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Orange County Transportation Services ADA Paratransit Plan <br /> <br />Orange County Planning Department Page 16 <br /> <br /> Refusing to vacate designated wheelchair areas and/or seating for senior citizens and people with <br />disabilities on the bus. <br /> Eating or drinking on the bus. (Note: Food items in closed containers are permitted.) <br /> Using an audio device (e.g., portable radio, tape, CD player, TV, etc.), unless such equipment is <br />used with earphones so that the sound is limited to that person's own listening. <br /> Standing in front of the yellow standee line at the front of the bus near the driver's seat or leaning <br />on the rear doors. <br /> Bringing any animal on buses uncaged or caged, except service animals that assist those with <br />disabilities. <br /> Bringing on board any large articles, packages, baggage, noncollapsible strollers or baby buggies <br />that block the aisle and restrict the free movement of passengers. <br /> Engaging in indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud, demeaning and disrespectful <br />behavior toward OCTS employees, contractors and/or passengers. <br /> Engaging in unauthorized canvassing, selling, soliciting or distributing any material on board <br />buses or at the transfer facility. <br /> Boarding unattended minors: children 5 years of age and under must be closely accompanied at <br />all times by an older responsible individual. <br /> Roller-skating, roller-blading or skateboarding on buses or at the transfer facility. <br /> Hanging or swinging from stanchions or other bus equipment with feet off the floor. <br /> Hanging out, reaching out or putting anything out of bus windows. <br /> Willfully refusing to pay a fare or to show appropriate identification or fare media to the bus <br />operator. <br /> Misusing fare media, including counterfeit or stolen fare media. <br /> Obstructing or interfering with the bus operator's safe operation of the bus. <br /> Participating in otherwise disorderly or inappropriate conduct that is inconsistent with the <br />orderly and comfortable use of buses for their intended purpose. This includes putting your feet <br />on the seat or leaving trash behind; not wearing a shirt and shoes; and exposing other passengers <br />to bodily fluids of any kind or odors that may present serious health or safety risks. <br /> <br />B. Level II offenses <br /> Smoking or carrying a lighted or smoldering pipe, cigar or cigarette on the bus or inside the <br />transfer facility (this includes electronic cigars or cigarettes). <br /> Fighting <br /> Threatening OCTS passengers or employees, including following or stalking passengers or <br />employees. <br /> Obstructing or interfering with bus operator’s safe operation of the vehicle. <br /> Drinking alcoholic beverages or possessing open containers of alcoholic beverages. <br /> <br /> <br />C. Level Ill offenses <br /> Bringing any items of a dangerous nature on board buses including weapons (pistols, rifles, knives <br />or swords); flammable liquids; dangerous, toxic or poisonous substances; vessels containing <br />caustic materials, chemicals, acids or alkalis; sheet glass and sharp objects. <br />26