The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-03
Proposed Traffic Rules to
Be Submitted to Village
Meeting
TO CUT OUT MUFFLER
is CALLED OFFENSE
Parking of Cars Parallel with Walk In
sisted Upon - No Vehicle to Be Left
on North Side Of Elliot Street East
of Abbott Block.

In a meeting of the village commits
sioners last evening a draft of proposed
traffic regulations was completed and
it was voted TO submit them to the
consideration of special village meet
ing to be held Friday evening, June
16
In order to give force to regulations
they must be adopted by the village
The commissioners have had in mind
proposing as few and as simple regu-
lations as possible. The matter of de-
Gliding just which ones viii be adopted
rests with the voters.
The arrant for tbs village meeting
viii be placed in the hands Of the
printer Monday. If there are other
matters which ought to come before
a village meeting, the commissioners
I viii be very glad to incorporate ar
/ t1cles which may be proposed.
! Oil available for use on the streets
/ has arrived and the commissioners
v ould ike to know Immediately as to
wnat streets are TO be oiled Tins wear.
In the main the traffic refulations as
revised are practically what were dis
/ cussed At the meeting Saturday even
ing. The proposition to park ma
chimes on Main street by backing to
the curbing at an angle, has not been
adopted. the commissioners inclining to
the belief that for the present ii will
4 be better to park parallel to the curb
ing. The addition Of an ordinance
making it an offense to cut out muf1ers
has been added The following are
the regulations as they viii be pre-
seHted to the meeting:
/ No vehicle shall stop or stand at
the intersection of any street.
2.-No vehicle shall stop with its
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stop in a public street except with its
right side close to and parallel with
5 the curb.
, 3.-No vehicle shall remain backed
r up to the curb except when actually
loading or unloading merchandise, coal
or machinery and then for only 50 long
, as may be necessary.
4.-No person shall scatter or per-
nit to be scattered from any vehicle
or otherwise any metal, glass or other
substance. and no person shall leave
or place any broken bottles, tacks or
nails in any streets or cutters or on
any sidewalks.
5.-On Main street between the
bridge and the fountain, all vehicles
shall keep to the right of the street
railway track when possible.
6.-The driver of a vehicle about to
turn, either from a standstill or in mo-
tion, shall give a timely signal by hand
, or whip or in some unmistakable man
{ ner to indicate the direction of the
turn.
K THE driver of vehicle shall, on
n approaching a street car not in motion,
slow down SO as to safeguard passen-
h gers who are alighting.
{ 8.-Any vehicle on the approach OF
!, a fire apparatus shall Immediately draw
' near to and parallel with the curb and
]. stop. Any street car shall stop so as
o not to interfere with the passage OF
II the apparatus.
9.-No vehicle shall be allowed &c
n stand on the North side of Elliot street
t from the Vermont National bank cor
/. ner to the Abbott block.
e 10.-The word vehicle includes horses
or ether animals hitched to vehicles
e led horses, motor vehicles. vehicles o.
Z all kinds and everything on wheels O.
runners except street ears.
11-No person operating a motoi
vehicle shall be allowed to use a mlif
fler cut-out.
l2.-Whoever violates the foregoing
L. rules and regulations or any Of then
shall be fined not exceeding $50 70
each offense.