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audible and sufficient warning of the approach or position of the motor by sounding the bell, horn, or other instrument which he is by law required to carry attached thereto.

9. When a motor is being driven or propelled on any road, if owing to a bend, corner, or crossing, or junction in such road or for any similar cause, it becomes impossible for the driver or person in charge of such motor to have an uninterrupted view of the traffic on such road, or on any road junctioning therewith, for at least 50 yards ahead, such driver or person in charge shall reduce speed to six miles an hour, and by sounding a bell, motor, horn, or other instrument give audible and sufficient warning of the approach of such motor.

10. If the driver, rider, or person in charge of any motor on a road is about to turn off such road he shall, when reasonably necessary, signify his intention so to do by signalling with his hand to any motor, vehicle, or horseman following or approaching such first-mentioned motor.

11. The person driving or in charge of a motor on any road shall, on the request of any person driving, riding, or having charge of a restive horse on such road, or on such person holding up his hand as a signal for that purpose, cause such motor to stop and remain stationary, and shall cause the engine thereof to stop and remain silent as long as shall be reasonable to enable such person to pass the motor with the vehicle or horse he is driving, riding, or in charge of.

12. If a motor has been stopped pursuant to the preceding section, or from any cause is stationary on the road, the person in charge of such motor, on the request of any person driving, riding, or having charge of a restive horse about to pass such motor, shall cause the engine of the said motor to stop and remain silent so long as shall be necessary to enable such person to pass the motor with the vehicle or horse he is riding, driving, or in charge of; and shall, if requested by such person, render any reasonable assistance that may be necessary to enable such person to pass such motor safely.

13. When a motor is being driven or ridden on a road constructed in a side cutting with an embankment, or on a road having a fall on one side, or on a road bounded by or near to a river or stream, the driver or person in charge of such motor shall, notwithstanding any rule of the road to the contrary, when meeting or passing any person riding, leading, or driving any horse or other animal, or driving any vehicle, drive such motor on the side of the said road towards the embankment, fall, river, or stream, and shall by signalling or otherwise warn any such person as to the side of the road on which he is about to drive such motor.

14. Subject to the preceding section hereof, the driver, rider, or person in charge of a motor on any road shall, when meeting any vehicle or animal, keep to the left or near side of the road; and when overtaking or being overtaken by any vehicle or animal shall, subject as aforesaid, pass or allow any person desirous of doing so to pass when practicable on the right or off side of the road.

15. The driver, rider, or person in charge of any motor on any road shall, when meeting or overtaking any horses, cattle, sheep, or pigs being driven along a road, slow down the motor to a speed not exceeding six miles an hour, or on the person in charge of or driving such horses, cattle, sheep, or pigs and approaching any motor holding up his hand as a signal for that purpose, shall stop the motor and the engine, and shall cause the engine to remain silent till such horses, cattle, sheep, or pigs shall have passed the motor.

16. No driver, rider, or person in charge of any motor shall pass or attempt to pass any vehicle, horse, or other animal in charge of any person while such vehicle, horse, or other animal is on a culvert or bridge or dangerous part of a road.

17. No driver, rider, or person in charge of any motor shall enter upon any bridge whilst any vehicle or person riding, leading, or driving a horse, or any horses, cattle, sheep, or pigs, are on such bridge, and coming towards such driver, rider, or person in charge of such motor, or while such vehicle or person or any of the horses, cattle, sheep, or pigs led or driven by such person is within such a distance on the further side of the bridge as to be likely to meet the motor on the bridge. If any such driver, rider, or person in charge shall meet any vehicle or person or animal as aforesaid on any bridge he shall back or remove the motor clear of such bridge until such vehicle, person, or animal shall have passed.

18. Every road crossed on the level by a Government railway is deemed and is hereby declared by the Council to be dangerous for the use of motors for a distance of 50 yards on each side of such railway.

19. If at any time the Council is satisfied that the use of motors upon any bridge, road, or part of a road would be attended with risk of damage to the bridge or danger to the public, it may by resolution declare such bridge, road, or part of a road to be dangerous for the use of motors.

20. Every bridge, road, or part of a road or railway-crossing hereby or hereafter declared by the Council to be dangerous shall be indicated by discs placed at either extremity of such bridge, road, part of a road, or railway-crossing, the white side of each disc facing towards the bridge, road, part of a road, or railway-crossing where the danger is deemed to be; and beside each disc there shall also be placed a sign-post having clearly and conspicuously painted thereon, so as to be legible to a person travelling along the road towards the dangerous part, the words “To Motorists. Speed not to exceed 6 miles an hour.”

21. Every driver, rider, or person in charge of a motor on a road shall, when approaching a disc coming towards the red side thereof, if such disc is visible or its existence known to such driver, rider, or person, slow down the motor to a speed not exceeding six miles an hour when passing the disc, and shall not exceed that speed until passing another disc coming towards the white side thereof, or, in the case of a level crossing, until after passing over the railway.

22. No person shall drive, propel, or take, or cause to be driven, propelled, or taken, any motor across any bridge at a greater speed than six miles an hour.

23. No motor-car shall be driven or operated on any road unless such motor-car is fitted with at least two efficient brakes, and no motor not being a motor-car shall be so driven or operated unless such motor is fitted with at least one efficient brake.

24. No motor shall be driven or operated on any road unless such motor is fitted with an efficient muffler or silencer, and no such muffler or silencer shall be disconnected from the exhaust, opened, or removed while such motor is being driven or operated within fifty yards from any horse or vehicle on any road.

25. Every person who shall commit a breach of or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this by-law shall for every such breach or failure be deemed to be guilty of an offence, and for every such offence shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

26. By-law “No. 12, Motors,” made by the Lake County Council, which came into force on the 9th day of July, 1907, shall be and the same is hereby repealed.

27. This by-law shall apply to the whole of the Lake County, and shall come into force on the 28th day of August, 1912.

SCHEDULE.

1. The portion of the Queenstown to Cromwell main road (known as the Frankton Road) within Lake County, extending from the boundary of the Queenstown Borough (Suburb Street) to the south-west corner of Section 29, Block XXI, Shotover Survey District, near the Frankton Jetty, comprising a distance measured along the said road of 2 miles and 20 chains, or thereabouts.

2. The portion of the Queenstown to Skippers main road commencing at the junction near Arthur’s Point of the Skippers Road with the road from Queenstown to Arrowtown, and extending to and terminating at Skippers, comprising a distance measured along the said road of fifteen miles, or thereabouts.

3. The portion of the Arrowtown to Skippers main road known as the Dan O’Connell Road, being the portion of the said road extending from the homestead at the foot of Coronet Peak Station to the junction of the said road with the Queenstown to Skippers main road, a distance measured along the said road of four miles, or thereabouts.

4. So much of the main road from Arrowtown to Macetown as lies within Lake County.

5. That portion of the road from Arrowtown to Crown Terrace, in Lake County, known as “Tobin’s Track,” commencing at the west side of the Arrow River (within Lake County) about opposite to Section 36, Block I, Town of Arrowtown, and near the small foot-bridge across the Arrow River (which road passes through the south-west corner of Section 22, Block X, Shotover Survey District), and terminating at the north-west corner of Section 9, Block X, Shotover Survey District (the top of the hill). The terminal points of each of the said portions of road will be indicated by sign-posts having clearly and conspicuously painted thereon the words “Prohibited for Motors by the Lake County Council.”

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of Lake County was hereunto affixed at a meeting of the said Council held this 17th day of July,