Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Duplicate Driver's Licenses - Victims of Robbery or Burglary [SB-580]
Authorizing a victim of a robbery or burglary whose driver's license is taken during the robbery or burglary and who files a police report of the robbery or burglary in a timely manner to drive without a license for not more than 2 weeks; extending the period of time to not more than 2 weeks, under certain circumstances, during which a victim of a robbery or burglary whose license is taken during the robbery or burglary must apply for a duplicate license; etc.
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Vehicle Laws - Bus Lane Monitoring Cameras - Authorization [SB-551]
Prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle in a dedicated bus lane unless authorized by a certain local jurisdiction, subject to certain exceptions; prohibiting the use of a bus lane monitoring camera in a local jurisdiction unless authorized by the governing body by local law enacted after reasonable notice and a public hearing; requiring a local jurisdiction, before using a bus lane monitoring camera, to publish notice of the use of the bus lane monitoring camera in a certain manner; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Emergency Vehicles - Organ Delivery Vehicles [SB-475]
Altering the defined term "emergency vehicle" to include certain organ delivery vehicles; authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to designate an organ delivery vehicle as an emergency vehicle only if it is registered to a federally designated organ procurement organization or a professional organ transportation organization; authorizing the driver of an emergency vehicle to exercise certain privileges while transporting human organs or medical personnel; authorizing that organ delivery vehicles be equipped with certain devices; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Vehicle With Visual Signals [SB-445]
Requiring drivers approaching from the rear certain vehicles that are stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using certain visual signals to make a lane change to an available lane not immediately adjacent to the stopped, standing, or parked vehicle under certain circumstances, or to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for certain existing conditions under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - School Buses - Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance Requirements [SB-44]
Requiring the owner of a school bus to ensure that the school bus is inspected, repaired, and maintained in accordance with certain federal regulations; prohibiting the owner of a school bus from allowing the school bus to be operated unless it meets the requirements of the Act; authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to suspend the registration of a school bus that does not meet the requirements of the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Driver’s Licenses – Learner’s Permits – Minimum Duration [SB-424]
Reducing the period of time that certain individuals who are at least a certain age and who hold a learner's instructional permit are required to wait before taking certain examinations for a provisional driver's license.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Golf Carts - City of Crisfield [SB-353]
Repealing a prohibition against operating golf carts on certain highways in the City of Crisfield in Somerset County; repealing the authority of the State Highway Administration to designate a location for golf carts to cross certain highways in the City Crisfield; and lowering the maximum speed limit from 35 to 30 miles per hour for a highway on which a person may operate a golf cart in the City of Crisfield.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for Golf Carts - Town of Vienna [SB-215]
Creating an exception from motor vehicle registration requirements for golf carts in the Town of Vienna; providing that a person who operates a golf cart on a highway in the Town of Vienna may operate the golf cart only on certain roads at certain times and only if the golf cart is equipped with certain lighting devices; requiring a person who operates a golf cart in the Town of Vienna to possess a valid driver's license; authorizing the town government to designate the highways on which a person may operate a golf cart in the Town of Vienna; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Law and Vehicle Laws – Marijuana – Criminal Threshold and Smoking in Vehicles [SB-127]
Increasing, from 10 grams to 1 ounce, the amount of marijuana below which possession is a civil offense, rather than a criminal offense; prohibiting a driver of a motor vehicle from smoking or consuming marijuana in the passenger area of a motor vehicle on a highway; and prohibiting an occupant of a motor vehicle from smoking marijuana in the passenger area of the motor vehicle on a highway.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Operating Vehicle While Animal on Driver's Seat - Prohibition [SB-1211]
Prohibiting an individual from operating a motor vehicle while an animal is on the driver's seat.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Yielding the Right-of-Way - Through Highways, Stop Signs, and Yield Signs [SB-1193]
Repealing certain provisions of law governing the duty of the driver of a vehicle to yield the right-of-way at a highway that intersects with a through highway or at a stop sign or yield sign placed at an intersection.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Left Lane - Use for Passing [HB-965]
Providing that, on a roadway that has three or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction with a posted maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour or more, the far left lane may be used only for the overtaking and passing of another vehicle and, after overtaking and passing the other vehicle, the driver shall return to the right lane as soon as it is reasonably safe to do so.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Driver's License Examination - Parallel Parking [HB-889]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to include as part of a driver's license examination a demonstration of the license applicant's ability to parallel park a motor vehicle.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Aggressive Driving [HB-881]
Altering the motor vehicle offense of aggressive driving to include the commission of a certain number of an alternate set of certain motor vehicle offenses under certain circumstances; and establishing that certain persons charged with a violation for aggressive driving must appear in court and may not prepay the fine.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Transportation - Ignition Interlock Devices - Definition [HB-862]
Altering the definition of "ignition interlock system" to require that an ignition interlock device be equipped with a camera capable of recording the image of the driver of the motor vehicle in which the device is installed.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Dedicated Bus Lanes – Enforcement [HB-749]
Requiring the Maryland Transit Administration, in consultation with Baltimore City, to examine and analyze dedicated bus lane enforcement mechanisms in use by certain other transit agencies; requiring the analysis to include an examination of best practices and technologies, a review of potential capital and operating costs, and an evaluation of the most effective methods for ensuring compliance with and enforcement of existing law; and requiring the Administration to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2018.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Allegany County - All-Terrain Vehicles and Snowmobiles [HB-722]
Prohibiting a person in Allegany County from operating an all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile on controlled access highways; authorizing a local authority in Allegany County to authorize a person to cross a highway at a right angle on an all-terrain vehicle or snowmobile when operated at not more than 25 miles per hour; authorizing a local authority in Allegany County to authorize the operation of a snowmobile or an all-terrain vehicle on a certain portion of highway when operated at not more than 25 miles per hour; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Intersections - Prohibited Acts [HB-672]
Prohibiting vehicle traffic from entering certain intersections against certain traffic signals if the vehicle is unable to safely and completely proceed through the intersection; establishing certain exceptions to the prohibition; and prohibiting a police officer from issuing a citation for a violation of the Act unless certain conditions are met.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Vehicle With Visual Signals [HB-531]
Requiring drivers approaching from the rear certain vehicles that are stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using certain visual signals to make a lane change to an available lane not immediately adjacent to the stopped, standing, or parked vehicle under certain circumstances, or to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for certain existing conditions under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Farm Equipment - Wide- or Oversize-Load Signals [HB-46]
Authorizing certain farm equipment or vehicles transporting farm equipment that are or may be a width of 15 feet or greater to be equipped with amber lights or signal devices; requiring farm equipment or a vehicle transporting farm equipment of a width of 15 feet or greater to either display certain wide-load or oversize-load signs or to flash or oscillate certain amber lights or signal devices; etc.