The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-04-21
ORDINANCE NO. 50.
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
TRAFFIC AND FORBIDDING
THE UNLAWFUL USE OF
STREETS WITHIN THE COR
PORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY
OF ALCOA.
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE
CITY OF ALCOA, as follows:

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SECTION 1. The term "vehicle'
as used in this ordinance shall be
construed to include equestrians
led horses, and everything on
wheels or runners, excepting street
cars, baby carriages, roller skates
and invalid chairs.
SECTION 2. The word driver
includes the rider or driver of a
horse, the rider of wheel, and Tie
operator of vehicle, motorcycle
or street car.
SECTION 3. The term econ
gested District" as used in this
ordinance, shall include that por-
ton of the city as follows:
Hall Road between Louisville &
Nashville Railroad and Edison
street.
SECTION 4. The roadways of
the streets are primarily intended
for vehicles, but pedestrians have
the right to cross and all drivers of
vehicles shall exercise all proper
care so as to not endanger pedes-
TRANS.
SECTION S. Pedestrians cross
ing the street at the intersection
thereof with another street, have
the right of way over such portion
of the street as is included within
the lines of the sidewalk projected
and at other places vehicles shall
have the right of way.
SECTION 6. A driver in slow
ing, stepping or turning a vehicle
shall signal those in the rear by
raising or extending whip or hand
and no vehicle shall be turned un-
less a signal shall previously be
given by whip or hand, indicating
the direction in which the turn is tC
be made.
SECTION 7. A vehicle crossir
from one side of a street to the
other shall do so by turning to the
left so as to head in the general di-
Tection of traffic on that side of
the street.
SECTION 8. No vehicle shall be
backed or turned in any street, if
by so doing it interferes with other
vehicles, but shall go around the
block or to street sufficiently
wide to turn in without backing.
SECTION g. No vehicle shall be
turned within the congested dis
trict unless the streets are wide
enough to make a complete continu-
Gus turn.
SECTION 10. Ne vehicle shall
be backed unless it is absolutely
necessary and only after ample
warning has been given. While
backing care must be exercised not
to endanger those in the rear.
SECTION II. Vehicles of the
police and fire divisions, ambulances
and United States Mail service shall
have the right of way on all streets
and alleys.
SECTION ~. A vehicle shall
pun to the right of the street when
signaled from a vehicle behind de-
string to pass.
SECTION IS. A vehicle over
taking another shall pass on the
left side thereof, but not until ample
signal has been given and shall not
pull over to the right until entirely
clear of the overtaken vehicle.
SECTION IA. Upon the ap-
preach of any police or fire appara-
tus, or ambulance, every vehicle
shall draw up and stop as near as
practicable to the right curb OF
the street until such apparatus or
ambulance shall have passed
SECTION Is. A heavily loaded
vehicle or vehicles moving slowly
shall keep as close as possible to
the curb on the right, allowing more
swiftly moving vehicles free passage
to their left.
SECTION 16. That it shall be
the duty of all persons operating
vehicles whether propelled by motor
steam, electricity or otherwise, to
keep to the right of the street
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thoroughfare on which they are
travelling.
SECTION II. A vehicle in turn.
shall keep as near to the right curt
as possible.
SECTION 18. A vehicle in turn,
ing to the left into another street
shall pass to the right of and beyond
the center of the intersecting street
before turning.
SECTION 19. Whenever two OF
more vehicles travelling on different
streets approach the intersection Of
two or more streets, each driver shall
give the driver on his right hand the
right of way.
SECTION 20. No driver operat-
ing a self-propelled vehicle shall dc
needless amount of steam, smoke OF
products of combustion from ex
haust pipes or openings, or make un.
necessary noise, such as running
with muffler open, or without muff-
Ter.
SECTION 21. All self-propellec
vehicles and bicycles, upon the
streets, shall have attached thereto
an adequate signal in good working
order, to give warning of the ap-
proach of such vehicle to pedes-
TRANS, riders and drivers of other
vehicles, and such signal shall not
be sounded except when necessary
to give warning.
SECTION %. Every-motor
driven car, when operated OF
standing upon the streets, shall
carry, between one-half hour after
sunset and one-half hour before
sunrise, at least two lighted lamps
showing white, visible three hun
bred feet in the direction toward
which the motor car is proceeding,
and shall exhibit one red light, visi-
BILE in the reverse direction, at
least two hundred feet, and which
shall be placed in such position as
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