Research Catalog

Title

Vehicle traffic law / by Edward C. Fisher ; edited by Robert L. Donigan.

Author

Fisher, Edward C. (Edward Cole), 1900-1979

Publication

Evanston, Ill. : Traffic Institute, Northwestern University, ©1961.

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Details

Additional Authors

Donigan, Robert L.

Description

xvii, 503 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• Traffic regulations > United States
• Traffic regulations
• United States

Note

• Contains pocket for updates.

Contents

Chapter I : The emergence of the automobile -- Chapter II : Legal problems arising from use of automobiles -- Chapter III : Necessity and purpose of traffic regulation -- Chapter IV : Development of traffic laws -- Chapter V : The human element in making traffic laws -- Chapter VI : Power to regulate traffic -- Part 1. State control -- Part 2. Control by local authorities -- Part 3. Federal power to regulate traffic -- Chapter VII : Validity of traffic laws -- Chapter VIII : Required obedience to traffic laws -- Part 1. Persons subject to traffic laws -- Part 2. Persons to whom traffic laws do not apply -- Chapter IX : Where traffic laws apply -- Chapter X : Double jeopardy in traffic cases -- Chapter XI : Elements, issues, and defenses involved in traffic cases, in general -- Chapter XII : Speeding offenses -- chapter XIII : Right-of-way violations -- Chapter XIV : Operation of vehicles by persons under the influence of intoxicants or drugs -- Chapter XV : Evading responsibilities following accident -- Chapter XVI : Reckless driving and its incidents -- Part 1. Reckless driving -- Part 2. Careless and negligent driving -- Part 3. Reckless or careless driving as an element of other offenses -- Chapter XVII : Offense relating to licensing of operators and vehicles -- Part 1. Operator's license offenses -- Part 2. Registration offenses -- Chapter XVIII : Parking, stopping, and standing offenses -- Chapter XIX : Various traffic offenses considered -- Part 1. Required stops -- Part 2. Turning offenses -- Part 3. Passing offenses -- Part 4. Keeping to the right -- Part 5. Following too closely -- Part 6. Stop and turn signals -- Part 7. Offenses involving equipment of vehicles : brakes; lights -- Part 8. Weight and load limitations -- Chapter XX : Prosecution of traffic cases -- Part 1. Parties to traffic offenses -- Part 2. Nature of prosecution -- Part 3. Pleading and practice -- Part 4. Second and subsequent offenses.

LCCN

61015028

OCLC

• ocm00739033
• 739033
• SCSB-265940

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library