Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 740 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY › Title 740 CMR 3.00 - Port Properties › Section 3.03 - Vehicular Operations

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) No motor
			 vehicle shall be permitted upon the Port Properties 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 Port Properties 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 they cannot
			 become free-rolling. Positive locking couplings will be required for all towed
			 equipment.
(2) No vehicle shall be
			 operated on the Port Properties if such vehicle is so constructed, equipped, or
			 loaded as to endanger or to be likely to endanger persons or
			 property.
(3) No person shall
			 operate a motor vehicle on areas of the Port Properties 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 Port Properties to which the public does not have a right
			 of access unless and until such vehicle has been inspected by the Authority,
			 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
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(5)
			 No person shall drive a motor vehicle anywhere upon the Port Properties without
			 a regular motor vehicles operator's or chauffeur's license issued by a State
			 Registry of Motor Vehicles permitting the driving by such person of the
			 particular type of vehicle driven.
(6) No person shall operate a vehicle on the
			 Port Properties in a careless or negligent manner or in disregard of the rights
			 and safety of others, or without due caution for circumstances 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
			 Authority, is dangerous to persons or property, or is likely to obstruct
			 traffic, shall be permitted upon the Port Properties.
(8) No person shall park a vehicle or leave
			 same standing on any Port Property, except at such places and for such periods
			 of time as may be prescribed or permitted by the Authority.
(9) Motor vehicles on the Port Properties
			 shall be operated in strict compliance with speed limits prescribed by the
			 Authority 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 Police or any
			 authorized representative of the Authority may remove from any area of the Port
			 Properties any vehicle which is disabled, abandoned, parked in violation of
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			 3.00, or which presents an operational problem to any
			 other area on the Port Properties and store said vehicle at the operator's
			 and/or owner's expense and without liability for damage which may result in the
			 course of such moving.
(11) The
			 operator of any vehicle involved in an accident on the Port Properties 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 Port Properties give a full report of the accident to the
			 Police or Guard.