Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 19.147 - Subsection carrying penalty clauseSection 1. Section 1024(b) of the act of April 29, 1959 (P. L. 58, No. 32), known as The Vehicle Code, is amended to read:Section 1024. Tampering with Vehicles.- ***
(b) No person shall hang on to, or ride on, the outside or the rear end of any vehicle, and no person on a bicycle, roller skates, sled, or any similar device, shall hold fast to or hitch on to any moving vehicle, and no operator of a vehicle shall knowingly permit any person to hang on to, or ride on, the outside or rear end of the vehicle, which he is operating, or allow any person on a bicycle, roller skates, sled, or any similar device to hold fast or hitch on to the vehicle which he is operating on any public highway, and no owner of a vehicle, if present, shall knowingly permit any person to operate any vehicle under his control in violation of this subsection. The provisions of this subsection relating to any person hanging on to or riding on the outside or the rear end of any vehicle shall not be applicable to firemen, garbage collectors or operators of fire trucks or garbage trucks acting pursuant to and during the course of their duties.***
Penalty.-Any person violating any of the provisions of subsection (a) or (c) of this section, shall, upon summary conviction before a magistrate, be sentenced to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and costs of prosecution, and, in default of the payment thereof, shall undergo imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days.
Any person violating any of the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, shall, upon summary conviction before a magistrate, be sentenced to pay a fine of five dollars ($5.00) and costs of prosecution, and, in default of the payment thereof, shall undergo imprisonment for not more than three (3) days.