Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 254, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1923 — Page 10

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TRAFFIC GROWTH RESULTS M NEW GOVERNING RULES Revised Code Put Into Effect After Year's Work by City Officials, PENALTIES ARE PROVIDED Provisions of Bulky Ordinance Given in Condensed Form, Constantly increasing traffic means that very day new rules must be made and worked out to regulate and govern Its movement. After more than a year’s work of city officials in cooperation with local motor clubs anew traffic code for Indianapolis was formulated. This code in the form of a city ordinance became effective March 1. It takes precedence over all existing traffic rules and police orders. The ordinance regulates all vehicle and street car traffic. It provides certain rules for operators of street cars and driver of vehicles and provides penalties for violations. The code condensed: Congested Area The congested area is hounded by New York St. on the north, Capitol A.■'9. on the west. Alabama St. on the east and Georgia St. on the south, except that Washington St. from East to West V included. The block bounded by Alabama. Maryland. Delaware and Georgia Sts. is not included. Silent policeman means any suitable sign ordered by the board of public safety to control traffic. Any vehicle traveling not faster than ten miles an hour is termed "slow moving vehicle.” Preferential Streets All traffic must come to a full stop before crossing or entering Meridian St.. Capitol Ave. north from Washington fit.; Washington St.. Its entire length; Maple ltd New York St. east from the Big Four Railroad bridge to Emerson Ave. and all boulevards. At all silent policemen traffic from right has to cut corners. Right-of-Way Traffic from right has the right-of-way. Exceptions; Traffic has the right-of-way on all boulevards of the park system; on Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Virginia Aves.; on E. Tenth, E. Michigan and E. New York Sts., from the Big Four Railroad tracks east to Emerson Ave.; on Morris St., between Shelby St., and Eagle Creek, and on Oliver Ave., from White River west to the city limits. Flat-fo-Curh Flat-to-curb parking is the rule for the entire clty ; Exceptions: On Wash ingtor. St., from Southeastern Ave., to White River; the first block of Kentucky Ave.; Market St., between Pennsylvania and Delaware Sts.; on the Circle and around the Market on market days. Where the center of the street ia reserved for parking at a forty-flvo degree angle the time limit at the curb is fifteen minutes. Around the market house the limit is thirty minutes on Market days. Time limit on Monument Circle and in the congested area is one and one-lialf hours. No vehicle may be parked anywhere longer thru, ten hours day or night. No time restrictions on parking between 7 p. m., and 8 a. m. excepting the ten-hour restriction. No Parking No parking Is permitted on the west side of Pennsylvania St. from Washington to Court Sts.; in front of the Claypool; alongside the Occidental, Roosevelt or Merchants Bank buildings; in any alley or one-way street downtown Also north on Thirtieth St. from Fall Creek to White River; or the north side of Sixteenth St. from the Monon Railway to Senate Ave ; south side of Forty-Second St. from Carrollton Ave. to Broadway; east side of Clifton St. between Roach and Thirty-Fourth Sts.; north side of K. New York St. between Randolph and Emerson Aves. Don't park within twenty-five feet of the entrance of any hotel, tneater, church or public meeting place or within fifteen feet of any fire hydrant.

Turns It Is unlawful to make either a right or left turn at the intersection of Meriklan and Washington St. No left turns at Pennsylvania and Washington Sts., Meridian and Washington Sts., Illinois and Washington Sts., and Washington St. and Capitol Ave. It is unlawful to turn in the middle of a block in the congested area and vehicles must circle the center of tho street at all intersections. A vehicle cannot back into any street within fifty feet of an approaching vehicle. When one vehicle is towing another they must bo fifteen feet apart. Age limit 18 No one under IS may operate a motor vehicle. Drive always to the right side of the street Never pass a street car, interurban or school back stopped to unload or load passengers. Pass other vehicles going in tho same direction only on their left. It is unlawful to drive lnsido safety zones. Red light must be lighted on rear of /motor vehicles either when standing or lacked. No front light is required when parked legally. Slow moving vehicles must keep as close to the curb as possible. Movement of Traffic Traffic on Massachusetts and Kentucky Aves., must move with east and west traffic signals and traffic on Indiana and Virginia Aves. must move ■with north and south signals. These signals will be given by the traffic officer on duty at the street intersections. A series of short blasts will mean a warning or danger. All traffic and pedestrians must move ' In accordance with the traffic aig j

Men Responsible for the Success of 1923 Spring Indianapolis Auto Show

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ABOVE APPEAR THE DIRECTORS AND SECRETARY OF THE INDIANAPOLIS AUTOMOBILE TRADE ASSOCIATION WHO ARE BEHIND THE ANNUAL SPRING AUTO SHOW.—LEFT TO RIGHT AT THE TOP ARE CHARLES G. SANDERS, PRESIDENT; WILBUR JOHNSON, TREASURER; GEORGE O. WILDIIACK. VICE PRESIDENT: O. W. HUTCHINSON. SECRETARY. THE CENTER INSET IS JOHN F. ORMAN. SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION AND MANAGER OF THE SHOW. IN THE BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT, ARK X. H. CARTINHOUR. L. L. BANFORD, H. C. LATHROP. GEORGE M. KANOUSE AND C. EL WALLEUICH, DIRECTORS.

