Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 29 - MAINTENANCE › Subchapter C - OPERATION OF STATE-OWNED FERRIES › Section 29.49 - Boarding Prohibitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Final
				  authority. The ferry captain is the final decision-maker as to whether a person
				  or item of property is classified as a type of traffic prohibited from boarding
				  a ferry.
(b) Animal assisting
				  disabled passenger. Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit an animal
				  trained in assisting a disabled person from boarding a ferry when the animal is
				  engaged in assisting a passenger with a disability.
(c) Persons and vehicles prohibited. The
				  following persons and vehicles are prohibited from boarding a ferry:
(1) a vehicle or a person carrying any
				  material that according to the CFR or this subchapter is prohibited
				  aboard;
(2) a vehicle exceeding the
				  maximum size or weight allowable on a public highway as provided by
				  Transportation Code, Chapter 621;
(3) a vehicle with one or more persons lying,
				  reclining, standing, or in any other manner riding, in part or in whole, on the
				  outside of a vehicle's passenger cab or a vehicle's truck bed;
(4) a vehicle having one or more flat tires,
				  excluding bicycles;
(5) a vehicle
				  which is stalled or a vehicle with an inoperable motor, excluding vehicles
				  properly in tow as required by this section;
(6) a driver of a vehicle who exhibits one or
				  more characteristics of intoxication or one or more characteristics of being
				  under the influence of any chemical substance;
(7) a vehicle with one or more metal
				  tires;
(8) a vehicle carrying an
				  animal which is not completely confined so as to create, or have the potential
				  of creating, in the opinion of the ferry captain, an unsafe or unsanitary
				  condition aboard the ferry;
(9) a
				  vehicle with inoperable or inadequate brakes, lights, signals, or
				  horns;
(10) a vehicle with a
				  leaking fuel tank or with any type of leaking fluid reservoir or leaky
				  spigot;
(11) a vehicle or any other
				  type of property having any type of metal surface which, in the opinion of the
				  ferry captain, may come in contact with the deck of the ferry;
(12) a vehicle drawn, powered, or otherwise
				  operated by an animal;
(13)
				  double-decked buses having a noncovered upper deck with passengers on the top
				  deck;
(14) a vehicle which, in the
				  opinion of the ferry captain, is emitting an excessive amount of smoke, gases,
				  or fumes, or is giving off an excessive amount of foul odor, thereby creating
				  or having the potential of creating an unsafe, unhealthy, or intolerable
				  environment;
(15) a vehicle whose
				  load, in the opinion of the ferry captain, is inadequately or improperly
				  secured or covered in a manner where it appears that any part of the load may
				  fall off of the vehicle, thereby creating or having the potential of creating
				  an unsafe condition;
(16) a vehicle
				  whose load projects, appears to project, or has the potential of projecting, in
				  the opinion of the ferry captain, in such manner as to be a safety hazard or
				  have the potential of being a safety hazard;
(17) a vehicle being towed by any device,
				  method, or means other than by a tow bar, wrecker, tow truck, or winch truck;
				  and
(18) any person, vehicle,
				  equipment, machinery, animal, or property of any kind which the ferry captain
				  believes to constitute a hazard or a potential hazard to the safe operation of
				  the ferry.