l thereby causing such injury such owner shall pay to the party injured
 his actual damages and costs; but in
 every case the party injured shall
 elect whether he shall proceed against l such owner under the provisions of this section or against the person ac- tually causing such injury under the
 provision of Section of this act. Sec. 7-Every person who shall, by 1 neglecting to conform to any pro- vision of Section ? or of this act, l cause any injury to the person or 1 property of another, or shall negli- gently collide with another, thereby
 causing such injury, shall pay to the l party injured double or treble dam i ages as, in the discretion of the judges ] of the court in which the action is 1 pending, shall be just, with the costs l of such action.
 l Fine and Imprisonment.