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

fire departments and ambulances
shall be except from the above limi.
tation when such exemption is neces-
sary for the proper performance of
their duties.
Section Is. Restrictions as to size
of vehicles" (a) No vehicle shall be
operated on OF over any public high
way if the width of n portion of
said vehicle or of any load thereon
shall exceed one hundred and two
(102) inches.
(b) No vehicle shall be operated on
or over any public highway if the
height thereof exceeds twelve feet six
inches, with any load thereon, or if
the length thereof exceeds thirty (3O)
feet, and no combination of vehicles
coupled together shall exceed a length
of e~ighty-five (S5) feet nor shall n
such combination consist of more than
three vehicles.
(c) No vehicle designed for the car
rying of passengers shall be operated
on or over any public highway hav-
ing any luggage, package, trunk, crate,
box or any other load carried thereon
extending beyond the tenders or the
line of the hub caps of such vehicle
on the left-hand side thereof.
Section 16. Restrictions as to
Weight" (a) No vehicle shall be OPP
Grated on OF over the paved portion
of any public highway in the County
of Maui which has a total weight, in
Guiding vehicle and load, in excess of
twenty-eight thousand 2S,0OO) pounds
when such vehicle is equipped with
four wheels running on the highway,
or having a total weight, including the
vehicle and load, in excess of forty
thousand (40,000) pounds when said
vehicle is equipped with six co
wheels and with three axles not less
than ninety-siX (96) inches apart,
without first obtaining a permit as
hereinafter provided.
(b) No vehicle shall be operated
on or over the paved portion of any
public highway in the County of Maui
which has a load on any one wheel
of more than eleven thousand two
hundred I'll, 200) pounds or a load of
more than twenty-five thousand four
hundred (22,4O0) pounds on any one
axle, without first obtaining a permit
as hereinafter provided.
(c) No vehicle, except as herein
after otherwise provided, shall be op-
Grated upon or over the paved portion
of any public highway, the weight of
which resting upon the surface of
said highway exceeds eight hundred
$500 pounds upon any inch of width
of tire when said vehicle is equipped
with pneumatic or solid tires; and no
vehicle shall be operated Upon or
over the paved portion of any public
highway the weight of which resting
upon the surface of such highway
exceeds six hundred (600) pounds
upon any inch of width of tire, roller,
wheel or other object coming IN con-
tact with the surface of the highway
when such tires or the rolling surface
of such rollers, wheels or other OBJ
jects are made in whole or in part of
metal, without first obtaining a per-
nit, as hereinafter provided; provided,
however, that traction engines or
tractors, the ~propulsive power of
which is eXerted not through wheels
resting upon the ground, but by means
of a flexible band or chain known as
a movable track, shall not be subject
to the foregoing limitations upon per-
missible weight per inch of width of
tire if the portions of the movable
tracks in contact with the surface of
the highway present plane surfaces.
(d) Permits for excessive weights.
Upon application being made therefor
the County Engineer of the County
of Maui may in his discretion grant a
permit to any applicant authorizing
such applicant to operate a vehicle
and load exceeding in size and weight
the limits in this section provided.
Such permit shall be subject to such
conditions as the County Engineer
shall consider proper to safeguard and
protect the public highway and the
County of Maui from loss or damage
by reason of the operation of such ex-
cessive weight.
Section II. Traffic Regulations" 1t
shall be the duty of every person op-
Grating a vehicle or bicycle upon the
highways of the County of Maui to
obey the following traffic rules and
regulations
(a) Vehicles at Rest. All vehicles
when not in motion upon the public
highway shall be so placed thereon