Section 7D. The operator of any vehicle involved in a crash in a travel lane on a public way resulting only in property damage shall immediately move or cause the vehicle to be moved to a safe area on the shoulder, emergency lane or median, or to a place otherwise removed from the roadway when such moving of a vehicle can be done safely and the vehicle is capable of being operated under its own power, without further damage to property or injury to any person.
Whenever any state or public law enforcement agency determines that an emergency is caused by the immobilization of any vehicle in a travel lane on a public way, such agencies and those acting at their direction or request, shall have the authority to move the immobilized vehicle.
Such agencies and their officers, employees, agents or contractors shall not be held responsible for any damages to the immobilized vehicle, its contents or surrounding area caused by the emergency measures employed to move the vehicle for the purpose of clearing the travel lane on a public way.
A violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100. A violation of this section shall not be a surchargeable incident under section 113B of chapter 175 or under a motor vehicle liability policy as defined in section 34A of chapter 90 that is issued pursuant to said chapter 175.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIV - Public Ways and Works
Section 2 - Passing Vehicle Traveling in Same Direction
Section 3 - Sleigh or Sled; Bells
Section 4 - Keeping to Right While View Obstructed
Section 4a - Driving Vehicles in a Single Lane; Motorcycles, Riding and Passing
Section 4b - Driving in Lane Nearest Right Side of Way
Section 4c - Heavy Trucks; Driving in Right-Hand Lane on Multi-Lane Highways
Section 4d - Standing or Parking of Motor Vehicle in a Designated Bike Lane
Section 5 - Penalty; Exceptions
Section 6 - Applicability of Rules of Road to Street Railway Cars
Section 6a - Stopping of Street Railway Cars for Passage of Fire Apparatus
Section 7 - Right of Way of Fire Engines, Patrol Vehicles and Ambulances; Obstruction; Penalties
Section 7a - Restrictions on Use of Ways Upon Approach of Emergency Vehicles
Section 7b - Operation of Emergency Vehicles
Section 7d - Moving of Vehicle Involved in a Crash From a Travel Lane
Section 8 - Right-of-Way at Intersecting Ways; Turning on Red Signals
Section 9 - Designation of Highways as Through Ways; Traffic Control Signs and Devices
Section 10 - Violation of One-Way Traffic; Civil Liability
Section 11 - Marked Crosswalks; Yielding Right of Way to Pedestrians; Penalty