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<br /> AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES , PROVIDING TRAFFIC
<br /> RULES AND RULES OF T112 ROAD, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THERE'
<br /> OF, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 72, BEING AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED, " AN
<br /> ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE USE OF AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES" PASSED
<br /> ON THE 5TH DAY OF JULY, 1910, ALSO REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 82, BEING
<br /> AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED; "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4 OF ORDINANCE
<br /> NO. 72, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE USE OF AUTOMOBILES AND
<br /> OTHER VEHICLES , PASSED JULY 5, 1910, " PASSED JULY 6TH, • 1911; ALSO RE-
<br /> PEALING ORDINANCE NO. 109, BEING AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE
<br /> TO PROVIDE FOR THE PLACING OF TRAFFIC SIGNS UPON THE STREETS AND ALLEYS
<br /> OF TOWN OF LOUISVILLE, AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THERE
<br /> OF; AND TO REPEAL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THERE
<br /> WITH" PASSED THE 4TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1917; ALSO REPEALING ORDINANCE
<br /> NO. 125, BEING AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED, "AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE
<br /> DRIVING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, WITHOUT A MUFFLER, WITH CUT-OUT OPEN, AND
<br /> MAKING OF UNDUE AND FALSE ALARMS WITH HORNS, SIRENS AND OTHER WARNING
<br /> DEVICES ON MOTOR VEHICLE, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR CONVICTION THERE
<br /> OF" PASSED THE 3RD DAY OF AUGUST, 1920; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
<br /> AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
<br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF LOUISVILLE;
<br /> Section 1. DEFINITIONS; The term "Street" shall apply to that part of
<br /> the public highway intended for vehicles; the term "Motor Vehicles"
<br /> shall apply to all vehicles propelled by any power other than muscular
<br /> power, the term "Driver" shall apply to a rider, driver or leader of
<br /> a horse; to a person who pushes , draws, propels or operates, or is in
<br /> charge of a vehicle; the term "Vehicle" shall apply to all conveyances
<br /> except, a baby carriage or railroad car; the term "Parked" shall apply
<br /> to a waiting vehicle , except vehicles Stopped to load or unload; the
<br /> term "Street" Intersection" shall apply to any street which joins an-
<br /> other at an angle, whether it crosses the street or not.
<br /> Section 2. LIGHTS. (a) During the period between one half hour' after
<br /> sunset and one half hour before sunrise , and at all other times and
<br /> places when and where there is insufficient light clearly to reveal
<br /> all persons and objects five hundred feet distant , all motor vehicles
<br /> shall display one red light visible three hundred feet , only from the
<br /> rear, and two white side or head lights, visible three hundred feet
<br /> ahead, except that motorcycles are required to display only one head-
<br /> light. All headlights shall be of white or amber light, or of inter-
<br /> mediate shades. Vehicles lighted with headlights shall have the right
<br /> of way at crossings over vehicles not displaying headlights.
<br /> Parked motor vehicles , during the period between one hour after sun-
<br /> set and one half hour before sunrise , and at all other times where
<br /> there is insufficient light to reveal such vehicles 150 feet from the
<br /> rear, shall be required to display one red light visible only from
<br /> the rear, and when parked on streets where there is sufficient light
<br /> to clearly reveal the vehicles from a distance of at least 150 feet ,
<br /> no lights shall be required.
<br /> (b) Motor vehicle headlights, shall produce sufficient light to re-
<br /> veal objects, one hundred and fifty feet ahead, and shall be permanently
<br /> adjusted and directed so that on level ground the main shaft of clear 4.
<br /> • condensed light shall be projected straight forward, and that no por-
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