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within that • distance by its ov m shall yield
braking power.
Motor Association
The following table gives th e
distance with two wheel
Explaims Oregon's stopping
brakes, in good condition, at various
New Rules of Road speeds.
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the right of way
vehicles upon the highway.”
“The driver of a motor vehicle
shall not follow another vehicle
more closely than is reasonable and
prudent, having due regard to the
speed of such vehicles and traffic
upon and conditions of the high-
way.”
The above diagram shows the
minimum interval that should be
kept between cars at various speeds.
The figures are the result of actual
observations and checks on main
highways throughout the United
States.
The above diagram does not show
prudent intervals that will meet
all emergencies. For instance should
the preceding car, which has been
travelling at a speed of 35 miles
an hour, come to an instantaneous
stop by reason of a collision or
mechanical breakdown, the follow
ing car, with an interval of only
65 feet, and travelling at 35 miles
an hour, could not possibly stop
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Right of Way Is Decided
Pedestrain* Have the Right of Way
Over a Vehicle at Cross Walks
Far back in the borderline days
when man first walked erect, he
elosely as practicable to the ion of the driver on such roads is to vehicles on the right, simultane
right thereof before turning such obstructed and he eannot see ano ously approaching a given point
vehicle to the left.”
ther vehicle approaching from the whether such vehicle first enter and
In other words, when one ap opposite direction, the 1927 legis reach the intersection or not, pro
proaches a corner intending either lature adopted a new rule of the vided, that street and interurban
to turn te the left or right, the road, paragraph 13 (c) to cover] ears and emergency vehicles shall
vehicle is guided into the lane of this situation.
have the right of way at all times
traffic on the side which one de
at such highway intersections."
sires te turn. By this means traffic
In other words, at an intersec
can be speeded up aa double lines
tion of highways, the man on the
of traffic can be run along the
left must watch out for the man
street without the usual corner con-.
on the right, it does not matter
gestion which results when the
which is the closer to the inter
on the right-hand side of the
section or how fast the other fel
wants to turn to the left and
low may be going. The man on
man on the left has just the op
the left tries to pass in front of
posite idea.
the man on the right, he does so
Another advantage of thia rule la
at his own peril. This rulZ does
that the man turning to the left
not apply to street cars or emer
is out of the way quioker, thus
gency vehicles such as police and
permitting through traffic to go
fire department vehicles and am
ahead in the left lane of the street
bulances.
into which the turn has been made.
Paragraph 12 (c), as illustrated
The illustration
accompanying
above, prohibits the driver of a
this article shows the exception re
ferred to in paragraph 8 (a) rather vehicle passing another vehicle pro
ceeding in the same direction upon
than the rule there _____
laid ______
down. ____
The
I the crest of a grade or upon a
exception (paragraph 8 (b) of the}
rules of the road) provides that 1 • curve in the highway where the
| driver's view along the highway
local authorities may modify the ;
is obstructed within a distance of
rule requiring vehicles in the left
,
lane to travel to the right of the ’
ee '
______
center of the intersection by clear- j The Man On the Right is Right
ly indicating by markers (the circles
__ ___
“The
man ___
on ___
the _____
right _ is right."
in the illustration) the course th in September 1925*’ha "supreme
by vehicles turning court of Oregon rendered a deciB-
thereat. These markers are to be ion based on the law as it stood,
I
placed as near the center line of that where two vehicles were sim-
tlie street where it meets a pro- „itaneouZ^ 'approaching a given
longution of the property line as noint> nt an intersection, the man
possible.
on the left must look out for and
Actual tests have shown that I j give the right of way to the man
where a vehicle is driven beyond on the right. The court in discuss-
one of these property line markers ing the case covered considerable
and turned obliquely so. that it , 'territory and some of the lower
will pass beyond a similarly set courts became confused and render-
marker on the street into which a ed decisions not consistent with
turn is being made, such turning such a broad declaration of the
can be made with greater speed and I law.
safety to all concerned than if the j
Some of these lower courts even
vehicle is compelled to pass beyond1
i went so far as to hold that if the
the center of the intersection.
man on the left, entered the in-1
Unobstructed View to Pass tersection first, the man on the
A Car Mu>t Not Pass Another Car right had to stop and let him pass,
this was tending to change the law
Unleaa Thera io An Unobstruct
back to the old “Button, button,
ed View for A Distance
who reached the button first,” in
of SOO Feet Ahead
One cannot drive in Oregon terpretation.
In oTder to clarify this situation
without driving in the mountains
and one cannot drive in the moun and eliminate any question, the
tains without driving around curves. J927 legislature amended para
In other words, there are always graph 7 of the rules of the ro.ad
places on our highways where, form to read, "Drivers when approach
the natural topography of the ing highway intersections, shall
ground, it is impossible to see thè look out for and give right of way
road ahead for a distance of five
hundred feet.
