Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Use of Text Messaging Device or Handheld Telephone While Driving - Accidents Resulting in Death or Serious Injury - Penalties [SB-348]
Prohibiting a person from committing a violation of a prohibition against using a text messaging device or a handheld telephone while driving that causes an accident that directly results in the death or serious bodily injury of another; etc.
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Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road - Use of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes [SB-33]
Prohibiting a person from driving a vehicle in a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane except under specified circumstances; authorizing specified vehicles to be driven in HOV lanes at all times; and defining "HOV Lane".
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Driving to the Right on Laned Roadways [SB-322]
Requiring that a motor vehicle on an expressway or a controlled access highway be driven in the lane nearest to the right edge or curb of the roadway when that lane is available for travel; and establishing specified exceptions to the requirement relating to overtaking and passing vehicles, left turns or exits, and high occupancy vehicle lanes.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Operation of Vehicle When Approaching a Tow Truck [SB-3]
Requiring drivers approaching properly registered tow trucks that are stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using specified visual signals, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or traffic control device, to change lanes into an available lane not immediately adjacent to the tow truck under specified circumstances, or to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for existing weather, road, and vehicular or pedestrian traffic conditions.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Commercial Instructional Permit Holders - Administrative Penalties and Procedures [SB-26]
Establishing that specified administrative penalties and procedures that apply to a holder of a commercial driver's license for specified motor vehicle violations under specified circumstances also apply to the holder of a commercial instructional permit; and altering the defined term "serious traffic violation" to include specified violations related to holding a commercial instructional permit.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Farm Area Motor Vehicles - Registration and Authorized Use [SB-221]
Increasing from 10 to 25 miles the radius from a farm within which a person may operate on a highway a vehicle registered as a farm area motor vehicle; requiring an applicant for registration of a farm area motor vehicle to submit with the application specified federal tax documentation of active farming status; making the Act an emergency measure; and providing the Act to remain effective for 5 years from the date of enactment at which time the Act is abrogated and of no further force and effect.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Fines for Texting Offenses - Use for Educational Programs [SB-214]
Requiring the Comptroller to distribute 25% of the revenue from fines collected for violations of a specified prohibition on using a text messaging device while driving, up to a maximum of $250,000 for each fiscal year, to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical System to be used by the Center for Injury Prevention and Policy for educational programs addressing the dangers of distracted driving.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Maximum Speed Limits - Interstate 68 [SB-158]
Establishing that the maximum speed limit on Interstate 68 may be up to 70 miles an hour.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Passing a Bicycle, an Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device, or a Motor Scooter - Distance Requirement [HB-92]
Altering to 4 feet the distance that the driver of a motor vehicle is required to maintain, except under specified circumstances, when passing a bicycle, an electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD), or a motor scooter.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Low Speed Vehicles - Power Source [HB-882]
Altering the definition of the term "low speed vehicle" as it applies to the Maryland Vehicle Law to mean a motor vehicle with a specified maximum speed capability regardless of how the vehicle is powered; and making the Act an emergency measure.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Motor Vehicles - Criminal Negligence Resulting in Death [HB-835]
Repealing a requirement that, to be convicted of a specified offense of manslaughter, a person's failure to perceive a specified risk must constitute a gross deviation from a specified standard of care; altering the name of a violation of the Act to be criminal negligence resulting in death; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Drunk Driving - State Officials - Mandatory Minimum Sentence [HB-733]
Requiring that specified State officials who are convicted of specified alcohol-related driving offenses be subject to a specified mandatory minimum sentence.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Rental Vehicle Companies - Right of Subrogation [HB-730]
Establishing that a rental vehicle company or its designee has a specified right of subrogation against specified persons for specified claims paid by the rental vehicle company or the designee that arose out of the use or operation of the rental vehicle; requiring a rental vehicle company that receives a third party claim to provide a specified notice; authorizing an insurer to assume the handling of a specified claim; requiring a rental vehicle company to handle a claim until a specified insurer assumes the handling; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Stopping on Shoulder - Warning Devices [HB-678]
Altering the requirements for placing warning devices for specified motor vehicles that are not disabled but are stopped on the shoulder of a roadway; providing that a violation of the Act is not a moving violation for the purpose of assessing points; and establishing penalties for violations of the Act.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Checkpoints - Prohibition on Targeting Motorcycles [HB-666]
Prohibiting a police officer at a motor vehicle checkpoint from targeting only motorcycles for inspection or evaluation; creating a specified exception to the prohibition for a police officer at a motor vehicle checkpoint established as part of a police search or investigation; providing for the construction of a provision of law governing obedience to a lawful order or direction of a police officer; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Wearable Computer With Head-Mounted Display - Prohibited [HB-604]
Prohibiting an individual from operating a motor vehicle on a highway while wearing or using a wearable computer with a head-mounted display; and defining the term "wearable computer with a head-mounted display" as a computer device that is worn on an individual's head, and projects visual information into the field of vision of the individual wearing the device.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Farm Area Motor Vehicles - Registration and Authorized Use [HB-575]
Increasing from 10 to 25 miles the radius from a farm within which a person may operate on a highway a vehicle registered as a farm area motor vehicle; requiring an applicant for registration of a farm area motor vehicle to submit with the application specified federal tax documentation of active farming status; making the Act an emergency measure; and providing the Act shall remain effective for a period of 5 years from the date it is enacted, after which, the Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and effect.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Aggressive Driving [HB-566]
Reducing from three to two the number of specified offenses that a person must commit at the same time or during a single and continuous period of driving that constitutes aggressive driving; and increasing the maximum criminal fine for aggressive driving to $1,000.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Wireless Communication Devices - Prohibited Acts [HB-544]
Repealing provisions of law that apply prohibitions involving the use of a wireless communication device to specified operators of specified motor vehicles only if the motor vehicle is in motion; and providing that prohibitions against the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle apply only if the motor vehicle is in the travel portion of the roadway.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Issues Related to the Use of Self-Driving Vehicles [HB-538]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Issues Related to the Use of Self-Driving Vehicles; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to make specified determinations, review specified information, consider specified issues, and make specified recommendations related to the use of self-driving vehicles; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2017; etc.