Regulating Traffic Upon the Public Streets of the City of South Bend

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-4- (4) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions so long as he does not endanger life or property. (b) The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of his reckless disregard of the safety of others. $ea. 20. "Persons propelling push carts or riding bicycles or animals to obey traffic regulations."- -Every person propelling any push cart of riding a bicycle or an animal upon a roadway, and every person dkiting any animal -drawn vehicle, shall be subject to the provisions of this ordnance applicable to the driver of any vehicle, except those provisions of this ordinance which by their very nature can have no application. ARTICLE III. Obedience to traffic control Devices. Sec. 21. 'Obedience to official traffic control devices. " - -(a) The driver of any vehicle and the motorman of any street car shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto placed in accordance -with the traffic ordinances of this city, unless; otherwise directed by a police offi- cer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of a authorized emergency vehicle in this ordinance. (b) No provision of this ordinance for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Fihenever a particular section does not state that signs are required, such section shall be effective without signs being erected to give notice thereof. Sec. 22. "Obedience to no -turn signs and turning markers. " - -': whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that no right or left turn or "U" turn is permitted no driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions of any such sign, and when ' authorized marks, buttons, or other indications are placed within an intersection indicating the course to be travelled by vehicles turning thereat, no driver of • vehicle shall disobey the directions of such indications. Sec. 23. "Zone of .uiet. "- ',.henever authorized signs are erected indicating • zone of quiet, no person operating a motor vehicle within any such zone shall sound the horn or other darning device of said vehicle except in an emergency. Sec. 24. "Play streets. " - :' lhenever authorized signs are erected indicating any street or part thereof as a play street, no person shall drive a vehicle upon any such street or portion thereof except drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within such closed area, and then any said driver shall exercise the greatest care in driving upon any said street or portion thereof. Sec. 25. "Traffic control signal legend. " - -i whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting the words "Go ", "Caution ", or "Stop" or exhibiting different colored lights, the following colors only shall be used and said terms and lights shall indicate as follows: