P.R. Laws tit. 9, § 5655

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§ 5655. Limitation of use

The toll expressways shall not be used by:

(a) Pedestrians, except in service, parking or recreational areas especially designated by the Authority for such purposes.

(b) Bicycles.

(c) Motorcycles, except when specifically authorized by the Secretary.

(d) Vehicles pulled by animals.

(e) People on horseback or beasts of burden.

(f) Vehicles transporting animals, foodstuffs or other cargo not properly secured or protected.

(g) Agricultural, industrial or other similar equipment, which has not been designed for transportation on a highway, except for equipment used in toll expressway construction, maintenance, repairs or service projects.

(h) Cattle.

(i) Vehicles with metal, solid rubber tires, or flat tires and vehicles with tractor treads, unless transported on a flat bed trailer or semitrailer.

(j) Vehicles that fail to meet the requirements as to the dimensions, weight and load capacity of those vehicles that the Secretary may determine and regulate as able to travel on toll expressways.

(k) Any other vehicle that in the judgment of the authorized official in charge of the expressway tollbooth constitutes a hazard for the safety of persons and property and which may make the expressway unsafe. No person may use a toll expressway as a landing or take-off runway for airplanes or helicopters.

(l) Vehicles towed, hauled or otherwise transported on the toll expressways by another vehicle that is not duly authorized by this chapter or by the Commission to perform this type of work.

History —Jan. 7, 2000, No. 22, § 23.05, renumbered as § 22.05 and amended on June 3, 2004, No. 132, §§ 17, 23; Aug. 10, 2007, No. 107, § 10, eff. 60 days after Aug. 10, 2007.