McManus

— Plaintiff, by his father as guardian ad litem, sued the above-named defendants to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him as a result of being run over' by an automobile driven by defendant L. A. Arnold. The action was tried before the court sitting without a jury, and judgment was rendered against the defendant Arnold alone, from which judgment he has appealed.

Section 20 (a) of the Motor "Vehicle Act in force at the time of the accident read in part as follows: “The driver or operator of any vehicle in or upon a public highway shall drive or operate such vehicle in a careful manner with due regard for the safety and convenience of pedestrians . . . and wherever practicable shall travel on the right hand side of such highway ... On all occasions the driver or operator of any vehicle in or upon any public highway shall travel upon the right half of such highway unless the road ahead on the left hand side is clear and unobstructed for at least one hundred yards ahead and in all cases while crossing an intersecting highway”; and section 12 of said act required that every person operating a motor vehicle shall sound a “bell, gong, horn, whistle, or other device…