Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-09
AN ORDINANCE
Creating the Rules Of the Road i'm the
City of Wausau

The Common Council of the city of
Wausau, do ordain as follows:
Section /. All vehicles shall keep
to the right.
Section II. Vehicles meeting shall
pass each other on the right.
Section III. The driver, owner or
person, operating or driving a vehi-
Gle, shall on overtaking any other
vehicle, pass on the left side thereof.
Section Nv. Vehicles moving slowly
must keep near the right curb, allow
ing those moving more rapidly to keep
the center of the street while passing
the slower moving vehicle, but i'm
mediately after having passed the
same, the more rapidly moving vehi-
Gle shall also be required to keep to
the right.
Section V. Vehicles at street inter-
sections, turning into another street
at the right, shall keep to the right.
Section vi. Vehicles at street inter-
sections, turning into another street
at the left, shall continue to the OPP
posite side of the lateral street be-
fore changing direction to the left.
Section VII. Vehicles at all times
shall keep the right hub to the curb.
When desiring to stop on the left
side of the street, make a complete
circle, bringing the right side of the
vehicle to the curb.
Section VIII Vehicles shall not
stop on any street cross-walk, or in
any street intersection.
Section TX Vehicles shall stop or
move on signal from police officer.
Section X. The apparatus and vehi-
cleS of fire, police and hospital de-
partments, when sounding gongs shall
have the right of way through all
streets and alleys.
Section XII. No vehicle shall be
parked during the time between nine
o'clock a. m, and nine o'clock D. NJ,
on the following streets in the city of
Wausau, to-wit: On Third street from
the intersection of Forest street to
Franklin street; and on First avenue,
South, from the intersection of Gallon
street to Clark street
Section XII. No driver, owner or
person in charge of vehicle shall al
low such vehicle to stand for a period
of time longer than thirty minutes,
between nine o'clock a. M, and nine
o'clock p. M, at any location on Third
street in said city, from the intersec-
ton of Forest street to the intersec-
ton Of Franklin street.
Section XIII. No driver, owner or
person in charge of any vehicle, shall
permit such vehicle to remain stand
ing on Third street, in said city, with
in eighty feet North or South of the
curb at the intersection of said Third
street with Washington street; and on
Washington street, within eighty feet
West of the curb, at said intersections
of said streets.
Section XIV. The operator or driv-
er of any vehicle going in the same
direction with any street car, in said
city, shall, when any such street car
is actually taking on or discharging
passengers at the crossings or inter-
sections OF any streets in said city,
shall stop said vehicle until said pas
sengerS shall have been taken on or
discharged from such street car.
Section XIV. All Motor Power shall
be stopped on any Automobile or other
similar motor vehicle while left unat-
tended on, the public streets in said
city.
Section XVI. No driver, owner or
person in charge of a vehicle shall
overtake and pass on the Falls Bridge,
in said city, any other vehicle going in
the same direction.
Section XVII. Pedestrians desiring
to cross the street at intersections of
Third street between Forest and
Franklin streets in said city shall
cross at right angles to the street.
Section XVIII. Any ordinances
conflicting with the provisions of this
ordinance, are hereby repealed.
Penalty.-The owner or driver of
any vehicle, or any pedestrian failing
to observe any of the provisions of
the foregoing sections shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof shall be fined not
less than two dollars nor more than
fifty dollars for each offense.
Passed Aug. 7th, 1917.
Attest: Approved:
w. J. KREGEL, H. E. MARQUARDT,
a 2-2w City Clerk. Mayor.
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