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other vehicles standing in street, as the wagon in question was; at all events it cannot
be said that omission to sound horn caused accident. Sullivan v. Smith, 123 Md. 554.

Failure of plaintiff to comply with sec. 149 of An. Code of 1912 (vol. 2) as to lights,
referred to in deciding that he could not recover for injuries to his automobile due to
collision. Gittings v. Schenuit, 122 Md. 285.

Evidence as to absence from automobile of lights required by sec. 149 of the
An. Code of 1912 (vol. 2), held sufficient to take case to jury. Stewart Taxi-Service
Co. v. Roy, 127 Md. 75.

As to lights on vehicles standing on highways, see art. 27, sec. 540.

Speed of Motor Vehicles.

General Provisions.
An. Code, sec. 149. 1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 149, 1920, ch. 506, sec. 149.

194. (1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle of any kind, as
defined in this sub-title, over any. public highway of the State recklessly
or at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable, and proper, having regard
to the width, traffic and use of the highway, or so as to endanger the
property and life or limb of any person, or without due regard to wear
upon said highway, so as not unnecessarily or unreasonably to damage
the same, provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply
to the owner or operator of any traction engine used exclusively for pro-
pelling agricultural or farming implements not designed for hauling pur-
poses on account of its driving wheels being equipped with standard cleats.

(2) Solid Tire Motor Vehicles.

The maximum rate of speed for motor vehicles equipped wholly or in
part with solid tires which motor vehicles, including the weight of the
truck and the load thereon, weigh two tons or less, shall be twenty-five
miles per hour. The maximum rate of speed for motor vehicles equipped
. wholly or in part with solid tires which motor vehicles, including the
weight of the truck and the load thereon, weigh in excess of two tons and
not in excess of six tons, shall be fifteen miles an hour. The maximum
rate of speed for motor vehicles equipped wholly or in part with solid
tires which motor vehicles, including the weight of the truck and the
load thereon, weigh in excess of six tons, shall be twelve miles an hour.
The maximum rate of speed of all traction engines or other iron tired
engines shall be six miles an hour. No motor vehicle in excess of ninety
inches in width, except traction engines, shall be operated on any highway
in this State, and no traction engine in excess of one hundred inches in
width shall be operated on any such highway, nor shall any motor vehicle
be so operated in which the limit of load per inch in width of tires shall
exceed six hundred and fifty pounds, without the special permission of
the State Roads Commission in the case of a road under its jurisdiction,
or the permission of the city authorities in the case of a city street, or the
permission of the county authorities in the case of a county highway, and
no motor vehicle of which the weight of the truck and the load combined
exceeds ten tons shall be operated on any highway of this State. Except
in the case of motor vehicles now owned and heretofore registered in this