2394 ARTICLE 56
PART VI.

Rules of the Road.

Ah. Code, 1924, sec. 209. 1912, sec. 163. 1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 163.
1920, ch. 506, sec. 163. 1929, ch. 224. 1939, chs. 377 and 382.

235. All vehicles, motor, horse-drawn or otherwise, when being driven
upon the highways of this State shall .at all times keep to the right of the
center of the highway upon all highways of sufficient width, except upon
streets or roads where the traffic is permitted to move in one direction only,
and except when overtaking and passing another vehicle, and unless it is
impracticable to travel on such side of the highway, and in rounding curves
shall keep as far to the right of the center of the road as reasonably pos-
sible; and any vehicle overtaking another going in the same direction
shall pass to the left of the vehicle so overtaken, provided the way ahead
is clear of approaching traffic and the operator signals the vehicle intended
to be passed by the use of his horn or other signalling device, and that no
vehicle shall pass another from the rear at the top or near the top of a hill
or on a curve where the view ahead is in anywise obstructed or while the
vehicle ahead is crossing an intersecting highway or any steam or elec-
tric railway crossing; any vehicle so overtaken shall promptly, upon sig-
nal, turn as far as reasonably possible to the right in order to allow free
passage on the left.

At the intersection of public highways all vehicles shall keep to the right
of the center of such highways, and close to the right-hand side of the
road when turning to the right, and pass to the right of the center of such
intersection when turning to the left, and before making such turn to the
left, shall keep as close to the center on the right hand side of the road
as practicable.

Slow-moving vehicles, including motor trucks, and bicycles, shall at all
times keep as close to the right-hand, side of the highway as practicable,
regard being had to the width and construction of such highway.

All vehicles about to turn from the road upon which they are traveling
into any intersecting road shall gradually reduce their speed to a point
not exceeding twelve miles an hour for a distance of not less than twenty-
five feet before beginning to make such turn, and where the view of the
intersecting road is obstructed, preserve such reduced rates of speed until
the turn has been completed.

Except as hereinafter provided, all vehicles shall have the right of way
over other vehicles, including bicycles, approaching at intersecting public
roads from the left, and shall give right of way to those approaching from
the right. The operator of a vehicle entering a paved public highway,
which is hereby defined to be a highway having a hard, smooth surface,
composed of gravel, shells, crushed stone, paving blocks, asphalt, concrete
or Other similar substance, from an unpaved public highway, or from a pri-
vate road or drive, shall come to a full stop upon reaching the intersection,
and yield the right of way to all vehicles approaching on such paved public
highway. The operator of a vehicle upon a highway shall yield the right
of way to ambulances, police, fire department and salvage corps vehicles
when the latter are operated upon official business and the drivers thereof
sound audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle. This provision shall
not operate to relieve the operator of an ambulance or of a police or fire
department or salvage corps vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard