Campbellsport News, April 21, 1910

AUTOS ENTITLED
TO HALF OF ROAD
TEAMS SHOULD ALWAYS TURN
TO THE RIGHT

   The auto season is again here and it is well for horse owners to remember that the auto driver has the same rights to the highway as any other person. Another thing which should always be remembered is that when you meet an auto or if one is passing you from behind, the rule of the road to turn to the right. Many accidents are caused by ignorance of this rule, the team often turning out to the left side of the road, with the result that before the auto can be stopped there is a collision. Always pull your right line whether meeting an auto or to let one pass you from the rear.
   The following extracts from the automobile laws of the state should be read:
   Sec. 1636-52 [Section 5, Chap. 305, 1905.] Every owner and operator of an automobile or other similar motor vehicle shall have equal rights upon all public highways of this state with all other users of such highways, and no person or persons shall unreasonably obstruct or impede the right of travel of such operator or owner while operating, propelling or driving such automobile or other similar motor vehicle. No person or persons shall give a signal or sign of danger or distress or call for assistance upon a person lawfully operating any such automobile or other similar motor vehicle on public highway without a reasonable cause for so doing.
   Sec. 1639-54 [Section 2, Chap. 516. 1907.] Any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of sections 1636-47, 1636-49, 1636-51 and 1636-52 of this act, except as provided in section 1636-53, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars and not more than twenty-five dollars; any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of section 1636,50 hereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars. And any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of the provisions of section 1636-50 of said act, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding sixty days or or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.