700 CMR, § 9.08 - Limited Access and Express State Highways
(1)
Effect of
700 CMR
9.00. 700 CMR 9.08(2) shall be effective
on all limited access State Highways and express state highways where official
signs have been posted prohibiting bicycles, pedestrians and/or horsedrawn
vehicles.
(2)
Limited
Access and Express State Highway Regulations.
(a)
Horsedrawn
Vehicles. No person shall ride or drive a horse or a horsedrawn
vehicle within the limits of or on any portion of any highway where official
signs have been erected at the approaches of said highway prohibiting such
traffic.
(b)
Bicycles. No person shall operate or ride a bicycle
within the limits of or on any portion of any highway where official signs have
been erected at the approaches of said highway prohibiting such
traffic.
(c)
Pedestrians. No person shall use any highway for
pedestrian or foot traffic purposes except in emergency, where official signs
have been erected at the approaches of said highway prohibiting such
traffic.
(3)
Backing Prohibitions. No person shall back a vehicle
for the purpose of gaining entrance to any express state highway off ramp. Exit
from the highway shall be made only at succeeding exits. No person shall back a
vehicle from any ramp which provides entrance or exit for an express state
highway.
(4) From time to time in
the discretion of the Department, when required for the purpose of promoting
public safety and convenience during periods of commuter and holiday traffic,
inclement weather conditions or construction activity, or for other good cause,
the Department may issue an order suspending the use of a special permit, and /
or limiting the time and hours of travel of any vehicle, motor vehicle,
including semi-trailers, and tandem units, as defined in M.G.L. c. 90, §1,
from travel on any of its roadways and routes of reasonable access or any parts
thereof, and may impose penalties not to exceed the limits set forth in M.G.L.
c. 85, §2B for violations thereof. Any order issued pursuant to this
section may exempt from such travel restriction any vehicle deemed essential
for emergency travel, in the discretion of the Department.
(5)
Haul Road
Restrictions.
(a) For purposes of
public safety and convenience, no person shall operate any vehicle, except a
commercial or emergency vehicle, on the Haul Road running between Dorchester
Avenue and Congress Street in South Boston.
(b) The provisions of 700 CMR 9.08(5)(a)
shall be effective only during the period that Official Traffic Signs are in
place to notify vehicle operators of those provisions.
(c) Violations of the provisions of 700 CMR
9.08(5)(a) shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $ 50.00 as provided
in M.G.L. c. 85, § 2E.
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