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Show : TRAFFIC RULES AS CONTAINED 1 j CITY ORDINANCES OUTLINED FOR I ! AUTO DRIVERS BY CITY OFFICIAL fWith automobiles in greater demand than factories seem able to supply, clanger to pedestrians is ever increasing-while automobile collisions, due to lack of knowledge regarding traffic laws and ordinances, carelessness of drivers, and various other causes, the , greatest of these being perhaps the ever increasing number of Inexperienced Inexper-ienced motorists, occur daily. Assistant City Attorney Samuel Powell Pow-ell maintains that automobile accidents acci-dents arc like other disastrous events. I The human element enters largely into each accident, he said, and while injuries in-juries from mechanical defects of automobiles auto-mobiles and motor driven vehicles occur oc-cur from time to time, the greater number of accidents result through carelessness of drivers or ignorance of laws regulating traffic. Attorney Powell has outlined the most important section of the city ordinances or-dinances governing the use of automobiles auto-mobiles or other motor driven vehicles within the city of Ogden. A few of the ordinances, to which special attention to those who are not acquainted with traffic ordinances of the city, are as follows: Cars traveling cast and west have the right of way over cars from the north and south and the right hand rule will be observed by motorists except ex-cept in such cases where following the rule is impossible. Vehicles overtaking other vehicles should pass on the left side, not turning turn-ing to the right until the first vehicle has been passed. Upon receiving a signal from a horn, bell or . other signalling, apparatus on a vehicle to dhc rear, the motor or other vehicle in the lead 3hould turn to the right. In rounding a corner motorists should keep well towards the curb and in turning to the left should keep to the right or the center line of th intersection. Right of way should bo given to vehicles traveling in the same direction. Mufflers on self propelled vehicles should bo closed and no car should be left unattended when the engine is running. One of Ihe most important of the traffic ordinances and one which is not generally observed provides that no vehicle ve-hicle shall be left standing in a street or alley without lights. No drivers should back his vehicle without first sounding a warning. Upon the approach of fire apparatus, police car, or ambulance, the driver of other vehicles should draw to tho right hand curb and stop. In crossing from one side of the street to the other, cars should be headed towards the loft so that the frqnt of the enr points in the same direction as traffic on the street. No vehicle should be parked with the left side to. the curb. s No vehicle, except in case of emergency, emer-gency, or to allow some person to oross the path of the car, should stop in the street It is unlawful for two or more vehicles vehi-cles to travel side by side". Drivers should signal vehicles to the rear when slopping or about to make a turn. Drivers should sound warnings and slow down upon approaching pedestrians pedes-trians not on the sidewalk. City motor, equipment, United States mail vehicles, and ambulances have the right of way at all times, through streets or through processions. No vehicle will be allowed to stop unless within two feet of the curb. Each vehicle should be equipped with two front lights and a rear lamp showing a red lighL Dazzling lights on uuiuiimuiiL't) are oanneu. Sixteen yeafs of age is the minimum for persons operating motor vehicles. In case of accident or damage to cars or to property, the name and ad-dresa ad-dresa of tho car owner should be given. This information should be given in all cases, even when the car is lent to persons responsible for the damages. No passing of vehicles at street intersections in-tersections is permissabte. |