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

seize hold thereo1. Tor the purpose of
being drawn by the same.
No animal drawn vehicle shall be
SO loaded that 1t cannot be drawn on
! all highways.
No vehicle shall be allowed to re-
main upon or be driven along any
| highway in such manner as to OBJ
struct the traffic on such highway
| When any motor vehicle not In
charge of a competent driver or on
orator. is standing on any highway.
the motor or engine thereof shall be
| stopped.
torcycle or street car, in approaching
an intersecting highway, or in pass
| ing another vehicle from the rear.
shall by signal give due warning of
| No motor vehicle shall be operated
in such manner as to emit an undue
amount of steam. smoke or products
| of combustion. or to drop oil or other
| injurious substances on any highway.
| Every motor vehicle using gasoline
or other explosive mixture or sub
stance as a motive power shall at all
times be provided with and use a
muffler or other apparatus sufficient
to deaden the sounds of the explosion.
| No person under the influence of
liquor shall drive or operate any We
| hicle.
No persons shall obstruct the pass-
age of any street car by driving a We
| hicle in front of such car. or by re-
|
| to leave the same by the motorman
/ of such car, or by otherwise prevent
ing the passage of such car. This
clause, however. shall not apply to
! the temporary occupation of the track
| by vehicles actually being loaded or
unloaded, which occupation shall not
| exceed five minutes, and where the
space permits, said vehicle shall be
so set as not to obstruct the tracks
| Ihe driver of any vehicle who Is
serving customers from door to door
on Race street shall keep such vehicle
| between the car tracks on said street
When a vehicle meets or overtakes
a street car which has stopped to re-
celVe or discharge passengers. 1t shall
! not pass such car until the same has
started and until all passengers who
have alighted shall have reached the
nearest sidewalk
When a street car is stopped at a
highway intersection to take on or
discharge passengers. cars passing in
| opposite direction shall run slowly,
! the motorman shall sound the alarm
gong and have the car under perfect
| control
A vehicle about to enter the Market
street subway shall not go upon the
street car tracks until within one
hundred feet of the entrance of the
| subway, and on leaving the subway
shall leave the tracks within one hum
dred feet from the exit of the sub
| way.
The animal or animals attached to
| a vehicle backed to the curb shall be
turned to the right and at right an
| giles to the vehicle.
Cattle, swine or sheep shall not be
! driven on the public highways at any
! time, except under such restrictions as
may be imposed by the chief of police.
No person in charge of horse or
mule shall attach such animal to
! fire plug, lamp-post. fire alarm box.
mail box or tree, or cease to hold the
reins guiding it while such animal re-
mains united.
on any highway unless in direct
charge of a driver or hitched to
weight or hitching post
No person riding a bicycle shall coast
feet off the pedals. or with hands off
the handle bars. or ride curving to and
fro or ride two or more abreast.
All automobiles, motorcycles motor
! trucks and other motor driven vehicles,
stopping along the curb in Market
Square. shall be placed at an angle OF
approximately forty-five degrees to
the curb line, in the direction of traf-
fic.
No vehicle shall be allowed to stand
more than six inches from the curb.
Vehicles shall load and unload per-
sons at the curb only.
Traffic around the Market street
subway shall proceed one way, to the
right only.
The use of a vehicle is prohibited
when it is so constructed. enclosed,
equipped, or loaded as to be danger
ous retard traffic. or prevent the
driver from having a view sufficient
for safety.
A vehicle when loaded with any ma
terial extending beyond it's rear shall
be provided with red flag by day and
a red light by night at the extreme
rear end of such load.
No vehicle shall be driven or pro-
PEELED upon any highway within three
feet of the running board or lowest
step of any street car which is in
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rcwness of the highway, or for any
other reason it is not possible to pre-
serve such distance of three feet from
such running board or lowest step,
until said street car has fully passed
such vehicle.
Every person shall in accident cases
give his or her name and address,
when asked so to do by a police Of
ficer.
No vehicle of any kind shall be
parked within fifteen feet of any fire
hydrant, or street intersection. nor
in front of the entrance to any thea
ter, hotel or public building.
Vehicles shall not be parked at any
time on the following highways:
South side of Walnut street between
Second and Fourth streets.
South side of Chestnut street be-
tween Second and Third streets.
Fourth street between Market and
Chestnut streets.
Vehicles shall not be parked for
more than one-half hour on the fol-
lowing highways:
Third street between Market and
Walnut streets.
Fourth street between Market and
Walnut streets.
All vehicles shall back to the curb
on either side of market house, and
stand parallel with curb on north and
south sides of Verbeke street, between
Third and Fulton streets, between FIVE
o'clock A. M. and twelve o'clock noon,
on market days.
The following shall be one-way
highways:
Strawberry street. from Third street
to Fourth street (east);
Kline alley. from Cranberry street
to Locust street (south); and
River street. from Market street to
Walnut street (north),
River street. from Market street to
Chestnut (south.
Glass, nails and metals of any kind
shall not be deposited on the high
ways.
The use of brilliant and glaring
headlights on all motor vehicles op-
Grated within the corporate limits of
the city is prohibited, unless defect
ed. shaded or dimmed so as not to
blind. dazzle or confuse pedestrians or
drivers of other vehicles using the
term head light" shall include what
are commonly called "side lights"
when the same are fitted with refiec-
tors and equipped with brilliant
lamps.
All headlights shall be so arranged
that no portion of the beam of reflect
ed light. when measured seventy five
rise above forty-two inches from the
| level surface on which the VehicIa