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§ 21-1407. Stopping, standing, or parking vehicle on vehicular crossing or highway prohibited

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: July 1, 2010

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation
Title 21. Vehicle Laws--Rules of the Road (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 14. Operation of Vehicles on Certain Toll Facilities (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2010
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-1407
§ 21-1407. Stopping, standing, or parking vehicle on vehicular crossing or highway prohibited
Currentness
In general
(a) The driver of a vehicle may not stop, stand, or park the vehicle on any Authority highway, except:
(1) If necessary to avoid injury or damage to any person or property;
(2) In compliance with the lawful direction of an authorized employee of the Authority highway;
(3) At a designated area for the transaction of business at an Administration building; or
(4) If the vehicle is disabled or involved in an accident, in which case the vehicle shall be moved, if possible:
(i) To the shoulder of the roadway;
(ii) Adjacent to the emergency walkway on a bridge; or
(iii) As otherwise directed by a patrol officer.
Regulations relating to removal of unattended vehicles
(b) Notwithstanding § 25-201(b) of this article, the Maryland Transportation Authority may adopt regulations governing the removal of vehicles left unattended for 12 or more hours on any Authority highway.

Credits

Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1998, c. 502, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 2010, c. 448, § 1, eff. July 1, 2010.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 11-1115.
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-1407, MD TRANS § 21-1407
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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