Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 700 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Title 700 CMR 11.00 - Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge › Section 11.07 - Penalties

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Exemptions
. 700 CMR 11.07 does not apply to, and the
			 Department does not impose a penalty with respect to, an operator of a motor
			 vehicle acting in conformity with the direction of a MassDOT employee or police
			 officer, to the operator of a vehicle actually engaged in work on a way when
			 the requirements of the work necessitates a departure from any of the
			 requirements of
			 700 CMR 11.00 and the
			 departure does not endanger the safety of individuals or property, or to a
			 MassDOT employee or police officer when engaged in the performance of duties
			 that necessitates a departure from any of the requirements of
			 700 CMR 11.00, or to the
			 operator of an official emergency vehicle when an emergency necessitates
			 departure from any of the requirements of
			 700 CMR 11.00. 700 CMR 11.07
			 does not, however, relieve such an operator from other legal consequences of
			 the operator's or individual's action.
(2)
Prima Facie
Responsibility
. If a motor
			 vehicle is operated on a way in violation of any provision of
			 700 CMR 11.00 or any other
			 regulation or law of Massachusetts, and the identity of the operator of the
			 motor vehicle cannot be determined, the person in whose name the motor vehicle
			 is registered is deemed
prima facie
responsible for the tolls,
			 fees, fines and other penalties except as otherwise provided in
			 700 CMR
			 11.04(8).
(3)
Fines
.
(a)
Fines by Reference to
			 700 CMR 11.00
.
			 Whoever violates any provision of
			 700 CMR 11.00 is subject to a
			 fine not exceeding the amount indicated in
			 700 CMR
			 11.06(6):
Table
			 2
and 700 CMR 11.07(3):
Table 3
in addition to other
			 penalties as the laws of Massachusetts or federal law may provide. The section
			 and general subject matter headings are provided for convenience only and do
			 not amend or in any way affect the substance of the provisions to which they
			 refer.
TABLE 3
Section Title
Section
General Subject Matter
Fine
Tolls
700 CMR 11.04(5)
							 
															700 CMR
							 11.04(7)
Unauthorized Use of E-ZPass MA and EZDriveMA
							 System
Evasion of Toll
See
700 CMR
							 11.06(6):
Table
							 2
$250
Traffic Operations; Safety; Limitations and
							 Prohibitions on Use of Tobin Memorial Bridge
700 CMR
							 11.05(2)
700 CMR
							 11.05(3)
700 CMR
							 11.05(4)
700 CMR
							 11.05(5)
700 CMR
							 11.05(5)(a)
700 CMR
							 11.05(5)(b)
700 CMR
							 11.05(5)(c)
700 CMR
							 11.05(5)(d)
700 CMR
							 11.05(5)(e)
700 CMR
							 11.05(5)(f)
700 CMR
							 11.05(5)(g)
700 CMR
							 11.05(6)
700 CMR
							 11.05(7)
700 CMR
							 11.05(8)
700 CMR
							 11.05(9)
700 CMR
							 11.05(10)
700 CMR
							 11.05(11)
700 CMR
							 11.05(12)
Compliance with Order, Direction,
Signage
Prohibited Traffic
Prohibited Vehicles
Prohibited Use of Way
Hitch-hiking
Trash
Travel on Designated Areas
Advertising, Solicitation
Vehicle Propelled by Muscle Power
Improperly Confined Animal
Improper Loading
Wrong Way Travel - Direction of Traffic
Reasonable Care; Not Driving So as to Endanger
Stopping or Parking Removal of Vehicle Driving Under
							 the Influence
Speeding
Emergency Vehicles
$50
$50
$100
$100
$50
$50
$50
$50
$100
$100
$100
$100
$50
$50
$50
$50
$50 -
see
700 CMR 11.07(3)(c)
$50
(b)
Fines for Speeding
. Any individual convicted of a
			 violation of the maximum speed limit in violation of
			 700 CMR 11.05(11)
			  is subject to punishment by a fine of not
			 less than $50.00. Where such conviction is for operating a motor vehicle at a
			 rate of speed exceeding ten miles per hour over the speed limit, an additional
			 fine of $10.00 for each mile per hour in excess of the ten miles per hour is
			 assessed, to a maximum fine of $500.00. The fine for speeding in a construction
			 zone may be doubled in accordance with M.G.L. c. 90, § 17.
(c)
Fines for Other
			 Violations
.
1. A police officer
			 may warn or fine an operator or person for violating a provision of
			 700 CMR 11.00 upon
			 determination that the operator or person has violated one or more of the
			 provisions of
			 700 CMR 11.00.
2. A violation of
			 700 CMR 11.05(4)(a)
			  shall be punished by a fine of
			 $100.00.
3. A violation of
			 700 CMR 11.05(11)
			  shall be punished by a fine of $50.00. An
			 additional fine of $10.00 for each mile per hour in excess of ten miles per
			 hour over the posted speed limit shall be assessed.
4. All other violations of 700 CMR shall be
			 punished as follows:
a. First offense:
			 warning or fine not to exceed $50.00.
b. Second offense within 12 months of the
			 first offense: fine not less than $50.00 and not more than $150.00.
c. Third or any subsequent offense within 12
			 months of the first offense: fine not less than $150.00 and not more than
			 $250.00.
(d)
Fines for Other Violations Not Listed in 700 CMR 11.07(3):
Table 3
. Whoever violates any provision of
			 700 CMR 11.00 not listed in
			 700 CMR 11.07(3):
Table 3
is subject to a fine not exceeding
			 $500.00 for every such offense.