Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-16
NOTICE

The following ordinance was passed
by the City Council and signed by the
1918, and is published as directed by
Article 6, Section Z, of the Act of AS
sembly approved June 81, A. D. 1918.
AN ORDINANCE
Regulating the Use of the Public
HIGHWAYS and Prescribing Penalty
for the Violation Thereof.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Council of the City of Harrisburg, and
II is hereby ordained by authority of
the same, That for the purpose of this
ordinance the term vehicle" means
any conveyance other than a street
car or a baby carriage. used or in
tended to be used to transport per-
sons or property on the public high
ways. The term vehicle" shall also
include a bicycle, tricycle., motorcycle
and similar conveyances.
The term highway" means any
street. lane, alley. avenue, boulevard,
Viaduct bridge. or other place intend =
ed. used or set apart for public travel.
The term driver means the rider,
driver or leader of a horse or mule,
and the person who pushes, draws,
vehicle.
The term parked" means a waiting
vehicle, with or without driver, stand
ing more than five minutes.
Section 2. No person shall operate
a motor vehicle recklessly. or at a
rate of speed greater than is reason
able and proper. having regard to the
width. traffic, and use of the high
way, or so as to endanger property,
or the life or limb of any person; but
no person shall drive a motor vehicle
at a rate of speed exceeding one mile
in two and one-half minutes. except
on highways posted with Danger:
run slow" and End of fifteen mile
limit" signs, as required by law. on
which posted highways no vehicle
shall be operated at a rate of speed
exceeding one mile in four minutes.
In passing schools on school days.
between the hours of eight o'clock
A. NJ. and four o'clock p. NJ, no person
operating, driving or propelling any
vehicle shall proceed. nor shall the
owner or occupant of any sucf vehicle
permit the same to proceed at a rate
of speed greater than ten miles per
hour.
No street car shall be driven or op-
Grated at rate. of speed exceeding
fifteen miles. per hour.
In the Market street subway no We
hicle shall pass to the left of an over
taken vehicle or street car. and on
Fourth street. from the north side of
Buck alley to a point one hundred and
fifty feet beyond the south side of
Chestnut street, on the Mulberry
street viaduct within one hundred
feet of the Cameron street approach,
and on the Cameron street approach
to the left of an overtaken motor
driven vehicle. unless traffic shall be
delayed by an accident, and then only
under the guidance of police officer.
A vehicle meeting another shall pass
to the right and overtaking another
shall pass to the left.
A vehicle turning to the right into
another highway shall turn the cor
ner as close to the right curb as pos
sible: turning to the left into another
highway shall not so turn until 1t
shall have passed the center of such
other highway; and crossing from one
side of a highway to another shall
turn to the. left so as to advance with
the traffic on such other side.
The driver of a vehicle when slack
ening speed. stopping. backing or
turning, shall signal with hand or
whip to the driver of closely follow
Every vehicle moving slowly shall,
keep as close as practicable to the
right curb.
No vehicle shall stop with It's left
/ side to the curb. except on one-way
IJpon the approach of fire apparatus
responding to an alarm, every vehicle
shall be driven as close as practicable
to and parallel with the right curb
and stopped. and every street car shall
be stopped.
vehicles shall be under control at
all times and particularly at inter-
Sect1ng nlRnWdyS' anu dt lHterSec-
tions the vehicle approaching to the
right of any driver or operator shall
have priority to proceed.
No vehicle shall be driven or op-
Grated upon. or allowed to stand, on
any sidewalk
No vehicle nor street car shall stop
on any cartway crossing intended for
pedestrians
No vehicle. unless in an emergency.
or to allow another vehicle or pedes-
trians to cross it's path, shall stop on
any two-way highway except close to
the right curb.
Street cars or vehicles, except police,
fire. United States mail, or ambu-
lances, shall not be driven through a
funeral or other procession without
the permission of a police officer, and
such police, fire. United States mail
or ambulance vehicles shall have the
right of way on all highways
. Vehicles shall not stand nor move
two or more abreast.
All vehicles and street cars shall be
stopped or moved when, where and
as directed by police officer.
All vehicles, except animal drawn,
shall when in use be provided with
n signalling device. in no way similar
lance vehicles. sufficient to give due
warning of the approach of the We
hicle; but no such signalling device
shall emit a sound unduly loud. an :
moving or distressing, or such as
might frighten pedestrians or animals.
Vehicles shall not remain standing
at night without light or lights so
direction; shall not be driven or OBJ
Grated when loaded with any material
that produces any loud. annoying or
distressing sound; and, except when