(a) No vehicle shall be operated on department property, including, but not limited to, the ferry staging areas, ferry landings, ferry public parking areas, or aboard a ferry, in a negligent or reckless manner.
(b) The person driving a vehicle onto a ferry shall:
  (1) drive the vehicle to the location as indicated by the ferry captain or the captain's representative;
  (2) securely set the parking brake of the vehicle;
  (3) shut off the vehicle's motor and not restart the vehicle's motor until the ferry has reached the designated destination and the ferry is securely docked, and the ferry captain is instructing passengers to disembark;
  (4) shut off all flames and any motorized mechanism or equipment, such as refrigerating or heating equipment, on or connected in any manner to the vehicle if determined by the ferry captain or by the captain's representative to be unsafe;
  (5) observe at all times any instructions given by the ferry captain or the captain's representative, while driving onto the ferry, while aboard the ferry, and while driving off the ferry after the ferry has reached the designated destination and is securely docked;
  (6) make no repairs to the vehicle aboard the ferry; and
  (7) remain with or near the vehicle while the vehicle is at the ferry staging area, aboard the ferry, or at the ferry landing.

Source Note: The provisions of this §29.47 adopted to be effective November 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 10145