Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Detectable Level of a Controlled Dangerous Substance or Its [HB-1048]
Prohibiting a person from driving or attempting to drive any vehicle while the person has a detectable level of a controlled dangerous substance, or its metabolites, in the person's blood, if the person is not entitled to use the controlled dangerous substance under the laws of the State; making a stylistic change; etc.
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Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road - Use of Signals When Changing Lanes [HB-101]
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 2020 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Large Vehicles - Left Lane Prohibition [HB-1627]
Prohibiting large vehicles with four or more axles or a gross weight exceeding 10,000 pounds from using the far left lane on a roadway that has three or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction with a certain posted maximum speed limit; and providing for the application of the Act.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring Systems - School Zones - Hours and Days of Operation [HB-1613]
Repealing a requirement that a speed monitoring system in a school zone may operate only Monday through Friday between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Exemptions - Vehicles With Low Annual Mileage [HB-1215]
Decreasing from 5,000 to 2,500 the maximum number of miles a motor vehicle may be driven annually in order to be exempt from mandatory inspection and testing requirements; repealing the requirement that, in order for a vehicle that is driven 2,500 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; and exempting certain vehicles from certain inspection and testing requirements under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties [HB-1459]
Prohibiting a person from causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable individual as a result of the person operating a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner or in violation of any other rules of the road provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law; establishing that a person convicted of a violation of the Act may be fined up to $2,000 and must appear in court and may not prepay the fine; establishing additional penalties of participation in a motor vehicle safety course and up to 150 hours of community service; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Reckless and Negligent Driving - Death of Another - Must-Appear Violation [HB-1186]
Providing that a person charged with reckless or negligent driving that contributes to an accident that results in the death of another person must appear in court and may not prepay the fine.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Child Care Centers [HB-1180]
Authorizing the placement and use of speed monitoring systems within a one-half mile radius of a child care center under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Operation When Approaching Stopped, Standing, or Parked Vehicles [HB-1305]
Extending to all vehicles displaying certain warning lights or warning lamps the application of a requirement to make a certain lane change or slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for certain conditions when approaching certain stopped, standing, or parked vehicles from the rear.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol - Subsequent Offenders - Mandatory Ignition Interlock [HB-1320]
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 to order the person to install an ignition interlock system on the person's vehicle as a sentence, part of a sentence, or 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 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles, EPAMDs, or Motor Scooters [HB-1263]
Authorizing the driver of a vehicle to drive on the left side of the roadway in a no-passing zone to overtake and pass at a safe distance a pedestrian, a bicycle, an electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD), or a motor scooter traveling in the same direction if the vehicle is driven in accordance with certain provisions of law and the driver reasonably believes, based on certain conditions, that the adjustment does not endanger, impede, or interfere with another pedestrian or vehicle; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Drugged Driving - Controlled Dangerous Substance Testing - Authorized Police Officers [HB-1334]
Authorizing a police officer who has successfully completed a program of training in advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement to request, require, or direct that a person take a test for drug or controlled dangerous substance content under certain circumstances; repealing the authorization for a police officer who is a trainee, or is in a program of training, for certification as a drug recognition expert to request, require, or direct that a person take a test for drug or controlled dangerous substance content; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Driving in Right-Hand Lanes [HB-1262]
Requiring the driver of a vehicle traveling slower than the general speed of traffic on certain highways to drive the vehicle in the right-hand lanes under certain circumstances; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to include certain information in the State's driver education curriculum; requiring the State Highway Administration to inform drivers of certain requirements by posting certain signage and providing certain notice in a certain manner; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Worcester County - Special Event Zones - Prohibitions [HB-1493]
Prohibiting a person from engaging in exhibition driving within a special event zone in Worcester County; prohibiting a person from committing certain violations of the Maryland Vehicle Law within a special event zone in Worcester County; defining the term "exhibition driving" to include the operation of a vehicle in a manner that produces abrupt acceleration or deceleration, skidding, swerving, raucous engine noise, gear grinding, or wheels losing contact with the ground; establishing certain penalties for violations of the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Pedestrian Safety [HB-1184]
Requiring the driver of a vehicle to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian; requiring the driver of a vehicle to maintain a passing distance of not less than 3 feet when overtaking pedestrians, unless a passing clearance of less than 3 feet is caused solely by the pedestrian, or unless the highway on which the vehicle is being driven is not wide enough to lawfully pass a pedestrian at a distance of at least 3 feet; prohibiting a person from throwing any object at or in the direction of any pedestrian; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Calvert County - Speed Limits - Establishment [HB-1060]
Authorizing Calvert County to decrease the maximum speed limit to not less than 15 miles per hour on certain highways in the Solomons Island area without performing an engineering and traffic investigation, regardless of whether the highway is inside an urban district.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Military Surplus Vehicles - Registration and Operation [HB-1148]
Establishing certain standards and procedures for the registration of military surplus vehicles; establishing a one-time registration fee of $51 for military surplus vehicles; authorizing and prohibiting certain uses for military surplus vehicles; requiring an applicant for the registration of a military surplus vehicle to provide certain proof that the vehicle has passed a certain safety inspection; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Military Surplus Vehicles - Registration and Operation [HB-1148]
Establishing certain standards and procedures for the registration of military surplus vehicles; establishing a one-time registration fee of $51 for military surplus vehicles; authorizing and prohibiting certain uses for military surplus vehicles; requiring an applicant for the registration of a military surplus vehicle to provide certain proof that the vehicle has passed a certain safety inspection; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Talbot County – Speed Monitoring Systems – Intersection of Maryland Route 333 (Oxford Road) and Bonfield Avenue [HB-1132]
Authorizing the placement and use of a speed monitoring system at the intersection of Maryland Route 333 (Oxford Road) and Bonfield Avenue in Talbot County, subject to certain placement and signage requirements.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Violations Involving Pedestrians or Bicyclists - Penalties (Pedestrian Safety Act of 2020) [HB-973]
Establishing certain minimum fines for certain traffic violations relating to the driver of a vehicle failing to stop or yield to certain pedestrian and bicycle traffic; altering the source of funds for the Pedestrian Safety Fund; and requiring the Secretary of Transportation, in administering the Fund, to prioritize enhancing the safety and quality of pedestrian and bicycle transportation near schools and school bus stops.