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THE GARDEN ISLAND, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1922
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The Traffic Ordinance
Simplified In Brief
EQUIPMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Every nutomoliilo nnd other motor
vehicle must have:
BRAKES
A gong, bell, horn, or other de
vice, that can make a sound which
can be henrd at any distance up to
500 feet from it (See Sec. 2);
Good brakes, always In proper
working condition, by which the cur
when going at the rule of 10 miles
an hour over dry, level, paved road,
can bo stopped within ten feet of
and from the point where the brakes
are applied (put on), (see Sec. 3;
A good steerii-g apparatus or do
vice, always in good working order
(see Sec. 4);
An exhaust pipe, or pipes, wl.hh
will prevent the discharge therefrom
of any noxious (hurtful or offensive)
smoke, gas, steam, noxious (hurtful)
and offensive odor and bo as to pre
vent any cinders, oil, gasoline, etc.,
from dropping on the road (seo Sec.
0);
A REFLECTOR FOR TRUCKS
If weighing over 2 2 tons (Bout)
pounds), a mirror uttuched so that
the driver can, without leuving his
seat, see the reflection of any cur,
or. If at night, the reflection of the
lights from any other car, approiuh
ing from the rear (See Sec. ).
All such equipment must be kept
in good working order und may In
fested at any time by the, sheriff or
any of h;a deputies or any police
officer who has written authority
from the sheriff to do so (see Sec 7).
LIMIT OF WIDTH & WEIGHT OF
AUTOS AND OTHER VEHICLES
Automobiles, trucks and other mo
tor vehicles using the road:
Shall not be over 7 ft. (84 inches)
wide, and this includes any load on
same; but traction engines (such
as steam plows, etc.) may be 10 ft.
(120 inches) wide (see Sec. S);
NO STEAM PLOWS OR TRACTORS
ON ROAD WITHOUT PERMISSION
Shall not, together with any load
on same, weigh over 10 tons (200,
000 lbs.), und it is unlawful to use
any vehicles (including steamplows,
tructors, etc.) on the public roads
(highway's), if such vehicle and its
load exceed such weight, unless per
mission is obtained from the county
road supervisor, who may, upon ap
plication to him in writing, grant
such permission and prescribe the
lime and limit of use by such ex
cessively heavy vehicles and may
require a bond to protect the coun
ty from loss or damage to the roads
(see Sees. 9 and 10).
Width of tires
Section- 11 prescribes the limit of
weight and wear for htavy vehicles
and specifies a maximum limit of
C50 lbs. per inch of width of tire
when metal tires are used, but ex
cepts from its provisions tractors of
the caterpillar type, in which the
wheels do not come in contact with
the ground. This suction should be
read carefully by the owners and
operators of trucks, wagons and truc
tors which are not of the caterpillar
type. '
Section 12 prohibits the use on the
highway of any vehicle the tires of
which cut into the road bed and
cause ruts therein.
It is unlawful to drag anything on
the public road and it is also unlaw
ful to permit any portion of a load
on a vehicle to rent or drag on the
road. Thus, if long lumber or pipes
u.e ends of same which extend over
the end of the truck must not be
allowed to touch the road (see Sec.
13).
LIGHTS
Lights are required durlrg the per
iod from 30 minutes after sunset to
30 minutes before sunrise (which
period will hereinafter be referred
to as ut night) as follows:
HEADLIGHTS
At night every automobile, motor
cycle, truck, and other motor vehicle
when on the road, and WHETHER
STANDING OH MOVING, must have
a lighted tail light. The tall light
must show a red light which can
be 'seen for at least 200 feet from
the rear and It must also throw a
white light on the license number
so that the license number pan be
clearly seen 00 feet away in the
rear. (See Sec. 14).
At night when MOVING upon the
road, ewry automobile, truck and
other motor vehicle (excepting mo
torcycles) must have a puir of light
ed heudliglils, euch of which lights
must be as bright us the other, and
which must be bright enough for. the
driver of the vehicle to see any
person, or car or other large object
at least 2no feet away and straight
ulieud. Every such headlight must
be so arranged that the directly re
flected und u mil (fused beam from
sunie, when measured 75 feet or more
ahead of the lump, when the automo
bile is on a level surface on which
the automobile rests; or, every such
headlight shall be so arranged that
the driver of the car can readily de
press the light so that at 75 feet
from the lamp the mugimum height
of the beam of light will not exceed
42 inches, und in such cases the
light must be so depressed when at
or within a distance of 200 feet of
any vehicle faced at an opposite di
rection which is approaching or be
ing approached and the lights must
be kept depressed until the other
vehicle is or has passed. The new
Cadillac cars have a headlight so ar
ranged that they can be manipulated
by the driver and depressed as re
quired by the ordinance the head
lights of some other cars can be
permanently adjusted and fixed so
that when 75 feet from the lamps
the beams will not be over 42 Inch
es In height). To test your own car
take it upon a level stretch of road
where there is a telephone or light
pole alongside the road, make a white
mark on the pole 42 inche3 from the
level of the road and measure oft
from the pole 75 feet along the road
and place your car so that the head
lights are just 75 feet from the "pole,
then if they are properly depressed
all of the pole below the white mark
you have made will be clearly lighted
and all above will be in the shadow.
LENSES NECESSARY
If you cannot depress the head
lights of your car so that the maxi
mum height of the beams will not
exceed 42 inches from the level sur
face of the road, then you must equip
your headlight with some proper lens
which have been tested or examined
by the sheriff, or the examiner of
chauffeurs, and approved. (See Sec.
15).
Section 21 provides for the testing
of lenses, etc., by the sheriff or the
examiner of chauffeurs and for the
publication of the list of devices
which have been tested and approv
ed.. Any person can on application
have any lens, deflector, lighting,
diffusing, shading, or dimming de
vice tested by the sheriff, but the
cost of making the test will have to
or such things are caried on a truck
be made by the person applying for
the test.
The sheriff has already published
a list of lenses which have been ap
proved, so that any person using
such lenses, with the specified can
dlepower bulbs, will be comply with
the ordinance and will rot need to
have his headlights specially tested.
MOTORCYCLE LIGHTS
Section 16 provides for headlights
on motorcycles. Headlights on motor
cycles must conform to the same
requirements as headlights on auto
mobiles, except when a s!do car is
used, in which case an additional
light Is required on the sidecar and
it must be such as will be visible at
least 200 feet.
Section 17 provides for lights on
bicycles and requires, that every
bicycle while on the road (which
means whether mov'ng or standing)
shall, at night, have a mirror or a
red light which can be seen at least
200 feet in the rear.
WAGON LIGHTS
All wagons, carts, carriages and
(.ill vehicles, other than motor vehi
cles, must, at night, when upon the
road (and this means when standing
as well as when moving), have at
least 2 lighted lamps, 1 on each side,
so arranged that a light can be seen
from the front, rear and sides for at
least 200 feet and so that a red
light will be seen from the rear. (See
Sec. 18).
SPOT LIGHTS
Spot lights may be used but must
not be allowed to shine in the eyes
of the drivers of approaching and
passing autos, wagons, etc., and must
he turned off when not less than 200
feet from ary vehicle approaching
from the front, or being approached.
(See Sec. 1S).
LOAD LIGHTS
When any truck, wagon or any
vehicle Is loaded so that some of the
load sticks out towards the rear be
yond the end of the body of the vehi
cle for more than, 4 feet, then, in
the day time a red flag 16 Inches
square and at night a red light
which can be Been for 200 feet from
the rear must bo fastened to the
rear end of the load. (See Sec. 20).
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