Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving - Animals [HB-837]
Prohibiting a person from driving a vehicle if there is an animal or animal activity in the front seat of the vehicle that obstructs the view of the driver in a specified manner or interferes with the control of the driver over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
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Crimes - Manslaughter by Vehicle - Definition of "Operating" [HB-778]
Establishing that for purposes of a specified provision of law stating the elements of the felony of manslaughter by vehicle, "operating" includes specified actions involving loading, unloading, or securing a load on a vehicle and specified actions required by law of a person driving, operating, or controlling a vehicle; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Nonfunctioning Traffic Control Signals - Requirement to Stop [HB-67]
Altering a provision of law requiring vehicular traffic to stop and take specified actions when approaching a nonfunctioning traffic control signal at specified intersections to apply the requirement to all intersections; and requiring vehicular traffic approaching a nonfunctioning traffic control signal at an intersection to stop in a specified manner, yield to other vehicles or pedestrians in the intersection, and remain stopped until it is safe to enter and continue through the intersection.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving - Prohibition [HB-552]
Prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle in an inattentive manner resulting in the unsafe operation of the motor vehicle when the inattention is caused by the driver engaging in specified preoccupying activities; providing that a violation of the Act is not a moving violation for the purpose of assessing points; authorizing a police officer to enforce the Act only as a secondary offense; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving [HB-55]
Altering the definition of "wireless communication device" to include a hand-held or handsfree telephone but to remove from the definition a text messaging device; establishing that a specified prohibition against a minor using a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle does not apply to the use of a text messaging device; altering the enforcement provision of the prohibition against a minor texting while driving; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Prohibition on Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving - [HB-163]
Establishing that the prohibition on using a text messaging device while driving does not apply to the use of voice recognition technology that allows the hands-free sending of a text message or an electronic message or the use of a text messaging device to listen to a text message or an electronic message; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Motor Vehicles - Criminal Negligence Resulting in Death [HB-1405]
Repealing the application to motor vehicles of a specified provision of law relating to criminally negligent manslaughter by vehicle or vessel; making it a misdemeanor for a person to cause the death of another as a result of the person's driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle in a criminally negligent manner; establishing the circumstances under which a person is considered to act in a criminally negligent manner for purposes of the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles, EPAMDs, and Motor Scooters [HB-1397]
Creating an exception to specified prohibitions against driving a vehicle on the left side of the roadway in a no-passing zone for a driver who is making the minimum adjustment necessary under specified circumstances to facilitate the provision of the 3-foot clearance for overtaking and passing a bicycle, EPAMD, or motor scooter going in the same direction.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Fleeing or Eluding Police [HB-1338]
Making it a felony for a driver of a vehicle to attempt, under specified circumstances, to elude a police officer who gives the driver a visual or an audible signal to stop when the driver's actions pose a risk of imminent bodily injury to, result in bodily injury to, or result in the death of another person; providing an exception to the prohibition against attempting to elude a police officer to allow a driver who has been given a signal to stop to proceed to a police station or any other public area before stopping; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Life-Threatening Injury by Motor Vehicle or Vessel While Impaired by a [HB-1334]
Increasing the penalty for causing life-threatening injury as a result of negligently driving, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle or vessel while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Laser Safety Act [HB-130]
Making it a misdemeanor to knowingly and willfully shine, point, or focus the beam of a laser pointer on an individual operating an aircraft; exempting specified individuals under specified circumstances from provisions of the Act; specifying a penalty; and specifying that a sentence imposed under the Act is in addition to a specified other sentence.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Wireless Communication Devices - Enforcement of Prohibitions on [HB-123]
Repealing provisions of law that require enforcement as a secondary offense of specified prohibitions against the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Fleeing or Eluding Police [HB-1179]
Altering a specified provision to prohibit a driver from fleeing and eluding a police officer if the officer is in a police vehicle meeting specified criteria; reclassifying specified offenses relating to fleeing and eluding as a felony; altering a specified offense to include a specified act of fleeing and eluding a police officer that poses a risk of imminent bodily injury; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Stopping, Standing, and Parking - Plug-In Vehicles [HB-108]
Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in vehicle in a space that is marked for the use of plug-in vehicles and provides access to a plug-in vehicle recharging station.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Use of Wireless Communication Device - Prohibited Acts, [HB-104]
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; repealing provisions of law that apply prohibitions involving the use of a wireless communication device to specified operators of motor vehicles only if the motor vehicle is in motion; providing that specified prohibitions apply only if the motor vehicle is in the travel portion of a roadway; altering a specified penalty; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Use of Text Messaging Device While Driving - Prohibited Acts [SB-424]
Prohibiting a person from using a text messaging device to read a text message while operating a motor vehicle; clarifying that a specified prohibition against a person using a text messaging device to write, send, or read a text message while operating a motor vehicle includes a prohibition against writing, sending, or reading an electronic message; and repealing a provision of law that applies the text messaging prohibition to an operator of a motor vehicle only if the motor vehicle is in motion.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Crimes - Manslaughter by Vehicle - Definition of "Operating" [SB-396]
Establishing that for purposes of a specified provision of law stating the elements of the felony of manslaughter by vehicle, "operating" includes specified actions involving loading, unloading, or securing a load on a vehicle and specified actions required by law of a person driving, operating, or controlling a vehicle; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Courts - Service of Process - Motor Vehicle Administration as Agent for [SB-140]
Expanding provisions of law designating the Motor Vehicle Administration as the agent for a nonresident driver with respect to a specified subpoena, summons, or other process to apply to any person driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle in the State; requiring the Administration to serve as an agent for service of process, take specified actions, and report specified information annually to the General Assembly; authorizing the Administration to establish and collect a specified fee; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Wireless Communication Devices - Enforcement of Prohibitions on [HB-854]
Repealing provisions of law that require enforcement as a secondary offense of specified prohibitions against the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Driving While License Refused, Suspended, Canceled, or Revoked - [HB-806]
Altering provisions relating to driving a motor vehicle while a license or privilege to drive issued by the State or any other state is refused, suspended, canceled, or revoked; providing that in a prosecution specified records are prima facie evidence of specified facts; altering penalties and a specified assessment of points for offenses relating to driving a motor vehicle while a license or privilege to drive issued by the State or any other state is refused, suspended, canceled, or revoked; etc.