Current through Register 1536, December 6, 2024
Section 21.51 - Vehicle Operations: General(1) No motor vehicle shall be permitted upon the Airport 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 Airport 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, neither aircraft propeller blast nor wind will cause them to become free-rolling. Positive locking couplings will be required for all towed equipment.(2) No vehicle shall be operated on the Airport if such vehicle is so constructed, equipped, or loaded as to endanger or to be likely to endanger persons or property.(3) No persons shall operate a motor vehicle on areas of the Airport 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 Airport to which the public does not have a right of access unless, and until, such vehicle shall have been inspected, by or under the authority of the Executive Director, 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 21.51.(5) No person shall drive a motor vehicle anywhere upon the Airport without a regular motor vehicle operator's or chauffeur's license issued by a State Registry of Motor Vehicles permitting the driving by such persons of the particular type of vehicle driven.(6) No person shall operate a vehicle on the Airport in a careless or negligent manner, or in disregard of the rights and safety of others, or without due caution or circumspection 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 Executive Director, is dangerous to persons or property, or is likely to obstruct traffic, shall be permitted upon the Airport.(8) No person shall park a vehicle or leave same standing on any Airport highway or vehicular parking and storage area, except at such places and for such periods of time as may be prescribed or permitted by the Executive Director.(9) Motor vehicles on the Airport shall be operated in strict compliance with speed limits prescribed by the Executive Director, 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 Executive Director may remove by towing or other means from any area of the Airport, at the owner's expense, any vehicle which is disabled, abandoned, parked in violation of 740 CMR 21.51, or which presents an operational problem, including towing and parking charges and without liability for damage which may result in the course of such moving.(11) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident on the Airport 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 Airport give a full report of the accident to the police.