The Archive · 1939

Vehicles Barred

Article 49. No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway who is not in possession of any of the following licences A licence issued by the Shanghai Special Naval Landing Party of by the Japanese army.

A licence issued by the S.M.C. or the FMC, 'A licence issued by the Japanese Consulate-General or the "Reformed Government."

Article 50. All drivers must always carry their licence with them Article 51. No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway when under the influence of liquor or when smoking.

Article 52..No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway who is phy: cally unfit to do so or who is suffering from mental' disease.

Article 53. A driver when driving a vehicle at night shall put on the front head lights and the tail light and when passing another vehicle going in the opposite direction shall reduce the power of the head lights and turn downward the direction of the lights or put it off for a limited time if necessary and put on the side lights.

Article 54. A driver when passing a sentry line shall put on the light in the comportment.

Article 55. No motor vehicle other than a tractor shall tow another vehide, except in an accident which requires an ordinary vehicle to do so.

Article 56. No vehicle shall be driven on a highway when such vi hide has one or more of the following six defects Mechanical defect in the power control system, the brake, the handle, the gear, the speed change gear.

Witen. the measurements. of a vehicle exceed 7.5 m. in length, £2 m. in width, 3m. in height.

The dimensions of load carried by a vehicle exceed 35 m. in height (in case of a small type of vehicle 1.8 m.) and 7.5 m. in length, Vehicles which considerably damage the road face or which give out noises annoying to the public. or which produce a large quantity of objectionable smell or harmful gas or smoke. vhich are not provided is permitting the driver tinguish trafic obstacles at a distance of 50 m. ahead and a tail light which enabi the licence enables a person to read irom behind. late at a dis 25

Vehicles which fail to exhibit clearly any of the licence plates issued by Japanese Navy, the Japanese he Japanese Consulate General the stormed Government" the French" Municipal Council. 7 hanghai "Municipal il or th injured a person or damaged a thin; infitticle 87. A driver when he has shall stop the vehicle. In the first case he shall take the necessary steps to rescue the victim. Provided he all follow the instructions of th: sentry, gendarme or the police on the scene The driver shall not continue on his way until he has completely taken the necessary steps mentioned cheve and submitted a report to the military police.

Or the police giving the number of the vehicle, the names and addresses of himself, employer and the user of the vehicle and obtained permission to leave; but in case there is no gendarme or police on the scene he shall without delay report the incident to the gendarmerie and the police.

A driver of a vehicle in the service of the Fire Brigade, the Post Office. an emergency motor car or an m-balance carrying an injured man or a patient may continue on its after he has caused other men in the service to take the prescribed steps.

No passenger on the vehicle shall obstruct the driver in taking the steps mentioned in the cheve three paragraphs.

Article 58. Whoever violates these regulations will be prohibited to drive a vehicle in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Special Naval Landing Party according to cir-

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