The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-12-13
DEFINITIONS.

be used, they shall be deemed and
construed to have the meaning herein
ascribed to them:
G) Vehicle" Any device for the
conveyance, drawing or other trans
p%ortation Of persons or property, suit
able for use on the highways, whether
operated on wheels or me or by
other means, except those propelled
or drawn by human power or those
used exclusively upon tracks.
(2) Motor Vehicle" Any self-pro-
PEELED vehicle not operated exclusively
On tracks, except tractors.
go Operator" Any person who
drives or operates a vehicle or tractor,
az Operate Drive, propel. or
cause 10 be operated, driven or pro-
peeled.
CO.. Public Highways" All roads,
streets. alleys, lanes courts, parks,
parkways. ~driveways, squares or
places intended for OF used by the
general public for passage Of vehicles
in the County of Maui.
CO. "lntersecting Highway" Any
highway which joins another at an
angle. whether or not it crosses the
UtAcr.
ca Sheriff" Sheriff shall mean
the Sheriff of the County of Maui and
his deputies.
(S) Business District" Business
district shall mean the territory con-
tiguous to a public highway which is
mainly built up on either or both
sides with structures devoted to bust
ness.
Provided, that the Sheriff shall
have placed conspicuously and shall
maintain continuously at the boun-
Diary line of such business district,
signs which shall be placed on the
right side of such highway looking
towards such district, which shall
bear in letters OF a size to be easily
readable by persons using the high
way the words and figures "15 MILES
SPEED LIMIT"
co Residence District" The ter
ritory contiguous to a public highway,
which is on the line of said highway
noC mainly devoted to business, where
for not less than a quarter OF a mile
the dwelling houses and business
structures on either or both sides of
such highway average less than n
hundred Q00) feet apart.
Provided, that the Sheriff shall
have placed conspicuously and shall
maintain continuously at the boun-
Diary line of such residence dis
trict, signs which shall be placed on
the right side of such highway look
ing towards such district, which shall
bear in letters OF a size to be easily
readable by persons using the high
way, the words and figures go MILES
SPEED LIMIT"
EQUIPMENT. .
Section 2. Brakes" Every motor
vehicle while being used upon any
public highway shall be provided with
efficient brakes which shall be kept
in good working order. All brakes
shall be of sufficient power 10 bring
such vehicle when travelling at a rate
OF speed of 10 miles an hour over a
dry, level, macadam road to a full
stop within ten C10) feet from point
OF application of the brake.
Every operator of a motor vehicle
when requested SO to do by the
Sheriff, his Deputy or any Examiner
of Chauffeurs, shall submit such vehi-
Gle to a brake test.
Section 8. Signaling" Every mo-
tor vehicle shall be equipped with a
suitable horn or whistle in good
working order capable of emitting
sound audible under normal conditions
not less than two hundred (200) feet.
1t shall be unlawful for any vehicle
except vehicles of the Police, Fire
Department, Hospital Ambulance and
Emergency Repair Vehicle or Public
Utility Companies, to be equipped
with a bell or gong.
Section 4. "Mufflers." Every motor
vehicle must have devices in good
working order which shall be at all
times in constant operation to pre-
vent excessive or unusual noise, N
nOying smoke and the unnecessary
escape of gas, steam or oil, as well as
the falling out of residue from fuel,
All exhaust pipes carrying exhaust
gases from the engine shall be direct
ed parallel to the ground or slightly
upward. Devices known as 'muffler
cut-outs" shall not be used within the
limits of any business or residence
district as herein defined, or when
passing any hospital or school house
during the hours when school is be
ing held therein