Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 740 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY › Title 740 CMR 21.00 - Boston-logan International Airport, Laurence G. Hanscom Field, And Worcester Regional Airport - General Provisions › Section 21.51 - Vehicle Operations: General

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) No
			 motor vehicle shall be permitted upon the Airport unless it shall be in sound
			 mechanical order, shall have adequate headlights, horn and brakes and clear
			 vision from the driver's seat. Trailers and semi-trailers shall not be
			 permitted upon the Airport unless they are equipped with reflector buttons
			 placed upon the rear of such vehicles and unless they shall be equipped with
			 proper brakes so that when disengaged from a towing vehicle, neither aircraft
			 propeller blast nor wind will cause them to become free-rolling. Positive
			 locking couplings will be required for all towed equipment.
(2) No vehicle shall be operated on the
			 Airport if such vehicle is so constructed, equipped, or loaded as to endanger
			 or to be likely to endanger persons or property.
(3) No persons shall operate a motor vehicle
			 on areas of the Airport to which the public have access unless said vehicle is
			 properly registered in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of
			 Massachusetts.
(4) No vehicle shall
			 be permitted to operate upon any area of the Airport to which the public does
			 not have a right of access unless, and until, such vehicle shall have been
			 inspected, by or under the authority of the Executive Director, and a permit
			 with assigned number issued to the operator thereof. The inspection of the
			 vehicle shall not relieve the operator thereof of the duty to comply with any
			 requirements imposed by law or by 740 CMR 21.51.
(5) No person shall drive a motor vehicle
			 anywhere upon the Airport without a regular motor vehicle operator's or
			 chauffeur's license issued by a State Registry of Motor Vehicles permitting the
			 driving by such persons of the particular type of vehicle driven.
(6) No person shall operate a vehicle on the
			 Airport in a careless or negligent manner, or in disregard of the rights and
			 safety of others, or without due caution or circumspection or at a speed or in
			 a manner which endangers or is likely to endanger persons or property, or while
			 the operator thereof is under the influence of intoxicating liquor, or any
			 narcotic or habit-forming drug.
(7)
			 No vehicle which, in the opinion of the Executive Director, is dangerous to
			 persons or property, or is likely to obstruct traffic, shall be permitted upon
			 the Airport.
(8) No person shall
			 park a vehicle or leave same standing on any Airport highway or vehicular
			 parking and storage area, except at such places and for such periods of time as
			 may be prescribed or permitted by the Executive Director.
(9) Motor vehicles on the Airport shall be
			 operated in strict compliance with speed limits prescribed by the Executive
			 Director, as indicated by posted traffic signs, and in no case in excess of 30
			 miles per hour, except fire, police and other emergency vehicles in case of
			 emergency.
(10) The Executive
			 Director may remove by towing or other means from any area of the Airport, at
			 the owner's expense, any vehicle which is disabled, abandoned, parked in
			 violation of 740 CMR 21.51, or which presents an operational problem, including
			 towing and parking charges and without liability for damage which may result in
			 the course of such moving.
(11) The
			 driver of any vehicle involved in an accident on the Airport which results in
			 injury or death to any person or damage to any property shall immediately stop
			 such vehicle at the scene of the accident, and give his name, address, and
			 operator's license and registration number to the person injured or to any
			 officer or witness to the accident. The operator of such vehicle shall before
			 leaving the Airport give a full report of the accident to the police.