Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-11-03
Police Department Promulgates Rules
to Govern Motor and Horse Drawn
Vehicles in Streets of Chicago.

Police Department for the regulation
of street traffic in Chicago:
Article I-Defnitions.
Section /. The word vehicle" in.
cludes equestrians, led horses and
everything on wheels or runners, ex.
cept street cars and baby carriages
Sec 2. The word "horse" includes
all domestic animals.
Sec. 8. The word driver" includes
the rider or driver of horse, the
rider Of wheels and the operator of
motor vehicle or street car.
Article Ii-Obedience.
Section 1. Drivers of vehicles and
street cars must at all times comply
with any direction, by voice or hand,
of any member Of the Police Force,
as to placing, stopping, starting, ap.
preaching or departing from any
place: the manner of taking up or
setting down passengers, loading or
unloading goods in any place.
Sec. 2. Ignorance of these rules
shall furnish no excuse for disregard.
ing them.
Article ill-Pedestrians.
Section /. Pedestrians should 70.
member that while they have the
right to cross the street in safety, the
streets are primarily intended for We.
hicles, and they should therefore
cheerfully conform to all the traffic
rules and thereby contribute not only
to their own safety and comfort but
facilitate the movement Of traffic as
we'll.
| Sec. 2. Pedestrians should never
step from the sidewalk to the street
without first looking in each direction
for approaching vehicles.
Sec. 3. Pedestrians should never
cross streets except at regular cross.
ings and at right angles.
Sec. 4. Pedestrians should wait for
the signal OF traffic policeman wher.
ever one Is stationed and move In the
direction OF the traffic only.
Sec. 6. Pedestrians should be par.
ticularly cautious in crossing alleys.
Article lv-Drivers' Signals.
Section /. Before slowing up or
stopping drivers shall signal to those
behind by raising the whip or hand
vertically.
Sec. 2. In turning while in motion,
or in starting to turn from stand
still, signal shall be given by indi
eating with the whip or hand the d.
rection In which the turn is to be
made.
Sec. 3. Before backing or slowing
| ;nu shall N utynr a nd
while backing unceasing vigilance
must be exercised not to injure those
behind.
Sec. 4. One blast Of a police signal
indicates that East and West traffic
must stop and that North and South
traffic may proceed.
Two blasts that North and South
Traffic shall stop and East and West
traffic may proceed.
Three or more blasts is signal Of
alarm and indicates the approach Of
danger.
Article Wright Of Way.
I Section /. Police, Fire Department
Fire Patrol, Traffic Emergency Repair
| Ambulances and United States Mai
| vehicles shall have the right of way
in any street and through any process
| sion.
| Sec. 2. Horsedrawn vehicles shall
have the right Of way over power
driven vehicles, street cars excepted
| Sec. 8. The driver Of vehicle, OF
the approach of any fire apparatus
shall Immediately draw up said ve
hicle as near as practicable to thu
right hand curb and parallel thereto
and bring 1t to standstill.
| Article vi-street Cars.
| Section !. The driver of a stree
car shall Immediately stop his ca
and keep 1t stationary upon the ap
| proach OF any fire apparatus.
Sec. 2. Street cars shall have tn
right of way, between cross streets
over all vehicles.
The driver of any vehicle proceed
1 ing upon the track in front of stree
car shall turn out upon signal OF tn
driver or conductor OF the car.
| Sec. 8. No vehicle or street ca
shall so occupy any street as to In
terfere with or intercept the passag
of other cars or vehicles.
| Sec. 4. During blockades or stoI
pages a clear space Of ten feet shall
be kept open between cars opposite
the alley or the center of the blocl
| If there be no alley.
Article vll-Speed.
Section !. No vehicle shall procee
at any time at a greater speed thai
the law allows and which is safe an
proper under the conditions then oil
tanning.
| Sec. q No vehicle shall cross an
= street or avenue or make any turn a
: speed rate exceeding one.half 1t
legal speed.
| Sec 3. No vehicle shall emery
from an alley, stable or garage at
pace faster than walk; at the laI
ter places an attendant should pre-
cede the vehicle to give warning.
II Sec. 4. Horse-drawn vehicles an
pedestrians should habitually eros
the street intersections as promptl
as circumstances permit. Teams moN
ing at an unnecessarily slow wal
across street intersections greatly in
pede traffic.
| Sec. 8. On all thoroughfares tn
heavy and slow moving vehicles shall
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