Traffic Regulation
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Speed Monitoring Systems - School Zones - Days of Operation [HB-469]
Altering the permissible days for the operation of a speed monitoring system in a school zone to establish that the speed monitoring system may operate only on days when the school for which the school zone has been established is scheduled to be in session.
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Vehicle Laws - Operation of Vehicle When Approaching a Tow Truck [HB-436]
Requiring drivers approaching properly registered tow trucks that are 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 tow truck 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.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Assault on Baltimore City Special Enforcement Officer - Prohibition [HB-312]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally causing physical injury to another if the person knows or has reason to know that the other is a specified Baltimore City special parking enforcement officer or special traffic enforcement officer engaged in the performance of the officer's official duties; and establishing penalties for a violation of the Act.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Maximum Speed Limits - Interstate 68 [HB-252]
Establishing that the maximum speed limit on Interstate 68 may be up to 70 miles an hour.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Road Rage Reduction Act of 2014 [HB-247]
Providing that on a roadway that has two or more lanes for traffic moving in the same direction, when safe and practicable, the driver of a vehicle being overtaken in the far left lane shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle unless the vehicle is preparing for a left turn or the vehicle is in a high occupancy vehicle lane under specified circumstances; and requiring the State Highway Administration to erect specified signs, at specified intervals, along specified roadways.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Overtaking and Passing Bicycles, Personal Mobility Devices, or Motor Scooters [HB-241]
Authorizing a driver of a vehicle to drive across the left side of a roadway in a no-passing zone, if it is safe to do so, while overtaking and passing a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter; and repealing an exception that applies under specified circumstances to the requirement that a driver of a vehicle, when overtaking a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter, pass safely at a specified minimum distance.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
District Court Electronic Citation Fund and Fee [HB-201]
Increasing court costs in District Court traffic and criminal cases from $22.50 to $27.50; requiring the Comptroller to pay annually from court costs in District Court traffic and criminal cases $3 per case into the District Court Electronic Citation Fund; requiring the Comptroller to pay from court costs in District Court traffic and criminal cases $2 per case to the arresting law enforcement agency for a specified purpose; establishing the District Court Electronic Citation Fund; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Hours of Operation [HB-1425]
Establishing that, in Baltimore City, a work zone speed control system may be used only while work is being performed in the work zone or during the 1-hour periods before work begins and after work ends in the work zone; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Hours of Operation [HB-1396]
Establishing that a work zone speed control system may be used only while work is being performed in the work zone or during the 1-hour period before work begins and after work ends in the work zone.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Warning [HB-1360]
Requiring a specified agency to mail a warning notice instead of a citation for a first violation by the owner or driver of a vehicle recorded by a speed monitoring system in the local jurisdiction.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring Systems - Quarterly Audits [HB-1288]
Requiring a local jurisdiction to obtain a quarterly audit of its speed monitoring systems conducted by a qualified independent person; requiring the results of the audit to be kept on file and admitted as evidence in a specified proceeding.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Law Enforcement Procedures - Traffic Stops and Safety Checkpoints [HB-1227]
Requiring a law enforcement officer to provide or recite a specified statement of rights to an individual detained at a traffic stop before the law enforcement officer searches the individual or the property or vehicle of the individual; prohibiting a law enforcement officer from posting or displaying a deceptive, materially false, or misleading sign concerning a safety checkpoint on a highway; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road - Authorized Turns on Red After Yielding [HB-1125]
Creating an exception for specified authorized turns to the requirement that vehicular traffic facing a steady circular red signal stop at the near side of the intersection at specified points; and authorizing vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal to cautiously enter the intersection and make a right turn after yielding to any traffic coming from the left or a left turn from a one-way street onto another one-way street after yielding to any traffic coming from the right.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Intercounty Connector - Maximum Speed Limit [HB-1111]
Increasing to 65 miles an hour the maximum speed limit on the Intercounty Connector.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Vehicle Laws - Stopping, Standing, and Parking [HB-1103]
Authorizing Baltimore City to enact an ordinance that allows a person to stop, stand, or park a vehicle on specified sidewalks if Baltimore City makes specified determinations; and requiring Baltimore City to consider specified factors in enacting an ordinance under the Act.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces [HB-1020]
Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in electric drive vehicle connected for recharging purposes in a parking space that is designated in a specified manner for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles and provides access to a plug-in vehicle recharging station; establishing standards for signage designating reserved parking for specified plug-in vehicles; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Speed Monitoring and Work Zone Speed Control Systems - Repeal [SB-785]
Repealing the authority of counties and municipalities in the State to use speed monitoring systems to enforce highway speed laws; repealing the authority to use work zone speed control systems to enforce highway speed laws within work zones; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicles Laws - Emergency Vehicles - Motorcades and Escorts [SB-621]
Authorizing the driver of specified emergency vehicles to exercise specified privileges while performing motorcade or escort duties; authorizing specified emergency vehicles to travel through any jurisdiction in the State as necessary to perform and return from motorcade or escort duty; requiring a jurisdiction that employs a driver who travels through another jurisdiction while performing or returning from motorcade or escort duty to provide specified notice to the other jurisdiction; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Electric Vehicles [SB-600]
Altering and harmonizing variations of the defined term "plug-in electric drive vehicle" as that term applies to planning by a utility for the availability and reliability of electric supply, excise tax credits, and exemptions allowing the use of high occupancy vehicle lanes regardless of the number of passengers; extending the termination date for the exemption allowing the use of high occupancy vehicle lanes by plug-in electric drive vehicles regardless of the number of passengers; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Unregistered Emergency Vehicles - Operating on Highways [SB-566]
Providing that the Maryland Vehicle Law does not preclude a local authority from authorizing an emergency vehicle not subject to registration to operate on a highway under its jurisdiction while performing an emergency service.