The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-11-15
AN ORDINANCE
To Regulate Street Traffic in the
Town of Kingstree, South Car
olina, and to Provide the Pun
ishment for a Violation of the
Same.

Same.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and AL
dermen of the Town of Kingstree, South
Carolina, in Council assembled, and by
the authority of the same. that from
and after the passage and ratification of
this Ordinance:
|. As used in this Ordinance the terms:
"Street" shall apply to that por-
tion of public highway in said Town
intended for vehicles.
(b) Curb" shall apply to the lateral
boundaries of q street.
(c) Horse" shall apply to any draft
animal or beast of burden.
Id "Vehicle" shall apply to horse,
and to any conveyance except a baby
carriage.
(e) "Driver" shall apply to the rider,
the driver or leader of horse, the rider
of bicycle and to the operator or per-
son in charge of any vehicle.
(f) "Congested District shall include
all that portion of Academy street and
Hampton avenue between Main and
Mill streets, and that portion Of Main
street between Jail and Reddick streets.
II. Streets are primarily intended for
vehicles, though drivers must exercise
all possible care not to injure pedestri-
ans, but that pedestrians shall not care
lessly nor maliciously interfere with the
passage of vehicles, and to this end
should not step from the sidewalk with
out first looking for approaching traffic.
iii. Pedestrians on sidewalks should
keep to the right, and when stopping,
should not obstruct crossing nor the
entrance to any building. s.6S xjx
w. A vehicle meeting another shall
pass to the right, and, overtaking an
other, shall pass to the left and not pull
over to the right until entirely clear of
the other.
V. All vehicles turning into another
street to the right shall turn the corner
as nesr as possible to the right-hand
curb; and when turning into another
street to the left shall not turn until it
shall have passed beyond the point of
intersection of the centers of saidstreets.
vi. No vehicle shall stand within the
intersection of any streets, nor shall
any vehicle stop with its left side to the
curb within the congested district, unless
in an emergency or to allow another We
hicle or pedestrian to cross its path.
VII. All vehicles shall be operated,
driven or ridden on that portion of the
streets to the right of the center thereof
80 as to leave the center of such street
free and open for overtaking traffic, and
all slowly moving vehicles shall keep as
close as practicable to the right-hand
curb.
VIII. All vehicles crossing from one
side of the street to the other shall do |
so only by turning to the left 80 as to
head in the same direction as the traffic |
of such street.
TX. A vehicle may park within the
congested district with the right front !
wheel touching the curb, but no vehicle
shall be so parked or stopped in any
streets so as to prevent the free passage
of other vehicles in both directions at
the same time.
X. A vehicle shall not stand backed
up at any angle to curb except while
actually loading or unloading, and If
horse drawn and with four wheels, the
horse or horses must stand as nearly
parallel as possible with the curb, faced
in the direction of traffic.
XII. Every person in charge of We
hicle shall pull to the right of the street
when signaled from a vehicle in the rear |
desiring to pass.
XII. No person operating or in con-
troll of a vehicle shall back the same |
without ample warning first having |
been previously given, and while back
ing, care must be exercised not to injure
persons or damage property.
XIII. Every automobile operated at
night on the streets of said Town shall
exhibit one or more lamps, showing |
white light visible at distance of 300
feet in the direction toward which such |
automobile is proceeding, and during |
the same period shall exhibit red light
visible in the reverse direction. "At
Night" shall mean the time during which
the street lights of said Town are or
should be lighted.
XIV. Every motor car, motor vehicle,
or motorcycle, using gasoline or other
explosives as a motive power, shall be
equipped with a muff1er which shall not
be disconnected nor cut out while such
motor car, motor vehicle or motorcycle
is operated or driven on the streets of
said Town.
XIV. No vehicle shall be driven or op-
Grated in said streets at speed exceed
ing fifteen (15) miles per hour, nor pro-
coed in such manner at any time so as to
endanger the life or limb or damage the
property of another, nor shall any vehi-
Gle in turning corner be driven at
speed exceeding six (6) miles per hour.
XVI. A horse shall not be unbitted
nor unbridled in any street unless Sc
cured by halter, nor left unattended in
any street without being securely fas-
tened to hitching post, or to hitch
weight of not less than fifteen Q5)
pounds, and every driver shall continu-
ously hold the reins in his hands while
riding, driving or leading horse on any
street.
XVII. 1t shall be the duty of the Po-
lice Department to enforce all the pro-
visions and terms of this Ordinance, and
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