If one cannot see the road a—
SPECIAL
head, either because or a curve or
to ing as
Cars Shall Not Follow Leading Ve
hicle More Closely Than Prudent
Stopping Dia’L
Speed per Hour
1(1 miles
9.3 feet
20.8 feet
15 miles
âo miles
87 feet
58 feet
25 miles
83.3 feet
30 miles
113 feet
35 miles
148 feet
40 miles
car travelling 35 miles an
hour requires a distance of 113
feet after brake pressure is applied
to bring it to a stop. A second
and a half of time is conceded as
the average time elapsed before
power is applied to the brakes, dur
ing which time, the car is covering
a distance of 77 feet. Thus, ap
proximately T90 feet is required to
bring the car to a stop providing
the driver is the average in ability
to act and that his brakes are In
first class condition. Less than one
half this distance however, is found
in actual practices and should a
driver attempt to maintain an In
terval of 190 feet on fairly crowd
ed highway the chances are he
would soon have another driver pas
sing him, and the distance of the
interval ahead of him cut in two.
Distance designated by the in
terval curve in the diagram is the
generally accepted safe spacing of
cars at various speeds, average
highway and car condition prevall-
ing.
Thursday, June 2, 1927.
The above diagram illustrates the
absolute restrictions which the 1927
legislature has placed on parking
outside of business and residence
districts. The required clearance
iqust be left, a vehicle must not
be parked on the highway under
any circumstances except where
such vehicle is so disabled that it
can not be moved or in the case of
an emergency vehicle when an era-
ergency exists which necessita tee
the violation of the provision.
Parking outside of the business
and residental districts has always
been a problem in Oregon. Our
road system is probably one of the
finest in the world considering the
miles of pavement per capita. This
means that while the Highway Com
mission and the counties have been
unable to completely surface the
whole highway, they have done a
wonderful work in paving the main
travelled portion. In many cases this
paved portion is only eighteen feet
wide. Even eighteen feet of width
isn’t bad when one considers that
many states have only fifteen and
sixteen foot pavement.
We have beautiful surroundings,
in Oregon, our people like to visit
in the country and occasionally it
becomes expident to stop the car
and get out, leaving the car park
ed. Under the law as it formerly
read, some authorities interpreted
the law to read that a car could
not be parked if any portion of
it was on the paved or tr». veiled
portion of the highway.
This interpretation seemed unfair
and the Legislature passed a law
(Rules of the Road 19 (b) forbid-
ding the parking vehicle, whether
attended or unattended, upon the
paved, improved or main travelled
portion of the highway, when it
is practical to park it off such por
tion of the road; and in no in
stance unless a dear and unobstruc-
W* Sfcon...£e
way opposite such standing vehicle
shall be left for free passage of
other vehicles nor unless a clear
view of such standing vehicle may
be obtained from a distance of 200
feet in each direction upon such
highway.
If any officer finds a vehicle not
properly parked aa above, he is
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one else travelling in the opposite
direction beyond his line of vision,
cannqt see him.
Safety experts have figured that
it takes a distance of around 500
feet for one machine to safely paia
another going in the same direction,
particularly where the road is eurv- .
ed or up a grade. Based on these ’
figures and the fact that the vis- ;
started in making paths, as time
passed these paths became roads
and man became a pedestrain. All
went well with man and hi» roada
until the advent of the motoY-ve-
hide, then a dispute arose as to
who should have the paramount
right on these roads, the pedestrain
or the horseless carriage.
One line of authorities said that
the pedestrain was here first and
the right of crossing the road when,
wished belonged to him. Another
line said that the motor-vehicle was
an important unit in the chain of
commerce and that as such unit, it
was more important in the scheme
authorized to move the vehicle or
of things than the individual ped-
compel anyone in it to do so.
>estrain. The battle wages and will
Traffic lanes are new, novel and
continue to wage, but in Oregon
interesting intricate. The Hoover
conference recommended them, the
traffic departments of many cities
are strong for them and the Oregon
State Motor association, in conjunc
tion with the other groups forming
the Oregon automotive conference,
brought them to the attention of
the last session of the legislature
of Oregon.
The legislature passed the follow
ing law on the subject; "8 (a) Ex
cept as otherwise provided in this
section, the driver of a vehicle In
tending to turn to the right at an
we have solved a part of it by intersection in the lane for traffic
adopting, at the suggestion of the nearest to the right-hand side of
Oregon State Motor association and the highway, and in turning shall
the other agencies forming the Ore keep as closely as practicable to
gon Automotive Conference, the the right-hand eurb or edge of the
Hoover Committee recommendations highway, and when intending to
on this point.
Those recommendations as ex-
pressed by the 1927 Legislature
read as follows: "7 (b) The driver
of any vehicle upon a highway
within a business or residence dis
trict shall yield the right of way
to a pedestrain crossing such high
way within any clearly marked
crosswalk or any regular pedestrain
crossing included in the prolonga
tion of the lateral boundary of the
adjacent sidewalk at the end of
a block, except at intersections
where the movement of traffic is
being regulated by traffic officers turn* to the left shall approach
or traffic direction devices Every each intersection in the lane for
pedcstrain crossing a highway with traffic to the right of and nearest
in a business or residence district at to the center line of the highway
any point other than a pedestrain and in turning shall pass beyond
crossing, cross-walk or intersection. the center of the intersection, pare
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