Traffic Regulation
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Race-Based Traffic Stops - Policy and Reporting Requirements [SB-413]
Requiring that specified law enforcement officers record specified information pertaining to traffic stops; requiring specified law enforcement agencies to report specified information to the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center; requiring the Police Training Commission to develop a specified format and guidelines and a standardized format for the reporting of specified data; requiring the Police Training Commission to develop a specified model policy; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.
Spread the world
Gettr Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Traffic Safety [SB-410]
Adding Baltimore City to the list of local authorities that under specified circumstances may impose specified restrictions on vehicles passing over a bridge or culvert under the jurisdictions of the local authorities without the approval of the State Highway Administration.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Bicycle and Pedestrian Priority Areas [SB-371]
Requiring the State Highway Administration, under specified circumstances, to make a determination on whether to designate specified areas as bicycle and pedestrian priority areas by specified dates; clarifying that the Administration and a local government each must make a specified designation before a specified plan is required to be implemented; etc.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Obstruction Hanging From Rearview Mirror - Enforcement [SB-316]
Providing for enforcement only as a secondary offense for a violation of the prohibition under specified circumstances against a person driving a vehicle on a highway with any object, material, or obstruction hanging from the rearview mirror that interferes with the clear view of the driver through the windshield.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Warrantless Arrests - Assault on Baltimore City Special Enforcement Officer [SB-169]
Expanding the authority of a police officer without a warrant to arrest a person suspected of committing a specified assault against a specified Baltimore City special parking enforcement officer or special traffic enforcement officer engaged in the performance of the officer's official duties.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring Systems - Local Designees - Approval [SB-132]
Making a local jurisdiction's designation of an official or employee to investigate and respond to questions or concerns about the local jurisdiction's speed monitoring system program subject to the approval of the governing body of the local jurisdiction.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Safety - Motorcycle Profiling - Training [HB-918]
Requiring the Police Training Commission to require a specified statement condemning motorcycle profiling to be included in existing written policies regarding other profiling; requiring the Commission to include in specified curriculum and courses of study training on motorcycle profiling in conjunction with existing training regarding other profiling; and defining the term "motorcycle profiling".
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Checkpoints - Prohibition on Targeting Motorcycles [HB-917]
Prohibiting a police officer at a motor vehicle checkpoint from targeting only motorcycles for inspection or evaluation; creating a specified exception to the prohibition for a police officer at a motor vehicle checkpoint established as part of a police search or investigation; providing for the construction of a provision of law governing obedience to a lawful order or direction of a police officer; etc.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road - Lane Changes [HB-818]
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; and 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.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Intercounty Connector - Maximum Speed Limit [HB-814]
Increasing to 65 miles an hour the maximum speed limit on the Intercounty Connector.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Operation of Vehicle When Approaching a Service Vehicle [HB-808]
Requiring drivers approaching a service vehicle 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 change lanes into an available lane not immediately adjacent to the service vehicle under specified circumstances or to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for existing weather, road, and vehicular or pedestrian traffic conditions.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Evidence - Conviction for Traffic Offense - Admissibility in Civil Proceeding [HB-680]
Providing that evidence of a conviction for a traffic offense may be admitted as evidence in a civil proceeding to prove specified facts under specified circumstances; requiring the trier of fact to determine the weight to be accorded evidence of a conviction for a traffic offense that is admitted as evidence under the Act; and providing for the prospective application of the Act.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Prince George's County - Motorcycle Operators - Penalties for Speed Violations PG 311-15 [HB-609]
Increasing the penalty from $500 to $1,000 for a person who is convicted of committing a speed violation while operating a motorcycle that is exceeding the speed limit by 40 miles per hour or greater in Prince George's County.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Passing Bicycles, Personal Mobility Devices, or Motor Scooters [HB-588]
Requiring that when overtaking a bicycle, an electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD), or a motor scooter, the driver of a vehicle is required to pass at a safe speed; and repealing a specified exception to a specified requirement that a driver overtake and pass a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter in a specified manner that applies when a highway lacks sufficient width.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Evaluation of Urban Highways - Classifications and Speed Limits [HB-539]
Requiring the State Highway Administration to evaluate the classifications of and speed limits for specified urban State highways; requiring the Administration to review development activity along specified State highways for classification purposes and assess each highway segment for which the classification is updated to determine if the speed limit should be altered; requiring the Administration to complete the evaluation on or before January 1, 2019; etc.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Traffic Safety [HB-506]
Adding Baltimore City to the list of local authorities that under specified circumstances may impose specified restrictions on vehicles passing over a bridge or culvert under the jurisdictions of the local authorities without the approval of the State Highway Administration.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
School Bus Monitoring Cameras - Civil Penalty [HB-471]
Increasing the maximum civil penalty from $250 to not more than $500 that the District Court may prescribe for a violation recorded by a school bus monitoring camera
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Highway Administration - Bicycle and Pedestrian Priority Areas [HB-450]
Requiring the State Highway Administration, under specified circumstances, to make a determination on whether to designate specified areas as bicycle and pedestrian priority areas by specified dates; clarifying that the Administration and a local government each must make a specified designation before a specified plan is required to be implemented; etc.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Traffic Control Signal Monitoring Systems - Application to Right Turns [HB-410]
Establishing that specified provisions of law authorizing the issuance of a civil citation for specified red signal-related traffic offenses do not apply to a violation in which a motor vehicle makes a right turn under specified circumstances.
Spread the world
Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Race-Based Traffic Stops - Policy and Reporting Requirements [HB-339]
Requiring that specified law enforcement officers record specified information pertaining to traffic stops; requiring specified law enforcement agencies to report specified information to the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center; requiring the Police Training Commission to develop a specified format and guidelines and a standardized format for the reporting of specified data; requiring the Police Training Commission to develop a specified model policy; providing for the termination of the Act; etc.