Motor Vehicle Operation
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Motorcycles - Overtaking and Passing Vehicles [HB-920]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt certain guidelines for the operation of a motorcycle on a roadway that is divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic; and repealing certain provisions of law that prohibit an operator of a motorcycle on certain roadways from overtaking and passing in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken and from operating a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.
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Vehicle Laws - Personal Delivery Devices - Standards and Requirements [SB-874]
Establishing an exception to motor vehicle registration requirements for personal delivery devices; authorizing a personal delivery device to operate on any highway, sidewalk, or crosswalk in the State; prohibiting a personal delivery device from being operated in certain manners; creating certain marking, equipment, and insurance requirements for personal delivery devices operated on highways, sidewalks, or crosswalks; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Worcester County - Special Event Zones - Prohibitions [SB-878]
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 "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
Drunk Driving Offenses - Ignition Interlock System Program [SB-870]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to require certain persons who are convicted of, or granted certain probation for, certain criminal offenses to participate in the Ignition Interlock System Program for certain periods of time.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Violations Involving Pedestrians or Bicyclists - Penalties (Pedestrian Safety Act of 2020) [SB-815]
Establishing minimum fines of $150 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.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Speed Monitoring Systems - Interstate 83 [SB-855]
Authorizing the placement and use of a speed monitoring system on Interstate 83 in Baltimore City.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Distracted Driving Monitoring Systems - Authorization [SB-819]
Authorizing certain agencies to place distracted driver monitoring systems on certain highways under certain circumstances; requiring that a recorded image made by a distracted driver monitoring system include two or more photographs, microphotographs, or electronic images or videotape, or other medium as well as clear identification of the registration plate number; providing that the owner or driver of a motor vehicle recorded committing a certain violation is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring Systems - School Zones - Hours and Days of Operation [SB-976]
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
Speed Monitoring Systems - School Zones - Hours and Days of Operation [SB-976]
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 Laws - Registration Plate Frames and Borders - Enforcement [SB-859]
Providing for enforcement only as a secondary offense for a violation of the requirement to maintain vehicle registration plates to be free from foreign material and to be clearly legible.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Baltimore City – Speed Limits – Establishment [SB-854]
Authorizing Baltimore City to establish the maximum speed limit on a highway under its jurisdiction without performing an engineering and traffic study.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Low Speed Electric Vehicles - Use by Municipalities [SB-750]
Establishing an exception under certain circumstances for low speed electric vehicles to the vehicle registration requirement; authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a permit to a municipality that authorizes the municipality to operate on a highway up to four low speed electric vehicles; authorizing a municipality to apply for a permit; requiring a permit applicant to state certain information; establishing certain operating requirements for a municipal low speed electric vehicle; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Montgomery County - Distracted Driving Monitoring Systems - Authorization MC 24-20 [HB-875]
Authorizing a law enforcement agency in Montgomery County to place distracted driver monitoring systems on highways located in Montgomery County, if authorized by the governing body of Montgomery County; requiring that a recorded image made by a distracted driver monitoring system include an image of the vehicle, the license plates, and the time, date, and location of the violation; providing that the driver of a motor vehicle recorded committing a certain violation is subject to a certain civil penalty of up to $500; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Driver’s License Suspensions – Failure to Satisfy Judgment – Penalties and Assessment of Points [SB-709]
Altering the assessment of points and penalties associated with driving a motor vehicle while the person's driver's license or privilege to drive is suspended for failure to satisfy a certain judgment.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Canceled, Revoked, and Suspended Driver's Licenses - Penalties [HB-884]
Altering the penalties for a person who displays a canceled, revoked, or suspended driver's license, and for a person who violates the prohibition against driving a motor vehicle while the person's driver's license or privilege to drive is suspended for failure to satisfy a motor vehicle judgment.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Expungement of Conviction - Driving While Privilege Is Canceled, Suspended, Refused, or Revoked [SB-687]
Authorizing a person to file a certain petition for expungement if the person is convicted of a certain misdemeanor involving driving while the person's license or privilege to drive is canceled, suspended, refused, or revoked.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road - Lane Changes [HB-702]
Altering the circumstances under which a driver may move out of or into a lane by authorizing the move when the driver has reasonably determined it is safe to do so and activated the appropriate turn signal; 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 certain manner, subject to a certain exception; providing that a violation of the Act is not a moving violation for the purpose of assessing points; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties [HB-721]
Prohibiting an individual from causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable individual as a result of the individual operating a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner or in violation of any provision of the Maryland Vehicle Law; defining "vulnerable individual" as a pedestrian, including certain workers and emergency services personnel, an individual walking an animal, or an individual lawfully operating certain modes of transport; establishing certain financial penalties and including community service; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Use of State or Local Highways - Prohibition or Restriction by Local Authority [HB-688]
Authorizing a local authority, by resolution, to prohibit, or restrict to local traffic, the operation of vehicles on certain State or local highways if the local authority determines that the highway is congested to the point that local traffic and emergency vehicles are unable to navigate the area's highway network; authorizing a local authority to use certain devices or strategies in imposing a prohibition or restriction on highway use; prohibiting a person from driving on a highway in violation of the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties [SB-512]
Prohibiting an individual from causing the serious physical injury or death of a vulnerable individual as a result of the individual operating a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner or in violation of any provision of the Maryland Vehicle Law; defining "vulnerable individual" as a pedestrian, including certain workers and emergency services personnel, an individual walking an animal, or an individual lawfully operating certain modes of transport; establishing certain penalties, including community service; etc.