Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-27
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
State Laws In Regard to Automo-
biIes and Other Motor
Vehicles.
The laws Of this state provide:


panied by an adult may drive any auto
or motorcycle on a public street or
highway.
III. Speed limits are Is miles per hour
in cities and 25 in the country. 8 miles
per hour when passing schools and peo-
pie are in the highway.
III. Drivers must keep to the right in
passing approaching vehicles and pass
to the left of all vehicles which they
may overtake on the public highways.
~. Upon meeting another vehicle
where the travelled path OF the highway
is less than 20 feet the speed must be
reduced to Is miles per hour.
V. Open mufiers or insufficient muf-
fiers are strictly forbidden.
vi. /. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to drive or operate an automo-
bile. motorcycle, or other similar motor
vehicle upon and along any public
highway of this state at rate OF speed
exceeding ten miles per hour while
within one hundred fifty feet and pass
ing upon the same Travelled track of
said highway any other automobile.
motorcycle, or other vehicle going in
an opposite direction; and it shall like
wise be unlawful in passing to go with
in three feet of any other automobile,
9TH nj in
the same direction upon any single
track of any such highway at greater
rate of speed than ten miles per hour.
Q. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son 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 similar motor vehicle
upon and along any such highway con-
tanning more than one travelled track
at greater rate of speed than ten
miles per hour when approaching with
in one hundred fifty feet and passing
within four feet of any vehicle, motor
or otherwise; nor shall any person driv-
ing or operating any automobile. mo-
torcycle or other similar motor vehicle
upon any public highway containing
more than one travelled track pass
within four feet of any vehicle, motor
or otherwise, at a greater rate OF speed
than ten miles per hour when passing
any other vehicle, motor or otherwise,
which is travelling in the same direc-
tion and to the right of the center line
of the travelled portion of said highway.
3. Amy person violating any of the
provisions of this section shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be pun
ished by fine of not less than five dol
lars nor more than one hundred dollars,
and in default of payment Of such fine
by imprisonment in the county Jail not
less than ten days nor more than three
months, or both such fine and impris
onment in the discretion of the court.
VII. Any person operating motor
vehicle shall at the intersection of
public highways, keep to the right OF
the center of such intersection of such
highway when turning to the right
and pass to the right of the Center of
such intersection when turning to the
left.
VIII. From thirty minutes after sun
set until thirty minutes before sunrise
there shall be displayed on tire front of
every automobile or other similar
motor vehicle, while being operated
or driven along or upon any public
highway of this state, at least one lamp
giving reasonably bright light in the
direction in which said automobile or
other similar motor vehicle is going,
and there shall be displayed on the
rear of every such automobile, motor
cycle or other similar motor vehicle
one tail light which shall display red
light visible from the rear, and it shall
be unlawful for any person to operate
or drive any automobile, motorcycle
or other similar motor vehicle along or
upon any public highway of this state
at such rate of speed that such auto
mobile, motorcycle or other similar
motor vehicle cannot be brought to
complete stop within the distance ahead
that the driver or operator thereof can,
with the aid of the lights thereon, in
connection with the lights from other
sources, see an object the size of per-
son. Every such automobile, motor
cycle, or other similar motor vehicle,
while being used upon any public
highway of this state. shall be provided
with efficient brakes and an adequate
bell, horn or other signal device, and it
shall be unlawful for any person to any
signal device which shall not produce
an abrupt sound sufficiently loud to
serve as an adequate warning of
danger, and it shall be unlawful for