Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Prohibition Against Unattended Motor Vehicle - Exception [HB-1087]
Creating an exception to the prohibition against leaving an unattended motor vehicle under specified circumstances for a motor vehicle that operates unattended for a specified period of time under specified circumstances.
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Vehicle Laws - Rental Vehicle Companies - Right of Indemnification [SB-919]
Establishing that a rental vehicle company has a specified right of indemnification against specified persons, including a person who rents a motor vehicle, for specified property damage, personal injury, and wrongful death claims paid by the rental vehicle company that arose out of the use or operation of the motor vehicle; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Seat Belts and Child Safety Seats [SB-87]
Repealing an exception to the requirement that a child under 16 years old riding in a vehicle be secured in a child safety seat or a seat belt that applies in instances where all passenger securing locations are in use by other children; prohibiting a person who is at least 16 years old from being a passenger in a rear seat of a motor vehicle unless the person is restrained by a seat belt; authorizing a police officer to enforce a specified provision of the Act only as a secondary offense; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Accidents Resulting in Injury - Mandatory Drug and Alcohol Testing [SB-850]
Requiring a person involved in a motor vehicle accident that results in an injury to another person that requires the removal of the other person to a medical facility to submit to specified drug or alcohol testing if the person is detained by a police officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that the person has been driving or attempting to drive in violation of specified drug- or alcohol-related driving restrictions; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Motor Vehicles - Criminal Negligence Resulting in Death [SB-847]
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 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Piling, Poles, Mill Logs, and Similar Cargo - Length, Overhang, and Fastening Standards [SB-73]
Altering the exemptions from length and overhang limits for vehicles carrying piling, poles, or mill logs; establishing length and overhang limits at which a hauling permit from the State Highway Administration would be required for vehicles carrying piling, poles, or mill logs; repealing the requirement that piling, poles, mill logs, and similar cargo be transported while enclosed within the sides or ends of the vehicle; altering the fastening standards for transporting piling, poles, mill logs, and other similar cargo; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Damage to Highways from Overweight or Oversized Vehicles - Liability and Penalties [SB-72]
Clarifying that a person who drives or moves overweight vehicle loads on a municipal highway is liable for specified damage caused to the highway; establishing that a person who drives or moves oversized loads on State, county, or municipal highways is liable for all resulting damage caused to the highways; establishing an exception if an overweight or oversize vehicle is operated in accordance with a specified permit; establishing a maximum civil penalty applicable to a person who causes specified damage to specified highways; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Controlled Hazardous Substance Vehicles - Display of Certificates [SB-64]
Repealing the requirement that a hauler, while transporting a controlled hazardous substance, display a vehicle certificate on the outside of the left door of the cab of the controlled hazardous substance vehicle.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicles Laws - Emergency Vehicles - Motorcades and Escorts [SB-621]
Authorizing the driver of specified emergency vehicles to exercise specified privileges while performing motorcade or escort duties; authorizing specified emergency vehicles to travel through any jurisdiction in the State as necessary to perform and return from motorcade or escort duty; requiring a jurisdiction that employs a driver who travels through another jurisdiction while performing or returning from motorcade or escort duty to provide specified notice to the other jurisdiction; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Unregistered Emergency Vehicles - Operating on Highways [SB-566]
Providing that the Maryland Vehicle Law does not preclude a local authority from authorizing an emergency vehicle not subject to registration to operate on a highway under its jurisdiction while performing an emergency service.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Obstruction of Driver's View [SB-499]
Altering an exception to, and the maximum penalty for a violation of, the prohibition against driving a vehicle with specified materials placed on the vehicle's windshield or rear window.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Worcester County - Motor Scooters and Mopeds - Special Dealer Decals [SB-472]
Authorizing a motor scooter or moped dealer in Worcester County to apply to the Motor Vehicle Administration for the issuance of special dealer decals; authorizing a motor scooter or moped dealer in Worcester County that attaches a special dealer decal to specified motor scooters or mopeds to, as authorized by law, drive the motor scooters or mopeds on a highway or allow, for demonstration purposes, a prospective buyer to drive the motor scooters or mopeds on a highway; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Misdemeanor Violations - Unsupervised Probation [SB-468]
Requiring a person placed on probation for a misdemeanor violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law to have unsupervised probation unless the violation was a specified offense relating to drunk or drugged driving or the person was placed on probation previously for a violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Operation of Vehicle on Approach of Tow Truck [SB-378]
Requiring drivers approaching a tow truck that is stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using specified visual signals, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or traffic control device, to make a lane change 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 specified existing conditions under specified circumstances.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Use of Wireless Communication Device - Prohibited Acts, Enforcement, and Penalties [SB-339]
Repealing provisions of law that require enforcement as a secondary offense of specified violations involving the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; altering the penalty imposed for a violation of a specified prohibition on the use of a handheld telephone while operating a motor vehicle; prohibiting, under specified circumstances, the assessment of points for a second or subsequent violation of a prohibition on the use of a handheld telephone while operating a motor vehicle; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Frederick County - Motor Vehicle Registration - Exception for All-Terrain and Utility-Terrain Vehicles [SB-319]
Authorizing, under specified circumstances, the operation of all-terrain and utility-terrain vehicles on highways in Frederick County without the vehicle being registered under the Maryland Vehicle Law; requiring a person operating a vehicle under the Act to maintain evidence of liability insurance in the vehicle; and prohibiting a person from operating a vehicle under the Act on a highway for which the posted maximum speed limit exceeds 50 miles per hour.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Maximum Speed Limits - Interstate 68 [SB-298]
Establishing that the maximum speed limit on Interstate 68 may be up to 70 miles an hour.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Intercounty Connector - Maximum Speed Limit [SB-206]
Increasing to 60 miles an hour the maximum speed limit on the Intercounty Connector; and making the Act an emergency measure.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Fleeing or Eluding Police [SB-205]
Prohibiting a driver who has been given a visual or audible signal to stop by a police officer in a vehicle that is not an appropriately marked police vehicle but is displaying an activated flashing blue or red and blue light from attempting to elude the police officer; creating an exception under the Act to allow a driver to proceed directly to a police station or any other lighted public location before stopping; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Prohibition on Handheld Telephone Use - Primary Offense if Child Is Passenger [SB-193]
Establishing that a specified prohibition on the use of a handheld telephone while operating a motor vehicle may be enforced as a primary action if a child under the age of 8 years is a passenger in the motor vehicle; etc.