Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Victims' Rights - Fatal Vehicular Accident - Suspension of License [SB-189]
Authorizing a victim's representative to be present and to provide an oral or written statement at an administrative hearing concerning a fatal vehicular accident; requiring a specified notice to a victim's representative under specified circumstances; authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to suspend for up 180 days the license of a person who is convicted of a moving violation that contributed to an accident that resulted in the death; providing that a licensee may request a hearing on a suspension; etc.
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Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road - Use of Signals When Changing Lanes [SB-169]
Prohibiting a person from moving a vehicle right or left on a roadway in order to change lanes unless the person gives an appropriate signal in a specified manner; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Emergency and Police Vehicle and Personnel Protection Act [SB-159]
Requiring drivers approaching emergency or police vehicles stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using any visual signals, except when otherwise directed by a police officer, to vacate the lane closest to the emergency or police vehicle under specified circumstances and to slow to a speed that is sufficient to ensure the safety of police officers or emergency services personnel in the vicinity of the emergency or police vehicle under specified circumstances; establishing a penalty; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Use of Wireless Communication Devices - Prohibition [HB-993]
Altering a specified provision of law prohibiting the use of a text messaging device while operating a motor vehicle in specified circumstances to prohibit the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle in motion or in the travel portion of the roadway; and altering a specified exception to provide that the Act does not apply to the use of a wireless communication device to contact a 9-1-1 system.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Commercial Vehicles - Handheld Telephones Utilizing Push-to-Talk [HB-934]
Creating an exception to the use of a handheld telephone utilizing push-to-talk technology by an individual operating a commercial vehicle to specified prohibitions against using a handheld telephone while driving a motor vehicle; making the Act contingent on the taking effect of a specified Act of the General Assembly of 2010; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Transportation - Transit Vehicle Operators - Prohibition on Use of Wireless [HB-520]
Prohibiting a person from using a specified wireless communication device while operating a transit vehicle; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Approaching Emergency Vehicles and Personnel [HB-499]
Requiring drivers approaching an emergency vehicle that is stopped, standing, or parked on a highway and using any 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 emergency vehicle 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 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Use of Wireless Telephone While Driving - Prohibitions [HB-489]
Prohibiting a driver of a specified school vehicle from using a wireless telephone; prohibiting a holder of a learner's instructional permit or provisional driver's license who is 18 years old or older from driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone; prohibiting a driver of a motor vehicle that is in motion from using the driver's hands to use a wireless telephone; providing exceptions to the prohibitions; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Medium Speed Vehicles - Requirements and Prohibitions [HB-480]
Prohibiting a person from driving a medium speed vehicle on specified highways; prohibiting a person from driving a medium speed vehicle on a highway unless the vehicle displays a specified emblem; establishing specified standards for a specified emblem; prohibiting a motor vehicle dealer from selling a medium speed vehicle unless the dealer permanently affixes a specified emblem to the vehicle and informs the buyer that specified driving restrictions apply; defining "medium speed vehicle"; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Bicycles, EPAMDs, and Motor Scooters - Rules of the Road [HB-461]
Requiring that a driver of a vehicle, when overtaking a bicycle, an Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device (EPAMD), or a motor scooter, pass safely at a distance of not less than 3 feet, with a specified exception; requiring a driver of a vehicle to yield the right-of-way to a person who is riding a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter in a bike lane or shoulder under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Manslaughter by Vehicle or Vessel - Criminal Negligence [HB-388]
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 vehicle or vessel 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 2010 Regular Session
Smartphone Safety Act [HB-385]
Prohibiting a person from using a wireless communication device to engage in specified activities while operating a subway vehicle, light rail vehicle, or motor vehicle that is in motion; specifying activities that are authorized under the Act; repealing specified provisions of law relating to text messaging devices; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving - Prohibition [HB-299]
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 person 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 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Distracted Driving - Prohibition [HB-236]
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 person 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 2010 Regular Session
Malfunctioning Traffic Light Act [HB-210]
Requiring a driver who is approaching a traffic control signal with no visible lighted indication to reduce speed and prepare to yield to other vehicles in or approaching the intersection under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Reading Text Message While Driving - Prohibition [HB-192]
Prohibiting a person from using a text messaging device to read a text message while operating a motor vehicle in motion or in the travel portion of the roadway.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Use of Video and Electronic Display Equipment [HB-190]
Prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle on a highway if the motor vehicle is equipped with television-type receiving equipment or video display equipment that is turned on and displaying an image visible to the driver; altering the exceptions to the prohibition against locating specified electronic display equipment in specified areas of a motor vehicle; providing that a motor vehicle may be equipped with specified video equipment only if the equipment is turned off under specified circumstances; providing an exception; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Maryland Safe Roads For Teens Act [HB-1221]
Altering the hours during which a minor holder of a provisional driver's license may drive unsupervised; modifying a license restriction that prohibits a minor holder of a provisional driver's license from driving a motor vehicle carrying specified passengers under specified circumstances; and repealing specified provisions requiring that restrictions on a minor holder of a provisional driver's license related to passengers and the use of wireless communication devices be enforced as a secondary action.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Driving While License Refused, Suspended, Canceled, or Revoked - [HB-1204]
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.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Driver Improvement Programs - Deduction of Accumulated Points [HB-1069]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to deduct 2 points from a specified individual's driving record if the individual attends a specified driver improvement program or driver safety program; prohibiting the Administration from deducting more than 2 points from an individual's driving record in a 2-year period; requiring the Administration to apply a specified point deduction in a specified manner; etc.