The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-07

An Ordinance Prescribing Additional Traffic
Regulations for the City OF Lakeland Flor
| ida, and Providing Penalty for Violations
Thereof
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF
LAKELAND, FLORIDA:
Section |. That no person under sixteen
years of age shall drive or operate, or be per
mitted 10 drive or operate any automobile, To-
Conobile motorcycle or other motor-driVen
vehicle in the City Of Lakeland.
Section 2. That no person, VINO mas NY
been duly authorized under the laws OF the
: State of Florida to drive or operate an au'o
mobile, loc0mobile motorcycle or other Holor-
Idriyen vehicle shall drive or operate any sucn
automobile, locomobie, motorcycle VI st u.auA
motor-driven vehicle in or upon any street,
venue. alley, or other thoroughfare OF the
city of Lakeland.
Section g. That no person shall drive any
automobile, locomobile, motorcycle, or other
i, motor driven vehicle in or upon any street,
avenue. alley or other thoroughfare OF the
i city of Lakeland at a rate OF speed greater
than twelve miles an hour.
| Section a. That no person driving or OPP
,ratng any automobile, locomobile, motor
cycle or other motor-driyen vehicle shall turn
the said vehicle in or upon any street, ave-
Tue, alley or other thor0ughfare OF the City
Iof Lakeland at rate OF speed greater than
eight miles an hour, and that no person shall
ldrye any automobile, lOcOmObile, motorcycle
or other motor driven vehicle at rate OF
speed greater than eight miles an hour on any
street, avenue, alley or other thoroughfare OF
the City Of Lakeland, Immediately abutting or
within one block of any school grounds or
hospital grounds in use as such.
| Section 5. That no person driving or OPP
Ierating any automobile, locomobile, motorcycle
Tor other motor driven vehicle shall turn the
said vehicle in or from any street. avenue,
alley or other thorOughfare of the City OF
Lakeland without having first given signal
with horn, bell or other audible apparatus
Tor the purpose Of giving warning of his ap-
proach, and that no such person shall turn
the said vehicle at any point in such thor
oughfare excepting at the intersection Of said
| thorOughfareS
Section 6. That no person shall drive or
operate any automobile, locomobe, motor
lcycle or other motor driven vehicle in or upon
the streets, avenues alleys or other thorough
fares of the City of Lakeland between the
lhOurS OF sunset and sunrise without having the
said vehicle equipped with two lamps de-
signed for such use, which lamps shall be
giving such light as can be seen by persons in
front OF said vehicle at distance Of not less
| than 800 feet and also having said vehicle
equipped with one or more lights clearly Wis.,
ible to persons in the rear of said vehicle.
Section 7. That Immediately upon the
sounding of the fire whistle or other appara-
tus used to give public warning of the exist
eBce OF coniagration within the City Of
Lakeland all persons driving or in charge Of
any vehicle OF any nature whatsoever in the
streets, avenues, alleys or other thorough
fares of the City Of Lakeland shall drive such
IVehcle to the adjacent curb-line and bring
such vehicle to full stop, and shall remain
at such place for period of three minutes,
excepting that this section shall not be con-
strued to apply to drivers of ambulances. to
members OF the Fire Department and the Po-
zee Department or any municipal department
"heh such member of the said departments
are engaged in the discharge Of their official
duties, nor to physicians on urgent calls
Section 8. That whoever violates any one
OF the foregoing sections shall be punished by
me OF not less than Five Dollars or more
IMAM One Hundred Dollars, or bv imprison-
ment at hard labor for not more than siytv
| DAYS, or by both such fine and imprisonment
and that the driver and the owner Of any an.
t,o,moblle, locomobile. motorcycle or any other
I'VE machine shall be equally guilty OF vio.
| lation of said section. Wv
d, oec.loh y All ordinances, or parts Of Or
pealed io HeieoS re-
J. n Il. Swatts City Clerk. do hereby cor.
Wy that the foregoing ordinance was dniv
p9ssed Dv the City Commission of lakeland
,n ,1stua' IN regular session. January %. A n
1909 IT T. sw,rrs c,.-
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