Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE

Regulating the Use of the Public
Highways and Prescribing a Penalty
for the Violation Thereof
section l. Be il ordained by the
Council of the City of Harrisburg, and
il 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,
propels' operates. or is in charge of
The term parked" means a waiting
vehicle. with or without driver. stand
ing more than five minutes.
Section ,. No person shall operate
a motor vehicle recklessly, or at
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
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 such vehicle
riding thereon therein
permit the same to proceed at a rate
of speed greater than ten miles per
hour.
No street car shall be driven or on
Grated at a 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 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
vehicle meeting another shall pass
to the right and overtaking another
shall pass to the left.
A vehicle turning to the right tnto
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 ii
other highway; and crossing from one
side of a highway to another shall
turn 10 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
ing vehicle.
keep as close as practicable to the
right curb.
No vehicle shall stop with its 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
Vehicles shall be under control at
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 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 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,
shall when in use be provided with
a signalling device. in no way similar
to that used on police. fire or ambu-
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 a light or lights so
displayed as to be visible from any
direction: shall not be driven or OPP
Grated when loaded with any material
distressing sound: and, except when
properly parked at market places,
shall remain backed to the curb only
long enough to be loaded or unloaded
No person shall, without the consent
of the driver or operator. go upon any
vehicle or street car. or hitch to or
seize hold thereof. for the purpose of
being drawn by the same.
No animal drawn vehicle shall be
so loaded that it 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 op-
orator. is standing on any highway,
the motor or engine thereof shall be
stopped.
The driver OF a motor vehicle, mo-
torcvcle or street car. in approaching
an intersecting highway, or in pass
ing another vehicle from the rear,
shall by signal give due warning of
such approach.
No motor vehicle shall be operated
in such a 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 IS motive power shall at all
times be provided with and use a
muf1er 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 We
naming on the track when, signalled
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