Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
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request and each of them exercise due
care and caution to get clearance and
avoid accidents. Every person having
control or charge of any automobile
motor vehicle or motorcycle, whenever
upon any public street or way, and ap-
preaching any vehicle drawn by a horse
or horses or any horse upon which any
person is riding, shall operate and man
age and controlsuch automobile, motor
vehicle or motorcycle in such manner as
to exercise everly reasonable preeaution
to prevent the frightening of any such
horse or horses, and to insure the safe
! ty and protection Of any person riding
or driving the same. And if such horse
or horses appear frightened, the person
in control of such motor vehicle shall
reduce his speed, and, If requested by
signal or otherwise by the driver of
such horse or horses, shall not proceed
further toward such animal unless such
movement be necessary to avoid ac-
cident or injury, or until such animal
appears to be under the control of its
rider or driver.
7. Passing Railroad or Street Cars.
In passing railroad or street ears OPP
Grated in any city, town or village in
this state, vehicles shall be so operated
upon that side of said street or railroad
car with due care and caution that the
safety of passengers boarding or alight-
ing from such street car or railroad car
shall be fully protected, and for that
purpose said vehicle shall be brought to
a stop, if necessary, but upon the other
or left side of said street ear or railroad
car, should there be q clear passage,
said vehicle shall be permitted to so
increase its speed for the necessary dis
tnce to negotiate a safe clearance be-
tween said street or railroad ear and
said vehicle so desiring to pass, and the
rate of speed required or necessary so
to do shall not be deemed to be an ex-
cessive rate of speed, having due regard
to the speed Of said railroad or street
car.
s. Parades and Theatres. - In par
AIDES, at theatres and all other occa-
sions and places where traffic is con
gested, vehicles shall be operated with
due care, and caution, and jokeying We
hicles or running by for position is pro-
hibited by this act Each vehicle xpon
embarking and discharging its load,
shall Immediately move out and away
from the congested area, and the next
vehicle shall follow the same.
%. When View Ahead is Not Clear.
Every vehicle shall be kept on the
hight half of the street, road or high
way Travelled when the view ahead is
not clear for at least one hundred
yards.
Every motor vehicle, when moving in
defiles, canyons or mountain passes
/, where the curvature of the road or
highway prevents clear view for dis
tance of one hundred yards ahead, shall
I be held under control and not permitted
to coast, and shall in approaching all
, curves give the signal with frequent
blasts or strokes of horn, bell, whistle
gong or other signaling device Of its ap-
, proach, and upon all curves to the right
shall keep TO the inside of said curve,
and upon all curves to the left shall
keep to the outside of said curve.
J 10. Races or Speed Contests.--N
races or contests, for speed shat
upon any street, road or highway in this
: state without the permission of the au'
| thorities of the state, county and city
| having jurisdiction of said street, road
: or highway, and unless the same is fully
, and efficiently patrolled for the entire
distance over which said race or con
} test for speed is to be held.
IL. Speed mitations.-Every vehi
Gle shall be run at rate of speed at nc
time greater than is reasonable and pro
per having regard to the safety of the
public, the traffic and the use of the
street, road or highway then being ira
veled.
y The rate of speed on all streets, roads
and highways Of this state shall be q
reasonable speed, up to and exceeding
twenty-five miles an hour, but any speed
in excess Of twenty-five miles an h0ui
upon any road or highway of this state
shall be an unreasonable speed and i,
prohibited by this act; provided, how
= ever, that no motor vehicle shall b'
: driven at rate faster than eight mile,
T an hour upon the country roads or high
ways of this state when within one hun
> dred yards of any vehicle drawn by
horse or horses.
Regulations in Parks.-Upon all mar
row ways in parks, passes and defilel
not otherwise herein provided for, al
vehicles shall proceed in one direction
only as the sgnboards and conspicuous
ly displayed regulations upon such mar
: row ways in parks, passes and defiles 81
located shall then define. The direction
in which all vehicles shall so proceed
e may be declared by park commissioner
in parks and by County commissioner
! with respect to narrow passes and de
files within their respective iurisdic
!. tios; and when declared shall be so con
] spicufously marked with signs as 70 in
: dicate the rule and regulation in reEar,
thereto and the direction in which al
vehicles shall so travel.