Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Use of Handheld Telephone While Driving - Penalty [HB-42]
Providing for a maximum fine of $500 for a violation of certain prohibitions against using a handheld telephone while driving a motor vehicle; etc.
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Criminal Law - Life-Threatening Injury Involving a Vehicle or Vessel - Criminal Negligence [HB-406]
Prohibiting a person from causing a life-threatening injury to another as a result of the person's driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel in a criminally negligent manner; exempting certain conduct that results in a life-threatening injury to another; establishing penalties; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Driver’s Licenses – Learner’s Permits – Minimum Duration [HB-394]
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 Emissions Inspection Program - Exemptions - Vehicles With Low Annual Mileage [HB-316]
Repealing the requirement that, in order for a vehicle that is driven 5,000 miles or less annually to be exempt from mandatory inspection and testing requirements, the owner of the vehicle must meet certain disability or age requirements.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Registration – Exception for Low Speed Electric Vehicles – City of Havre de Grace [HB-1771]
Creating an exception from motor vehicle registration requirements under certain circumstances for low speed electric vehicles in the City of Havre de Grace; providing that a person who operates a low speed electric vehicle on a highway in the City of Havre de Grace may operate the low speed electric vehicle only on non-State or nonfederal highways, between dusk and dawn, and only if the low speed electric vehicle is equipped with certain lighting devices; defining the term "low speed electric vehicle"; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Personal Motor Vehicle Rentals [HB-1759]
Establishing provisions of law governing the rental of personal motor vehicles to other persons in a certain manner; establishing that certain persons may rent only certain classes of personal motor vehicles to other persons; prohibiting a renter of a personal motor vehicle from using the motor vehicle for certain purposes; prohibiting a certain person from renting a personal motor vehicle to another person unless certain requirements are met; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Prince George’s County – Speed Monitoring Systems – Intersection of Old Fort Road and Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) PG 302–18 [HB-175]
Authorizing local jurisdictions to use one speed monitoring system at the intersection of Old Fort Road and Maryland Route 210 (Indian Head Highway) in Prince George's County, subject to certain placement and signage and device requirements; and providing for the termination of the Act.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Police Vehicles - Use of Cruise or Directional Marker Lights [HB-1714]
Establishing that certain police vehicles may be equipped with and display cruise or directional marker lights; and authorizing the driver of a police vehicle to use cruise or directional marker lights at any time.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Tow Trucks – Driver Safety Act [HB-1543]
Requiring a yellow or amber light or signal device on a certain tow truck that is manufactured on or after October 1, 2018 to use a light-emitting diode; and requiring a certain tow truck to display reflective paint or markings in a certain location on the vehicle.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Ignition Interlock System Program - Administrative Offenses - Out-of-State Licensed Drivers [HB-1447]
Authorizing a person who is licensed to drive by another state to participate in the Ignition Interlock System Program under certain circumstances; prohibiting a nonresident participant in the Program from driving or attempting to drive certain vehicles; modifying certain procedures used by police officers and the Motor Vehicle Administration concerning certain administrative offenses; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Road User - Penalties [HB-142]
Prohibiting a person from causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable road user as a result of the person operating a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner or in violation of certain provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law; establishing certain penalties for a violation of the Act; defining the term "vulnerable road user"; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Special Event Zones – Worcester County [HB-1406]
Authorizing in Worcester County the State Highway Administration, on its own initiative or at the request of a local authority, to designate an area on a State highway as a special event zone and reduce established speed limits in the special event zone after making a certain determination; authorizing a local authority to designate an area on a highway under its jurisdiction as a special event zone and reduce established speed limits in the special event zone after making a certain determination; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Work Zone Speed Control System - Increased Penalty for Multiple Offenses [HB-14]
Increasing the maximum civil penalty from $40 to $80 for a third or subsequent violation in a calendar year of a posted speed restriction in a work zone captured by a speed control system; and requiring that a citation issued for a violation captured by a work zone speed control system contain a notice of the increased civil penalty imposed for a third or subsequent offense in the same calendar year.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol - Subsequent Offenders - Mandatory Ignition Interlock [HB-1391]
Requiring a court to prohibit a person convicted of a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence of alcohol from operating a motor vehicle that is not equipped with an ignition interlock system and order the person to install an ignition interlock system on the person's vehicle as a sentence, a part of a sentence, or a condition of probation; requiring a court to order certain motor vehicles to be impounded or immobilized for a certain period under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Driver Education Curriculum - Rights of Drivers Involved in Traffic Stops [HB-1375]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations requiring that classroom instruction for the driver education program include instruction on the rights of drivers who are involved in traffic stops; requiring the Administration to include content on the rights of drivers who are involved in traffic stops as part of its Driver's Manual; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Operation in School Zones (Truth in Speed Cameras Act of 2018) [HB-1365]
Requiring that a local jurisdiction place a certain device adjacent to a sign indicating a school zone before activating a speed monitoring system; altering the hours during which a speed monitoring system in a school zone may be operated and restricting the placement of a speed monitoring system to certain areas in a school zone; limiting the fee that a contractor may receive for operating a speed monitoring system; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Duplicate Driver's Licenses - Victims of Robbery or Burglary [HB-132]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, when processing an application for a duplicate license of a victim of a robbery or burglary whose license is taken during the robbery or burglary, to issue the duplicate license free of charge if the victim of the robbery or burglary whose license is taken presents a police report of the incident when applying for a duplicate license.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Indication of Applicant's Sex [HB-13]
Requiring an application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit to allow an applicant to indicate the applicant's sex as female, male or unspecified; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to ensure that the license, identification card, or moped operator's permit of an applicant who indicates that the applicant's sex is unspecified displays a certain notation; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Temporary Registration - Out-of-State and Foreign Vehicles [HB-1261]
Prohibiting a person from driving or attempting to drive a vehicle in the State with an out-of-state or foreign temporary or temporary transporter registration of 90 days or fewer validity that does not comply with the laws of the issuing jurisdiction; and establishing certain penalties for violations of the Act.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Misuse of Laser Pointer [HB-125]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly and willfully shining, pointing, or focusing the beam of a laser pointer on an individual operating a motor vehicle or vessel; and applying a penalty of imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both for a violation of the Act.