The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-19
RIGHTS OF AUTOS
ON VERMONT ROADS
Machines Approaching from Right
Have Preference at intersections
Of Highways.

Have Preference at intersections
Of Highways.
SO many complaints are lodged
daily with the police department CON
corning the carelessness of a major
ity of automobile drivers that the fol-
lowing act of the Legislature Of 1917
Is printed in fun, giving the uniform
traffic regulations for the state Many
have the impression that machines
travelling north and south have the
preference but the recently enacted
law gives the person approaching
from the right the right of way at the
intersection of streets
The following is the law:
Section L. The terms highway.
roads. public highways, and public
road as used I'm this act or in chapter
l76 Of the Public Statutes and amend
ments thereof shall include high
way or thoroughfare of any kind used
by the public, whether actually dedi-
Gated to the public and accepted by
the proper authorities or otherwise
Wherever the terms reasonable care.
due care or terms of like import are
used in this act, they shall be taken
to mean such care as reasonably
cautious and prudent person would
have used under the same or similar
circumstances.
Section g A person shall not oper
ate or cause to be operated a vehicle
of any kind upon any OF the public
highways of this state contrary to any
of the following provisions:
a. Meeting. Vehicles meeting
while moving in opposite directions
shall exercise due care and shall each
keep to the right of the center of the
highway so as to pass without inter.
ference. and at rate tf speed not
exceeding 20 miles an hour.
% Right of Way. Except as here
matter provided, all vehicles shall
give the right OF way TO other We
hicles approaching at intersecting
highways from the right. and shall
have the right OF way over those ap,
preaching from the left; provided
that street cars and plainly desigpat-
cd police department, fire department
and United States mail vehicles and
ambuances shall at all times have
the right OF way over other vehicles;
and provided, further that wherever
traffic officers are stationed they shall
have full power to regulate traffic ir-
respective of the foregoing provisions.
CD Interesting highways. All in.
tersecting highways shall be APP
preached and entered slowly and with.
due care to avoid accident, In max.
ing a turn TO the right into an inter.
Hsecting highway vehicles shall keep
TO the right of the center of both in.
tersecting highways and close to the
right hand side of the same In max
ing turn to the left into an inter.
secting highway, the operator or driv.
err of the vehicle about to make such
lturn shall reduct speed as an indica-
tion of his intention to make the turn
and pass to the right of and beyond
the center of the highway intersec.
etion before turning. m
tiD ,Overtaking A vehicle over
taking another vehicle going in the
same direction shall pass to the left
of the vehicle so overtaken, but in so
doing shall exercise due care and
shall not pass to the left OF the cen
Fer of the highway unless the way
ahead is clear for approaching traffic.
/ The vehicle so overtaken shall
promptly upon signal, turn TO the
right hand side Of the highway IN or
der to allow free passage en-. It's left
h cd Obstructed View No vehicle
bhall pass another from the rear al
the top of a hill or on n curve where
the view ahead is in any wise oh
structed or while the vehicle ahead