Just in case i live in New Jersey and i just symply want to know if this is tru!!
2007-10-10 10:50:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Rail
It would depend on the jurisdiction of your violation: each country will have different laws, and here in the USA, the law varies from State to State.
According to a recent Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) document, 20 States (Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, Wyoming). and the District of Columbia lack any codified law
that applies specifically to trespassing on railroad property.
They are SUPPOSED to take the various state laws and make them more consistent:
The model State railroad trespass prevention bill accomplishes the following:
1) Makes entering or remaining upon a railroad right-of-way or other railroad property a misdemeanor subject to not more than a $100 fine, imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both.
2) Makes stowing away on trains a misdemeanor subject to not more than a $1,000 fine, imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
Vandalism during trespass would be a FELONY.
2007-10-11 04:37:35 · answer #1 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In any mode of transportation these days, they are a lot more likely to catch you, since 9/11 they are watching rails a lot more closely than before. Before, it wasn't much of a deal, but if someone thinks you are sabotaging the train or something, 20 different kinds of police will respond.
2007-10-11 16:30:58 · answer #2 · answered by Electro-Fogey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could be arrested because the train rails are considered private property of the railroad. Most likely you wouldn't be unless there are other reasons like mischief, vandalism, or a near miss with train.
2007-10-10 17:54:53 · answer #3 · answered by Truth is elusive 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOt likely but the laws are there so it is possible.
If you are not engaged in otherwise dangerous activity, vandalism or dealing drugs for instance, you will be asked to vacate the property immediatly.
If you are cooperative and it is your first offense, you are probably free to go.
the agent does have right to arrest and it is possible but they deal with trespassers every day and cannot possibly arrest each and every one of them.
2007-10-11 14:16:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-10-10 17:53:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!
2007-10-10 17:58:20 · answer #6 · answered by Vinegar Taster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yesn. You cannot tressass the rails,It is an offence.u can b charged.
2007-10-11 07:02:30 · answer #7 · answered by rajendra p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but only if you get caught :)
2007-10-10 17:58:11 · answer #8 · answered by Hullabaloo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its possible
2007-10-10 17:53:44 · answer #9 · answered by LittleOne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