Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-15
Attorney.
NOTICE


Mayor on the 9Th day of August, A. d.
1918. and is published as directed by
Article 6, Section Z, of the Act of AS
l'sembly approved June 81. A. D. 1913
AN ORDINANCE
Regulating the Use of the Public
Highways and Prescribing a Penalty
for the Violation Thereof.
Section l. 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 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 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.
Inc term driver" means the rider,
driver or leader of a horse or mule.
ana tne person who pushes, draws,
propels, operates. or is in charge of a
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 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.
Ct ~ col
between the hours of eight o'clock
A. M. and four o'clock p. M. no person
! operating. driving or propelling any
vehicle shall proceed, nor shall the
riding thereon or therein, cause or
| 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 said viaduct, no vehicle shall pass
| to the left of an overtaken motor
| driven vehicle. unless traffic shall be
delayed by an accident. and then only
| under the guidance of a 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 it
shall have passed the center of such
other highway; and crossing from one
| side of highway to another shall
| turn to the left so as to advance with
| the traffic on such other side.
| The driver of vehicle when slack
ening speed, stopping. backing or
whip to the driver of closely follow
| ing vehicle.
| 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
| highways.
Upon 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.
| all times, and particularly at inter-
secting highways: and at intersec-
| tions the vehicle approaching to the
| right of any driver or operator shall
| have priority to proceed.
No vehicle shall be driven or OPP
Grated upon. or allowed to stand, on
any sidewalk.
No vehicle nor street car shall stop
on any cartway crossing intended for
| pedestrians.
| or TO allow another vehicle or pedes-
trians to cross its 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-
iances. 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 a police officer.
All vehicles, except animal drawn,
a SIGNALLING device, in no way similar
to that used on police, fire or ambu-
lance vehicles, sufficient to give que
warning of the approach of the ve-
hicle: but no such signalling device
moving or distressing. or such as
might frighten pedestrians or animals
Vehicles shall not remain standing
at night without light or lights SO
displayed as to be visible from any
direction: shall not be driven or op-
Grated when loaded with any material
that produces any loud, annoying or
distressing sound. and. except when
properly parked at market places
shall remain backed to the curb only
No person shall. without the consent