D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 18, r. 18-1604

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 18-1604 - DAMAGING OR TAMPERING WITH THE STREETCAR SYSTEM

1604.1 The following acts are prohibited:

(a) Breaking, damaging, defacing, tampering with, or removing any part of a streetcar, streetcar guideway, or streetcar platform; or

(b) Interfering with or preventing the operation of a streetcar, streetcar platform, or streetcar guideway.

1604.2 Except as provided in Subsection 1604.3, only a person authorized by DDOT may manipulate any of the levers, buttons, cranks, brakes, or other mechanisms of a streetcar, including the emergency stop device, or to set a streetcar into motion.

1604.3 An act that is otherwise prohibited under Subsection 1604.2 may be taken:

(a) To respond to an emergency or in furtherance of public safety; but only to the extent a reasonable person would perform the act in such a situation, or

(b) By or under the direction of a person authorized as part of his or her official duties to take or direct such action.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 18, r. 18-1604

As amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 12286 (November 28, 2014)