Traffic Regulations

• Procedures For Paying Tickets

Students operating motorized vehicles on school premises shall do so in accordance with Mississippi traffic laws and such rules and regulations as may be formulated by College officials. All students, faculty, administration, and staff must register and purchase a decal for vehicle operation on campus at the time of school registration. The student decal is to be affixed to the left rear window.

Decal cost is $15 per school year and decals are non-transferable. Each vehicle must have a separate decal. Temporary decals are free but are valid for only two weeks in a semester.

Regulations:

1. Failure to register a vehicle will result in issuance of a ticket to the offending party.
2. Parking is not permitted:
   1. on any sidewalk
   2. on any grassed area (including road side areas unless designated for parking)
   3. in a loading/unloading zone
   4. in any driveway
   5. in any designated no-parking zone
   6. in a double or multiple manner
   7. in any manner that obstructs traffic
   8. in areas designated for staff and faculty without proper decal
   9. in Disabled Parking areas without Disabled tag, hanging decal, proper documentation
3. Vehicles should not be driven in excess of 15 mph on the Scooba Campus and 10 mph on the Golden Triangle Campus.
4. Pedestrians have the right-of-way on campus; however, they must exercise caution when crossing high traffic areas.
5. Driving in a reckless manner is prohibited. All traffic signs on campus are to be obeyed.
6. Registered students are responsible for their vehicles on campus.
7. All accidents should be reported immediately to Campus Police. All accident report forms must be completed by Campus Police. Failure to report accidents may result in loss of privilege to make a claim on the student’s accident insurance program and also may result in disciplinary action.
8. If a vehicle is to be left on the Golden Triangle campus after normal hours, Campus Police must be notified.
9. Music volume must be adjusted so that it can only be heard by the occupants of the vehicle.
10. EMCC reserves the right to remove, impound and/or immobilize any illegally parked (pursuant to traffic regulation #2) or abandoned vehicle on campus (a vehicle shall be deemed abandoned after it remains in a location four consecutive weeks). In such cases the registered owner will be responsible for all costs involved, and EMCC will not be liable for damages to the vehicle occurring during the removal, impoundment, or immobilization.
11. Any damages to a vehicle caused by passing over speed-breakers will result in no liability to EMCC.
12. Scooba residential students may not drive to class during the day.
13. Access to the campus will be limited during closed campus hours and during emergencies. Between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. anyone must enter and exit the Scooba Campus using the Highway 16 entrance under the archway. Failure to enter/exit campus using the Highway 16 entrance between the hours of 11:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m. will result in disciplinary action. For the GT Campus, check-in at the Police Station on Highway 182 is required.

Procedures For Paying Tickets

1. Tickets are to be paid in the College Business Office.
2. Students with outstanding tickets will suffer the following penalties:
   1. Students will not receive diplomas.
   2. Students’ transcripts will be held.
   3. Students will not be allowed to register until account is cleared.