Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-05
LEGAL NOTICE

er than a motorcycle, when
operated upon a street shall be
equipped with brakes adequate
to control the movement of and
to stop and hold such motor veh-
icle, including tow separate
means of applying the brakes,
each of which means shall be eff
fective to apply the brakes to at
least two wheels. If these sep
arate means of applying the
brakes are connected in any
way, then on such motor veh-
icleS manufactured or assem-
bled after October "a, 1855, they
shall be so constructed that
failure of any one part of the
operating mechanism shall not
leave the motor vehicle without
brakes on at least two wheels.
(o) Every motorcycle or bic
ycle with motor attached, when
operated upon a street in said
Village shall be equipped with at
least one adequate brake, which
may be operated by hand or by
foot.
(c) Every trailer or m j.
trailer, except a pole trailer, of
gross weight of two thousand
pounds, or more, manufactured
or assembled on or after Octo-
ber 25, 1855, when registered in
and on the streets of the Village
of Chardon, shall be equipped
with brakes adequate to con-
troll the movement of and to stop
and to hold such vehicle and so
designed as to be applied by
the driver of the towing motor
vehicle from its cab, said
brakes shall be so designed and
connected that, in case of a
breakWay of the toWed vehicle,
the brakes shall automatically
applied.
ID In any combination Of
motor drawn traitors or semi =
trailers equipped with brakes.
means shall be provided for ap-
plying rearmoSt brakes in ap-
proximate synchronism With the
brakes on the towing vehicle,
and developing the required
breaking effort on the rearmost
wheels at the fastest rate; or
means shall be provided for ap-
plying breaking effort first on
the rearmoSt brake; or both
of the above means, capable of
being used alternatively, maybe
employed.
(eO One of the means of
brake operation shall consist of
of a positive connection from
the operating lever to the
brake shoes or bands and this
brake shall be capable of hold
ing the vehicle, or combination
of vehicles stationary under any
conditions of loading on any up
or down grade upon which it is
operated.
(f) The brake shoes opera
ting within or upon the drums
on the wheels of any motor We
hicle may be used for both SER
vice and parking purposes.
(g) Every motor vehicle, or
combination of motor drawn
vehicles shall be capable at all
times and under all conditions of
loading of being stopped on
dry, smooth, level road free
from loose material, upon ap-
plication of the service or foot
brake, within the following spec
flied distances. or shall be cap
able of being accelerated at
sustained rate corresponding
to these distances;
QD Vehicles or a combina-
ton of vehicles having brakes
on all wheels shall come to a
stop in thirty feet or less from
speed of twenty miles per
hour,
(2) Vehicles or a combina-
ton of vehicles not having
brakes on all wheels shall come
to a stop in forty feet or less
from a speed of twenty miles
per hour.
(h) All brakes shall be main
tanned in a good working order
and shall be so adjusted as to
operate. as equally as practi-
cable with respect to the wheels
on opposite sides of the vehicle
SECTION SO. HORNS, SIRENS
AND WARNING DEVICES
Every motor vehicle when op-
Grated upon a street in said
Village shall be equipped with a
horn which is in good working
order and capable of emitting
sound audible, under normal
conditions, from a distance of
not less than two hundred feet.
No motor vehicle in said vii
lage shall be equipped with.
nor shall any person use upon
a vehicle, any siren, whistle, or
bell. Any vehicle may be equip
ped with a theft alarm signal
device which shall be so arrang
ed that it cannot be used as an
ordinary warning signal. Every
emergency vehicle shall be
equipped with a siren. whistle,
or bell, capable of emitting
sound audible under normal
conditions from a distance of
not less than Five hundred feet
and of a type approved by the
safety committee of the said Viii
lage of Chardon, Such equip
ment shall not be used except
when such vehicle is operated
in response to an emergency
call or is in the immediate pur-
suit of an actual (or) suspected