D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 18, § 1604
Damaging or Tampering with the Streetcar System
Effective Nov 28, 201461 DCR 12286Authority: Sections 5(2)(N) and 11r of the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-137; D.C. Official Code §§ 50-921.04(2)(N) and 50-921.76 (2012 Repl. & 2014 Supp.)), and Mayor’s Order 2013-198, dated October 24, 2013. Source: Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 12286 (November 28, 2014).District of Columbia, Office of the Secretary
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.
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 12286 (November 28, 2014).