The Parker post., 1917-05-19

REGULATING TRAFFIC AND
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF DRlv-
ERs AND PEDESTRIANS ON
THE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS OF
THE COUNTY OF YUMA, STATE
OF ARIZONA.
The Board of Supervisors of the
County of Yuma, State Of Arizona.
do ordain as follows:
Article 1-Defnitions.
SECTION /. The term "yehicle"
shall apply to a horse being rode or
led, and to any conveyance except a
baby carriage.
SECTION 2. The term driver"
shall apply to the rider, driver or
leader of a horse, a person who
pushes, draws, propels, operates or
who is in charge of vehicle.
SECTION 8. The term "road"
shall apply to that part of a street or
public highway intended for vehicles
SECTION 4. The term ''motor ve-
hicle" shall apply to all vehicles pro-
PEELED by power other than muscular,
except traction engine or road roller.
Article u.-Respective Rights and
Duties. of Drivers and Pedestrians.
SECTION 1. Roads are primarily
intended for vehicles, but pedestrians
have the right to cross them in safe
ty, and drivers shall exercise all pos
sible care not to endanger them.
SECTION 2. Pedestrians should
observe the following precautions:
Avoid interference with vehicular
traffic, and to this end not step
onto the road without first looking to
see what is approaching.
Cross the Road at Right Angles.
SECTION 3. Pedestrians will aid
in eXpediting traffic on road by keep
ing to the right, and when stopping
for any purpose by doing SO on one
side and out of the way of passing
vehicles.
Article III.-Passing, Turning, Stand
ing and Starting.
SECTION l. A vehicle meeting
another shall keep to the right, so as
to leave half the road free for the
coming vehicle.
SECTION 2. A vehicle Overtak~
ing another, shall pass to the left,
the front vehicle giving half the road
to the rear vehicle.
SECTION 3. On heavy traffic
roads, slow moving vehicles shall
keep to the right side Of the road so
as to leave the center of the road FOR
overtaking traffic.
SECTION 4. A vehicle shall not
follow another too closely for safety.
SECTION S. No vehicle shall stop
in the road in such a position as to
prevent the free passage Of other
vehicles in both directions at the
same time.
SECTION 6. A vehicle turning
into road to the right shall turn
the corner as near the right hand
side of the road as possible.
SECTION 7. A vehicle turning
into the road to the left shall pass
around the point of intersection Of
the center lines of the two roads.
Article IV.-Loads, Loading, Width
of Tire, TrailerS, Etc.
SECTION /. No traction engine
or other vehicle whose wheels have
tires. equipped with lugs, spikes,
chains, or other projections, serious
ly destructive to the surface, shall
be driver over the road, but this
shall not be so construed as to pro-
hibit the use of tire chains of reason
able proportions ON motor vehicles
when required for safety because of
conditions tending to cause such
vehicles to slide or skid
SECTION 2. No disc-cultivator
or disc-barrow shall be driven over
any gravel or paved road unless
equipped with transport trucks.
SECTION 3. No vehicle or load,
the total width of which is greater
than eight (8) feet, shall be operated
or drawn over paved or graveled
road. No autorobile shall be so load
ed on the sides that the load will
extend beyond the tenders.
SECTION A. No more than thirty
six hundred (36OO) pounds including
the weight of the vehicle, shall be
transported over gravel or paved
road in vehicle having a tire less