PUBLIC USE OF HIGHWAYS.
| How roads are to be used by the public and adjoining owners. Due care to be used by travellers. Masters responsible for their servants' acts. No responsibility for inevitable accidents. What is a proper rate of speed. | [ 42-44] |
CHAPTER X.
"THE LAW OF THE ROAD."
| Rules for the meeting, passing, and conduct of teams on the road. These rules not inflexible. When they may be deviated from. Each traveller has a right to a fair share of the road. The rights of light and heavily loaded vehicles. When a traveller with team may use track of street railway. | [ 45-49] |
CHAPTER XI.
EQUESTRIANS AND PEDESTRIANS.
| Equestrians must give way for vehicles. "The law of the road" does not apply to them by the terms of the statutes, but they should observe it as far as practicable. Pedestrians have a right to walk on carriage-way. In cities they should walk on the sidewalks. They must use due care. Their rights on cross-walks. They are not subject to "the law of the road." They may walk out on Sunday for their health. | [ 50-53] |
CHAPTER XII.
OMNIBUSES, STAGES, AND HORSE-CARS.