Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-07-02
NOTICE.

Age of driver; limit of speed. Section
163s-49. No person under the age of
sixteen years, unless accompanied by
parent, guardian or other adult person
and no intoxicated person shall oper-
ate, ride or drive any automobile, mot
or cycle or other similar motor vehicle
along or upon any public highway OF
this state. No person shall operate or
drive any automobile, motor cycle or
other similar motor vehicle recklessly
or at rate of speed greater than is
reasonable and proper, having regard
TO the width, traffic and use of the
highways and the general and usual
rules of the road, or SO as to endanger
the property, life or limb of any per-
son, and no person shall operate or
drive any automobile, motor cycle or
other similar motor vehicle, along any
public highway, within the corporate
limits of any city Or village at speed
exceeding fifteen miles per hour, nor
on any of the public highways outside
of the corporate limits of any city or
village at speed exceeding twenty
five miles per hour; and provided fur
Their, that no person shall operate or
drive any automobile, motor cycle or
other similar motor vehicle through
any cemetery or through any park or
in passing any school ground where
persons are or may be in said highway
at speed exceeding eight miles per
hour; and provided further, that in
turning corners, in going around
curves, at sharp declines, at the inter
section of any street or crossroad, and
where, for any cause, the view in the
direction in which the vehicle is pro-
ceedirg, shall be obstruoted, the speed
shall be reduced to such rate as will
tend to avoid danger of accident; the
| operator, when such automobile, mot
or cycle or other similar motor vehicle
| is in motion. shall observe the rules of
the road by keeping to the right upon
meeting vehicles and by passing to
| the left of all vehicles overtaken on
any public highway of this state, and
at all times giving to the vehicle pas
sed or overtaken one half of the road.
At the intersection of any public street
or highway with any other public
street or highway of this state, the
operator or driver of any vehicle shall
have the right of way over the oper-
ator or driver of any other vehicle APP
preaching him on such cross street or
highway from the left, excepting only
in cases in cities where police officer
shall be in actual charge of the regu-
lation of traffic at such intersection OF
streets. The operator or driver OF any
vehicle, when any street car is actual
lv taking on or discharging passengers
at the crossings or intersections OF any
public streets or highways, snallastop
such automobile, motor cycle or other
similar motor vehicle, until such pas
sengers shall have been taken on or
discharged from such car. Upon meet
ing any vehicle on any public highway
of this state where the travelled track
of such highway is less than twenty
feet in width, it shall be the duty OF
the OPERATOR of any automobile, motor
cycle or other similar motor vehicle tC
reduce the speed of such automobile
motor cycle or other similar motor
vehicle to rate not exceeding fifteen
miles per hour until he shall have safe
ly passed such other vehicle.
1t shall be unlawful for any person
to operate any automobile, motor cycle
or other similar motor vehicle without
a sufficient modern and improved muf'
fer to prevent noise, or with its muf
fer open upon or along any public
! street within the corporate limits Of
any city or village of this state.
Speed in passing vehicle. Section
1636-49a. /. 1t shall be unlawful foi
any person to drive or operate an auto
mobile, motor cycle or other similar
motor vehicle upon and along any pub
.
speed exceeding ten miles per houl
while within one hundred fifty feet
and passing upon the same Travelled
track of said highway any other auto
mobile, motor cycle or other vehicle
going i n an opposite direction; and il
shall likewise be unlawful in passing
to go Within three feet of any other
automobile, motor cycle or other vehi-
Gle going in the same direction upon
any single track of any such highway
at greater rate of speed than ten
miles per hour.
Speed limit in passing vehicle on left
of travelled track. 2. 1t shall be un-
lawful for any person when travelling
on the left of the center line of the
travelled portion of any public highway
of this state, to drive or operate any
automobile, motor cycle or other SINH
lar motor vehicle upon and along any
such highway containing more thaU
one Travelled track AFT a greater rate O1