A new Ford could be purchased in Berthoud in 1921. The Bashor & Wray Ford Agency

at the southeast corner of Fourth Street and Mountain Avenue sold new Ford automobiles as well as the Ford-

son tractor. Anyone — in-cluding custom-ers of Bashor & Wray — who purchased automobiles that year, was subject to new regulations established by the State of Colorado.

The Ber-thoud Bulletin summarized those rules for the benefi t of

local drivers in July 1921. The news-paper noted: “An owner of an automo-bile permitting a child under 15 years of age to drive his car takes chances of paying a fi ne of $300 or spending 30 days in jail. Those penalties are the maximum under the new state law governing motor vehicles. The law holds the car owner responsible.

“The new law also says that cars traveling on the public roads must dim lights when approaching another car.

“The law says that persons under

the infl uence of alcoholic drink, or drugs shall not legally drive any motor vehicle on a highway.

“Speed limits fi xed by the law are: on normal highways, 35 miles an hour; on mountain roads, 20 miles an hour; on platted mountain curves, 12 miles an hour; on all other curves, 18 miles an hour; on any grade of 10 per cent of more, 15 miles an hour, regard-less of whether the driver is going up or down; on all roads, except curves and grades specifi ed, 20 miles an hour when vehicles weigh more than 10,000 pounds, including the load.

“At least two lights, one in front and one at the rear so as to illumi-nate the rear license plate, and also a rear red light, must be used on all automobiles and motor trucks and kept lighted from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise when the machines are in use.

“All motor vehicles must have dim-mers, and ‘search’ spot or other lights shall be turned off upon the approach of other vehicles and shall not be turned on until after the approaching vehicle is passed; provided, however, that it shall not be necessary to turn off spot or search lights, if they are so directed as to prevent their direct light from falling on the left three-fourths of the road and at a distance greater than 30 feet in front of the car to which it is attached.

“No loads exceeding eight tons may be conveyed on four wheels over public

highways without written permission of the state highways department, or over county roads without written permission of the county commis-sioners.

“No vehicles with lugs or spikes on any wheel shall be pro-pelled along any part of a paved or cement public highway in such a way as sub-stantially to damage the road.

“No person shall excavate for ditches or the like across any highway without written permission of the county commis-sioners.

“No person shall knowingly place or leave obstructions, nails, tacks, glass, wire or any substance which may damage rubber tires upon the highways.

“No person shall permit any water un-der his control to fl ow over any public highway.”

It is no longer possible to purchase a new Ford automobile from a dealer-

ship in Berthoud. Most of the Colorado laws established in 1921, however, continue to hold relevance nearly a century later.

Page 5 Berthoud Weekly Surveyor April 17, 2014

A LOOK AT BERTHOUD

1921 Colorado laws reined in local automobile drivers

Photo from the July 17, 1921, Berthoud BulletinThe Bashor & Wray Ford Agency at the southeast cor-ner of 4th St. and Mountain Ave. in Berthoud sold Ford automobiles in 1921. Local residents who purchased cars there that year were subject to new Colorado driv-ing laws.

Photo from the July 17, 1921, Berthoud Bulletin

Then & NowSurveyor Columnist

Mark French

Teenagers, are you listening?By Virginia HuppeThe Surveyor

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