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

Universal Citation: 740 MA Code of Regs 740.3

Current through Register 1518, March 29, 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 740 CMR 3.00.

(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 740 CMR 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.

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