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III. LAWS AFFECTING TRAVEL ON HIGHWAYS 



The "law of the road" in this country is that 

 drivers of vehicles meeting on the highway shall 

 turn to the right of the worked portion. They 

 must, to use a common expression, give half 

 of the road. 



In this country there is no general rule as to 

 which side a traveler is obliged to turn out on 

 when allowing another to pass from behind, and 

 it has been said to be doubtful whether there is 

 any duty to turn out at all in such a case, though 

 it is probably the better rule for the foremost 

 driver to yield as much of the road as possible 

 on request, though if it be inexpedient at that 

 particular point to yield any portion of the road, 

 he may defer it until reaching a more convenient 

 spot; and, in any event, the person passing 

 from the rear is liable for any damage done to 

 the person passed, unless the latter brought it 

 on by his own carelessness, and he in his turn 

 is liable for any damage which may occur by 

 reason of his refusal or neglect to give free pas- 

 sage to the team behind him. Of course "the 

 law of the road" as to vehicles does not apply 

 when two pedestrians, or a pedestrian and a 

 vehicle, meet or pass. It is provided in New 

 York by the highway law, that: 



(a) Whenever any persons, traveling with any 



