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

or dangerous or annoying gases
from any portion of such veh-
icle, other than the ordinary
gases emitted by the exhaust of
an internal combustion engine
under normal operation.
SECTION IS. REAR VIEW
MIRRORS
Every motor vehicle and
trackleSS trolley shall be equip
ped with a mirror so located
as to reflect to the operator
view of the highway to the rear
of such vehicle or traclkess troll
ley. Operators of vehicles, street
cars, and trackless trolleys
shall have clear and unobStruct-
ed view to the front and to both
sides of their vehicles, street
cars, or trackleSS trolleyS and
shall have a clear view to the
rear of their vehicles, street cars
or trackless trolleyS by mirror.
! SECTION 86. REQUIREMENTS
FOR DIRECTTONAL SIGNALS
(Directional Signals) means
an electrical or mechanical de-
vice capable OF clearly indica-
ting an intention or turned eithel
to the right or to the left and
which shall be visible from the
front and rear.
All mechanical signal devices
shall be self-illuminating de-
vices when in use at the times
mentioned in Section CT of this
Ordinance.
This section shall not apply
to motorcycles or motor driven
cycles.
| SECTION 81. DISPLAY OF
WARNING DEVICES ON DIS
ABLED VEHICLES.
The following regulations 60
vern the display of warning de
vices in cases Of disabled veh-
icleS upon the streets of said
Village of Chardon:
| (a) Whenever any motor truck.
bus, commercial tractor, trailer.
semi-trailer, or pole trailer is
disabled upon a travelled por-
tion or shoulder of any street in
side the said Village of Chardon
at any time when lighted lamps
are required on vehicles the
operator of such vehicle shall
display the following warning
devices upon the street during
the time the vehicle is disabled:
% A lighted fuse shall be
Immediately placed on the street
at the traffic side of such vehic-
Gle, unless red electric lanterns
are displayed.
| CD Within the burning period
of the fuses and as promptly as
possible, three lighted flares or
pot torches, or three red elect
ric lanterns shall be placed on
the roadwayS as follows:
(aa) One at a distance of forty
PAGES or approximately 100 feet
in advance of the vehicle;
(bb) One at distance of forty
PAGES or approximately 100 feet
to the rear of the vehicle;
(cc) One at the traffic side of
the vehicle.
The signals stipulated by div
iSions (a) (2) (aa) and (a) (2)
(bb) Of this Section shall each
be placed in the center of the
lane of traffic occupied by the
disabled vehicle.
(b) Whenever any vehicle used
in transporting flamable liquids
in bulk, or in transporting COM
pressed flamable gases, is dis
abled upon street of said Viii
lage at any time or place men
toned in Division (a) of this
section, the driver of such veh-
icle shall display upon the street
the following lighted warning
| devices;
/ Cd One red electric lantern
shall be Immediately placed on
the street at the traffic side of
the vehicle.
(2) Two other red electric
lanterns shall be placed to
the front and rear of the vehicle
in the same manner prescirb-
ed for flares in division Ca) of
this section.
Co When a vehicle of a type
specified in division (b) of this
section is disabled, the use as
warning signals or flares. fuses,
or any signal produced by flame
is prohibited.
Id Whenever any vehicle of a
type referred to in this sec
ton is disabled upon the trav-
eled portion or shoulder of a
street in said Village of Char
don at any time when the dis
play of fuses, flares. or
electric lanterns is not required
the operator of such vehicle
shall display two red flags upon
the street in the lane of traffic
occupied by the disabled vehicle,
one at a distance of forty PAGES
or approximately 100 feet in
advance of the vehicle, and one
at a distance of forty PAGES
or approximately of 100 feet to
the rear of the vehicle.
| (e) The flares, fuses, Ian
terms, and flags to be displayed
as required in this section shall
conform with the requirements
of section 81 of this Ordinance
applicable thereto.
(f) In the event the vehicle
is disabled near a curve, crest,
of a hill, or other obstruction of
view, the flare, flag or Ian
tern in that direction shall be
placed to afford ample warning
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