The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-07-30
Close Study Traffic Act,
Advice to All Tourists
Many Parts Of Law Are the Same
In Majority Of Substitutes
Good Everywhere

Minnesota motorists planning
trips to other states will do well
to study and observe the Minneso-
ia traffic act, says State High
way bulletin. Most Of the import
ant provisions in this act are also
the law lin a majority Of other
states, and all Of them are good
safety rules both at home and
abroad.
Passing other cars on hills or
curves where the view is obscured,
coasting with gears in neutral,
parking on the travelled portion of
highway, and passing streets cars
on the left, are outlined in nearly
all states, including Minnesota
Passing street cars taking or dis
charging passengers is also under
almost universal ban, but many, like
Minnesota, permit passing at safety
zones.
A signal for left turns is re-
quired almost everywhere. A few
places still require different signal
for a right turn, but most states.
like Minnesota, specify only one
signal, the arm extended, Cor an
adequate mechanical signal,) when
stopping, starting, or turning in a
manner which may effect other We
hicles. This means that a right
turn, from the right lane, not at
fecting other vehicles, requires no
signal.
The hit-and-run driver falling to
stop when involved in an accident
is an outlaw everywhere. Every
state, according to data collected
by the American Automobile as
ISOLATION, requires the driver,
whether the accident involves per-
sonal injury or property damage
alone, to give his name and other
information to the occupants of the
other car. Some states require a
formal report to the police in every
accident involving personal injury.
Minnesota requires such a report
only when the persons injured are
incapable of receiving the report.
Minnesota and % other states
ban windshield stickers, except Of
fetal permits. Ten states require
full stop for all railroad crossings
and six, including Minnesota, re-
quire stops at marked crossings.
Law or no law, it is a good rule to
stop at all crossings where the view
is obscured.
Fifteen states require dimming
lights when meeting cars. The Min
nsota law simply requires that the
beam of light be focused and point
ed downward to illuminate the road
and not dazzle drivers of approach
ing cars. Five states ban the use
of spotlights. Most states which
permit their use have law similar
to the MINNESOTA rule, which pro-
hibits pointing the beam to the left
of the center of the road or more
than 100 feet ahead.
The motorist who has compiled
with the laws of his own state as
regards registration and drivers
license, is usually safe in other
states. Two states, Colorado and
Oregon, require permit when the
car enters the state, Washington
requires a permit within 48 hours,
Montana within seven days, and
several states, including Minneso-
ia within ten days. California,
Kansas and Maine require all WIS.,
itors to have a drivers license.
The greatest variation is in speed
regulations. Fourteen states have
discarded fixed speed limits, while
! others vary from rs to so. 1t is
best. says the bulletin, to learn the
sped laws in states you wish to
visit. The next best thing is to
maintain the speed of the average
vehicle wherever you happen to be.
One rule that is a good rule every
where is to keep your car under
such control that it can always be
stopped in the clear space ahead"