THECUBAREVIEW 19 



RULES APPLICABLE TO AUTOMOBILES 



Automobiles must be provided with brakes adaptable to their class and to the motor 

 power and speed of the machine. 



They must have the license number attached to the front and rear of the machine, the 

 numbers to correspond with the official numbers recorded in the License Bureau and with the 

 City countermark. These numbers must be white on green backgroimd for motor trucks; 

 white on blue background for private automobiles; white on red background for taxicabs de 

 luxe, and black numbers on white background for ordinary taxicabs, and the license number 

 must be attached in such a manner that it can be easily seen either from the front or rear of 

 the machine, and the rear number must be illuminated at night, by a transparent light or in 

 such a way that it can be easily seen at a regular distance according to the size. The auto- 

 mobiles exempt from payment must carry the number on purple background, and those the 

 property of, or belonging to, the Government, Province or Municipality, or to diplomatic 

 agents, must have the corresponding coat of arms instead of the countermark. 



From sunset to sunrise, the automobiles, whether stationary or in circulation through the 

 public thoroughfare, shall have in front two lighted lamps, clearly to be seen, and a red light 

 visible in the rear, and in addition to these a white light for the license number. 



These lights must not be dazzling, and the searchlights must be veiled in such a way as 

 not to cause annoyance to man or beast. 



In the motor trucks with a speed of not more than eight kilometres per hour, a single 

 light may be used in the front part, and in addition to the tail light. When the lights used in 

 the automobiles are color lights, the green light must always be on the right-hand side and the 

 red light on the left-hand side in order to avoid confusion. 



The conical reflectors are absolutely prohibited, and the parabolic ones not veiled can be 

 used only beyond the limit marked by the Luyano bridge, the junction of the Managua and 

 Arroyo Naranjo avenues and the intersection of Carlos III and Zapata avenues. 



The automobiles, of whatever class, must be provided with a trumpet or similar device in 

 order to notify the passers-by or other machines or vehicles of their proximity, but said devices 

 must not produce screeching, unnecessary or annoying noises, and must not be blown unless 

 it is necessary, making use of the horns or other powerfully sound devices outside the city or 

 town only, or in cases of great danger, but never within the limits of city or town after ten 

 o'clock at night. 



The chauffeurs cannot leave their posts or the side of their machines without stopping 

 the motor completely and applying the clutch in such a manner that the automobile cannot 

 start by itself, and after taking these precautions they can stay away from the machine only 

 at a certain distance within immediate call by means of the trumpet or signal apparatus with 

 which the automobile may be provided. 



It is prohibited, as detrimental to the pavement, to use tires with chains or similar devices 

 used to avoid skidding, grooved or fluted tires being allowed for this purpose, or tires with cop- 

 per or brass heads, or other softer metal, the heads of which do not protrude more than two 

 millimetres from the rubber and which are at least five millimetres in diameter on the flat 

 surface coming in contact with the pavement, the use of nails with bent heads or sharp points 

 being prohibited. 



Every machine must be provided with the necessary devices to subdue the noise of the 

 motor, and it is prohibited within the limits marked by Article 26 to open the mufflers or to 

 make any annoying noise, and the automobiles whose motors are noisy or cannot be repaired 

 to prevent said noise will be taken away from circulation in the city. 



The greases and oils used in the automobiles must not emit smoke or objectionable odors, 

 and the machines standing still or in motion which produce the above will be sent to the Muni- 

 cipal Shop and retained there, to be cleaned and fixed up by the city mechanic until the an- 

 noyance be abated; and furthermore the owner will be fined and compelled to pay for the 

 storage of the machine and necessary cost of repairs in the shop. 



