If any vehicle is found upon any street or highway in violation
of any provision of these rules and orders and the identity of the
driver cannot be determined, the owner or the person in whose name
such vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for
such violation.
Except as otherwise provided by statute or by any commission,
department or other body authorized by law to impose penalties for
violations of rules, regulations and orders governing the use and
operation of vehicles, any person convicted of violating any of the
provisions of the foregoing rules and regulations shall be punished
by a fine of not more than $2 for the first offense and not more than
$20 for each subsequent offense of a like nature committed during
any period of one year unless otherwise herein provided.
A.
These rules are adopted with the intent that each of them shall have
force and effect separately and independently of every other except
insofar as by express reference or necessary implication any rule
or any part of a rule is made dependent upon another rule or part
thereof.
B.
The provisions of these rules, so far as they are the same in effect
as those of any valid existing rules, orders or regulations heretofore
made by the Select Board of Hadley, Massachusetts, relative to or
in connection with official signs, lights, markings, signal systems
or devices, shall be construed as a continuation thereof, but all
other existing rules, orders and regulations so made for the regulation
of vehicles are hereby expressly repealed. This repeal, however, shall
not affect any punishment or penalty imposed or complaint or prosecution
pending at the time of the passage hereof for an offense committed
under any of said rules, orders or regulations hereby repealed.
