HomeMy WebLinkAbout01485CHAPTER V.
SPEED.
Section 18v Every person operating or driving a motor vehicle of any character
upon the streets of this city shall operate the same in a careful and prudent manner
and at a rate of speed no greater than is reasonable and proper under the conditions
existing at the point of operation, taking into account the amount and character of the
traffic, weight of vehicle, grade and width of street, condition of surface and freedom
of obstruction to view ahead and consistent with any and all conditions existing at the
point of operation so as not to unduly or unreasonable endanger the life, limb, property
or other rights of any person entitled to the use of such city streets, and, except in
those instances where a lower maximum lawful speed is provided by this ordinance, or
otherwise, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to operate the same,
within the city of Port Townsend, at a speed in excess of:
(a) Thirty-five (35) miles per hour, on State Road No. 9 between $earney street
and the west city limits;
(b) Twenty-five (25) miles per hour;
(a) Twenty (20) miles per hour in traversing any intersection of streets where
the operator's view is obstructedt PROVIDED, except as otherwise provided in this
section, this provision shall not apply to operators upon arterial highways. An
operator's view shall be deemed to be obstructed when at any time during the last 100
feet of his approach to an intersection he does not have a clear and uninterrupted
view of such intersection, and of all streets or public highways entering such inter-
section for a distance of 100 feet along the center line of each thereof.
(d) Twenty (20) miles per hour in traveling upon an arterial highway and travers-
ing an intersection with a public street not an arterial highway, and the operator of
another vehicle about to enter the intersection of such arterial highway thereat, shall
have brought his vehicle to a complete stop as required by law before entering such
arterial highway.
(a) Twenty (20) miles per hour while traveling upon Plater Street between Tyler
Street and Monroe Street and while traveling upon Lawrence Street between Taylor Street
and Fillmore Street.
(f) Twenty (20) miles per hour when operating any vehicle in passing any school
house on school days, or school playground between the hours of 8100 A.M., and NO
P.M., or when crossing any marked school crossing during such hours.
(g) Compliance with such speeds under the circumstances hereinabbve set forth
shall not relieve the operator of any vehicle from the further exercise of due cars
and caution as further circumstances shall require.
Section 19. No person or persons shall race any motor vehicle upon any public
street in the city of Port Townsend. Any person or persons guilty of comparing or
contesting relative speeds by simultaneous operations, shall be guilty of reckless
ys driving whether or not such speed is in excess of the maximum speed prescribed by this
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Section 20. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle at
°.g ouch a slow speed as to impede or block the normal or reasonable movement of traffic
at the point of operation thereof, except T&en a reduced speed is necessary for safe
8 operation or in compliance with any law, rule or regulation. Peace officers are
hereby authorized to enforce this section by directions to vehicle operators and it