New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XXI - Metropolitan Transportation Authority › Subchapter B - Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority › Part 1022 - Types Of Traffic Excluded From Vehicular Crossings › Section 1022.1 - Dangerous or unsafe vehicles

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Vehicles loaded in such a manner or with such material or
					 so constructed or equipped as to be likely to endanger persons or property, or
					 are likely to render the use of vehicular crossings unsafe, are not allowed in
					 or upon vehicular crossings. Without limiting the foregoing, the following
					 types of vehicles are not allowed in or upon vehicular crossings:
(a) vehicles with persons standing on the
				  outside thereof, or trucks with persons sitting on the rear with feet
				  dangling;
(b) vehicles in the
				  charge of incompetent or intoxicated operators or operators under the influence
				  of any narcotics or habit-forming drugs;
(c) vehicles having flat tires;
(d) vehicles with solid or metal tires,
				  including steamrollers;
(e)
				  pushcarts, wheelbarrows, bicycles, velocipedes, mopeds and similar vehicles
				  (bicycles may be walked across the pedestrian paths of Marine Parkway Gil
				  Hodges Memorial, Cross Bay Veterans Memorial and Triborough Bridges);
(f) vehicles loaded with garbage, papers,
				  loose hay, straw or similar material not effectively covered;
(g) vehicles loaded with animals or poultry
				  not properly confined;
(h) vehicles
				  overloaded to such an extent that the means of propulsion are
				  insufficient;
(i) vehicles with
				  inadequate brakes;
(j) vehicles
				  transporting hazardous materials, unless permitted under the rules and
				  regulations governing transportation of hazardous materials via Triborough
				  Bridge and Tunnel Authority facilities, as set forth in Parts 1024 and 1025 of
				  this Title;
(k) buses with
				  passengers standing between the driver and the front entrance door, or so
				  located as to obstruct the view of the driver both front and/or
				  sides;
(l) bicycles, motor
				  scooters, except as hereinafter provided, whizzerbikes, motorettes and other
				  similar small power-propelled vehicles, horse-drawn vehicles, mopeds, open top
				  double- deck buses with passengers on top deck, gasoline tank trucks (loaded or
				  empty), pedestrians, animals (except when properly confined in vehicle), and
				  vehicles emitting excess smoke, are not permitted in the tunnels. Motor
				  scooters having tire widths of at least three inches and outside tire diameters
				  of at least 16 inches, and capable of maintaining a minimum speed of at least
				  30 miles per hour on the upgrade portions of the tunnel roadways, shall not be
				  excluded from the tunnels. Motorcycles, motor scooters or any vehicles having
				  tire widths less than three inches are not permitted to cross the
				  Verrazano-Narrows Bridge;
(m) other
				  vehicles which, in the judgment of the captain, lieutenant or the person
				  immediately in charge of the facility, are likely to delay traffic, damage the
				  facility, endanger persons or property or render the use of vehicular crossings
				  unsafe; and
(n) ready-mix concrete
				  vehicles with a load in excess of 81/2 cubic yards of regular weight concrete
				  or 11 cubic yards of lightweight concrete, except that four-axle trucks
				  carrying loads up to 12 cubic yards shall be permitted to utilize the Queens
				  Midtown and Brooklyn Battery Tunnels.