{"id":6358,"date":"2010-08-20T23:15:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T15:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danwei.webfactional.com\/?p=6358"},"modified":"2010-08-20T23:15:01","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T15:15:01","slug":"mule_cart_permit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/transport\/mule_cart_permit.php","title":{"rendered":"A permit to drive a mule cart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to ride your mule cart in Nanjing? In 1954, you needed one of these:<\/p>\n<div class=\"imgblock\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"JDM100820permit.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laodanwei.org\/2010\/08\/20\/JDM100820permit.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"364\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"CaptionStyle\" style=\"width: 500px;\">License to clip-clop<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><i>Nanjing People&#8217;s Government Public Security Bureau<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Vehicle Driving License<\/p>\n<p><b>MULE<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CART<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1954<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The back of the document contains some notes on basic driving regulations, not specifically related to carts hauled by draught animals:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><u>Notes<\/u><\/p>\n<p>1. Any vehicle driving in this city must have a license and a numbered plate before driving in the urban area.<\/p>\n<p>2. This license must be carried in the vehicle, and at inspection times, it is forbidden to refuse. If damaged or lost, apply for a replacement immediately.<\/p>\n<p>3. This license may not be altered or faked, and must agree with the plate number.<\/p>\n<p>4. When vehicles are sold, or if any changes are made to the registration, apply for a change of license with the issuing authorities immediately.<\/p>\n<p>5. All traffic laws must be followed, police instructions must be obeyed, lights must be lit for nighttime driving. All rules in the &#8220;Vehicle Management Regulations&#8221; must be followed.<\/p>\n<p>6. Violations of these notes will be punished accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"lshead\">Links and Sources<\/div>\n<div class=\"lstext\">\n<ul>\n<li>Bingkeer&#8217;s microblog (Chinese): <a href=\"http:\/\/t.sina.com.cn\/1642143597\/3f4ehh0rMC\">Mainland Chinese &#8220;driver&#8217;s license&#8221; from the 1950s<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/t.sina.com.cn\/1221997151\/3f4ehrgHoc\">Sun Ganlu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 1954 driver&#8217;s license.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/transport\/mule_cart_permit.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[4704,1473,3100],"class_list":["post-6358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transport","tag-mules","tag-permits","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}