BEFORE YOU GO
STOW !!!

Major rule change is that The Feds want to see the
phones out of site and turned off  !!!

STOW IT

it isn't worth a fine and discipline is it ?


Before You
Start Your Trip
Put it in Your
Grip !!!

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2009]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR217.5]

[Page 205]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT
 OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 217_RAILROAD OPERATING RULES--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 217.5  Penalty.

    Any person (an entity of any type covered under 1 U.S.C. 1, 
including but not limited to the following: a railroad; a
 manager, supervisor, official, or other employee or agent of a
 railroad; any owner, manufacturer, lessor, or lessee of 
railroad equipment, track, or facilities; any independent
 contractor providing goods or services to a 
railroad; and any employee of such owner, manufacturer, 
lessor, lessee, or independent contractor) who violates any 
requirement of this part or causes the violation of any such
 requirement is subject to a civil penalty of at least $650 and
 not more than $25,000 per violation, except 
that: Penalties may be assessed against individuals only for
 willful violations, and, where a grossly negligent violation
 or a pattern of repeated violations has created an imminent
 hazard of death or injury to persons, or has caused death or 
injury, a penalty not to exceed $100,000 
per violation may be assessed. Each day a violation continues
 shall constitute a separate offense. See appendix A to this 
part for a statement of agency civil penalty policy.

[53 FR 28599, July 28, 1988, as amended at 53 FR 52927,
 Dec. 29, 1988; 63 FR 11620, Mar. 10, 1998; 69 FR 30593,
 May 28, 2004; 72 FR 51196, Sept. 6, 2007; 73 FR 79701,
 Dec. 30, 2008]