Intersections in the congested area muss cross at light angles. Lights No vehicle except those of the police and fire departments and emergency vehicles are allowed to use sirens, gongs or display red light to the front at night. All horse drawn vehicles and bicycles must display white light on the front and red light on rear, visible 100 feet. Certain places are reserved for taxicab stands and no other vehicle is allowed to park at such places between 8 a. m. and 7 p. m. Safety /ones Safety zones are established by the board of public safety and shall be marked off in such a way as to bo plainly indicated. The occupant of any premises may

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prevent the parking of vehicles in front of such premises by depositing $lO with the city controller for two silent policemen to be placed on the edge of the sidewalk. During any parade, assembly or public demonstration the police may prohibit parking on any street Quirt Zones Quiet zones are established in all territory embraced within 250 feet' from the premises of all hospitals in the city. Police and fire department and emergency vehicles have the right oway over all other traffic. Street cars must stop on the near side of intersecting streets, unless otherwise ordered by the city council, j Commercial vehicles are regulated in the ordinance. Regulation of traffic not established under the code Is provided for under the State law.

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Sidewalk Traffic Pedestrians will be under ns strict control os autolsts, if the suggestion of Police Commissioner Enright of New York is enforced. Enright would keep people moving and break up groups in congested fire.’is. Tr - fflu cops would bo stationed on sidewalks, too. Tips to Prospective Buyers When buying a car, there are eight vital considerations which should govern the selection: Balance, power, control, lubrication, cooling, economy, durability and finish. Buying Cars in Germany At the present rate of exchange, 50. 000 marks to the dollar, the finest passenger automobile in Germany can be purchased for between SIOO and S2UO.

BBT FUTURE FOB AUTOMOBILE SEEN BY PEASLFY Oldsmobile Executive Calls Attention of Growing Popularity of Motor Car. There is little doubt in the minds of the leading automobile engineers and manufacturers that tho industry as a whole, In 1923, Is facing the most prosperous era it has ever known, says Guy Peasley, general sales manager of the Olds Motor works. "Today we have the situation of the closed cars giving the open models a hard run in the race for popularity also we have the business fast turning to the automobile as a means of transporting salesmen in various territories. Then we have the private Individual, who buys a car partly for business and partly for family use." “It is for these reasons that manufacturers are more and more paying close attention to the models and exerting every effort to produce them at a low margin of cost, so that every possible consumer can find a car within his reach,” Mr. Peasley declares. "What the future holds in store lor tho industry no man can safely predict but It is safe to say that changes in the rest few years will probably improve automobile travel conditions as much, if not more, than they have cnnnged in the last ten years. I also beliov e that a large share of the oars of the future will be closed models, perhaps not of type which vve see today but developed from these models so that window oepration in any kind of weather will be e-xtremely easy and cars that can practically be converted into open or closed models at a second's notice,” Mr. Peasley declares.

A A f f Y fS / A Better Than Ever Before (I { 'y j' l\/ / A At Lowest price ever made, the Ford ■A ; ■ ////) Touring Gar is even better than before. fl ':: The one-man top, slanting windshield, *; : Vy improved seats and refined chassis con* UM i I' j1 1 hS struction have won instant admiration \/) n : j . i / jfS Already the demand for this model \i \ J jj j:|j JjA l exceeds our ability to secure prompt I\ \ ill;: \\a/ )JJk delivery. In a few weeks we will have V K \ O': .ii j jj to disappoint many of you who are 1 1 holding o£ < jP 11- ! J] wh h IS on ty kfi r that you should know ryi | ; |i r 4) j \ these facts —order now to protect yourJ(/ I ' ,ljT ii[ self. payment down and the y pP lie *ln balance in monthly installments will v / 11 JW{X_ ; r X , i , bring your car to you when you want it. j, 1 / ee I A Exhibit at the Auto Show 1 W.l } mwiil\ U r “If ! Ill' 'i TK j I lord prices have never been so low Vy7\ip I I ! ‘ ni-Oi i ' Ford quality has never been so high

Owi. • WORTHY OF * 1.T.3^ Why the Ladies Like It— The Rickenbacker Six is the easiest car in the world to handle. It’s simplicity, itself, in driving. Any girl can control the wheel, easily, with just one finger. The clutch and brake pedals are responsive to the slightest touch. Also, they are set at just the proper angle. Everything is in easy reach. Ask the ladies who drive Rickenbackers. Bring vour wife in. Let her drive this remarkable car. Touring Phaeton—sl4Bs Coupe—slßßs R-Han—sl9Bs /. o. b. Detroit See the Rickenbacker at the Show J. G. Wilmoth Company DISTRIBUTORS 1001 N. Meridian Street Circle 4948

SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1923