The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-08-19

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The congested condition of traffic
| on the streets of this village, due to
the increasing number of automobiles
and the narrow escape from serious
accidents in many instances, has
made it necessary for the trustees of
| of the village to put in force certain
| police and traffic regulations for the
protection of the people using the
| streets.
Careless and negligent driving is
very common, and hereafter all police
| officers will be required to apprehend
all persons SO driving within the vii
lage limits.
Police officers will be stationed at
the most congested points in the viii
lage from time to time and are under
orders to strictly enforce the law of
the state and the following police and
traffic regulations:
Sec. l. Drivers OF automobiles and
other vehicles shall keep to the right
hand side of tho road, excepting
when passing another, when they
shall turn to the left and shall not
pull over to the right until clear of
the vehicle passed.
Sec. 2.-Drivers of automobiles or
other vehicles shall approach the
street crossings slowly, and all mo-
tor vehicles shall give timely signals
with bell, horn or other device requir-
ed by the law to be used for that pur-
pose.
Sec. 8. Drivers of automobiles
and other vehicles on approaching a
street car loading or unloading pas
sengers shall stop and not pass such
car while passengers are getting off
OF on.
Sec. A. Drivers of all vehicles
turning to the right into another
street shall turn the corner as near
the curb as practicable. All vehicles
turning to the left into another street.
shall pass to the right of and beyond
the center of the interseeting street
before turning.
Sec. 5. The driver of an automo-
bile or other vehicle about to
turn corner in the street
of that part of the village
where traffic is greatest, shall plainly
indicate the direction in which he pur
poses to turn by holding out the left
or right hand, and when wishing to
stop and there being another vehicle
fnIn,uinn shall hold In hand IN
signify and warn such person follow
ing of his intention to stop.
Sec. G. Vehicles moving forward
on the right side of a street wishing
to stop on the left side shall turn
around before stopping SO that when
motion is resumed said vehicle shall
proceed along the right side of the
street
Sec. Z. No vehicle shall be backed
in the streets without warning hat-
great care while backing, for the safe
ty of other persons or vehicles in the
rear.
Sec. s. No vehicle shall stop in
the street except at the curb or in
case of accident and no vehicle shall
stand within ten feet of any inter
secting street corner or crossing.
Sec. 8. Drivers of automobiles
shall not permit the engines of their
machines to remain running while
the car is standing nthe street for
more than one minute at a time, nor
shall they stop such vehicle except at
the curb. No driver of an automobile
operating within the village shall
open the muller cutout or permit
an unreasonable amount of smoke to
escape.
SPEED LIMIT
Section 1901 of the Public Statutes
of Vermont provides as follows
mo automobile Or motor vehicle
shall be run on public way or priv
ate way laid out under authority of
Statute, in careless or negligent
manner. If person runs an automo-
bile or motor vehicle at rate of
speed exceeding ten miles an hour
within az city, incorporated village or
the thickly settled part of town, or
at rate of speed exceeding ten miles
an hour across any bridge of more
than fifty feet span, 1t shall be prima
facie evidence that the automobile or
motor vehicle was run carelessly or
negligently."
By order of the Village Trustees,
S. A. Burt,
Chairman of Police Committee.
Patrick Brazil