The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-20
Bill introduced by G. l.. Dun
ham Has Passed Both
House and Senate
OF GREAT INTEREST
TO AUTOMOBILES
Highway Should Know Are Elk
planned in Measure, in Addition to
Rules to Be Observed
Especial to The Reformer.)
MONTPELIER. March .

MONTPELIER, March 20.
House bill No. 354, introduced by
George l.. Durham of Brattleboro, to
provide uniform traffic regulations,
passed the senate last night in concur
renee with the house and now goes to
the governor for his signature. The pro-
visions of the measure are in the text
which follows:
Section l.. The terms highway, =
"roads, )" public highway, or pub
lie road - as used in this act or in chap
ter 176 of the Public Statutes and
amendments thereof (and in this act
Chap. 1872 G. L., as proposed) shall in
clude a highway or thoroughfarc of any
kind used by the public, whether actual
ly dedicated to the public and accepted
by the proper authorities or otherwise
Wherever the terms reasonable care, -
/" due care or terms of like import
are used in this act they shall be taken
TO mean such care as a reasonably eau
tious and prudent person would have
used under the same or similar circum-
stances.
See. ?. a person shall not operate
or cause to be operated a vehicle of any
kind upon any of the public highways of
this state contrary TO any of the fol
lowing provisions:
% Meeting. Vehicles meeting while
moving in opposite directions shall ex-
crcisc due care and shall each keep to
the right Of the center of the highway
SO as TO pass without interference, and
at a rate of speed not exceeding 20 miles
an hour.
% Right of way. Except as herein
after .rroyiltd4aH@ vehicles shall give
the right Of way TO other vehicles ap-
preaching az intersecting highways from
the right; and shall have right of way
over those approaching from the left
provided that street cars and plainly
designated police department, fire de.
partmcut and United States mail We
hicles and ambulauccs shall at all times
have the right Of wav over other We.
hicles; and provided, further, that
wherever traffic officers are stationed
traffic irrespective Of the foregoing pro
visions.
(3) Intersccting highways. All in.
i terSection highways shall be approached
and entered slowly and with due care to
avoid accident. In making a turn to the
right into an intersecting highway We.
mcles shall keep to the right of the
center of both intersecting highways
and close TO the right hand side of the
same. In making a turn to the left into
All intersccting highway, the operator
or driver of the vehicle about to make
such turn shall reduce speed as an indi
cation of his intention to make the turn
and pass to the right of and beyond the
center of the highway intersection be.
fore turning.
/ a. Overtaking. \ vehicle overtak
ing another vehicle going in the sam,
direction shall pass to the left of the
vehicle so overtaken, but in so doing
shall exercise due care and shall not
pass to the left of the center of tn,
highway unless the way ahead is clcal
of approaching traffic. The vehicle ov
crtaken shall promptly, upon signal
turn as far as possible to the right
hand side of the highway in order tC
allow free passage on its left.
90 DISTRACTED view. No vehicle shall
pass another from the rear at the top OF
hill or on a curve where the view
ahead is in any wise DISTRACTED, o.
while the vehicle ahead is crossing al
intersecting highway or is about to tur,
into the same.
60 Passing street ears. The drive
or operator of every vehicle shall brinl
the same to full stop not less thai
five feet from the rear of any street "a
headed in the same direction which ha
stopped for the purpose of taking on o
discharging passengers, and remain
standing until such car has taken on 0
discharged its passengers, provided
however, that in cities, towns and VII
lagos where the streets are of suficien
width, outside of street ear tracks, I
, permit the safe passage of vehicles III
der such circumstances this regulatio