Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-10
A LUCID EXPLANATION.
EDITOR WAUsAU PILOT:

EDITOR WAUSAU PILOT:
In the issue of the Wausau Daily
Record Herald, Aug. 9th, criticism is
given the proposed automobile or
dinance' and it is termed "beWild-
eringly involved piece of English"
and lacking in lucidity," and as a
matter of explanation, quotes the
State law, as "help to clear it up,
as follows
Section 163649. The operator or
driver of any vehicle, when any street
car is actually taking on or discharg-
ing passengers at the crossing or in
tersectiOn of any public streets or
highways, shall stop such mOtOrcy-
Gle or other similar motor vehicle, un-
til such passengers shall have been
taken on or discharged from such
cars"
Nothing very ''lucid" about that;
doesn't say where the stop shall be
made, whether in front, behind, on
the side or on the next street. III
our street cars going north on Third
street, stop on the north side of any
intersecting street, does it mean that
vehicles going east or west on such
intersecting street shall stop, until
passengers shall have been taken on
or discharged from such cars ? "
The above citation gives no informa-
ton on that point.
The matter of vehicles passing
street cars from the rear, when such
street cars are standing at any cross
ing to take on or discharge passen-
gers is governed by the state law.
However, it would be we'll to add a
section to the proposed ordinance,
prohibiting motor or other vehicles,
travelling in the same direction as
street cars, to approach closer than
the width of the interSecting street,
while such street car is standing at
any crossing TO take on or discharge
passengers.
Section of the proposed ordinance,
probably "lacks much in lucidity" to
the ordinary observer as it appears
on paper, without considering it. in
connection with the conditions of
traffic as applied to the streets.
"A1tos, motorcycles, etc. shall
Slacken to a speed not to exceed four
miles per hour when they shall have
reached a point opposite the rear end
of a Car, or the rear end of the rear
car of any train of cars headed in the
opposite direction, (please note,
headed in the opposite directiono
which may have stopped at any
street crossing for the purpose of
taking on or diScharging passengers"
This does not mean to Slacken speed
at the head of a single car, or at the
head of train of three or four cars;
but Just as stated above, for the rea-
son, Ito make it plain,) cars going
north on Third street, cross all in
terSecting streets, SO that the rear
end of such car or the rear end of
the rear car of any train of cars, is
on the north line of such intersecting
street, and all passengers are dis
charged from the right hand side of
such cars, and if any of such dis
charged passengers desire to go west
on such interSecting street before the
cars start up they must necessarily
pass back and around the rear of such
car or train Of cars, and are liable to
accident from vehicles coming from
the north, at high rate of speed, be-
cause their view is INSTRUCTED by the
car or train of cars from which they
have alighted.
This is proposed" ordinance, its
object being safety first" 1t has
been referred to the committee on
Jurisprudence, who will no doubt add
TO or modify as they see fit.
ALDERMAN.