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§ 21-705. Vehicles emerging and entering alleys, driveways, or buildings

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportation

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation
Title 21. Vehicle Laws--Rules of the Road (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 7. Special Stops Required (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-705
§ 21-705. Vehicles emerging and entering alleys, driveways, or buildings
Stop required before driving onto sidewalk or sidewalk area
(a) The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, or building shall stop immediately before driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area that extends across the alley, driveway, or building exit.
Yield right-of-way to pedestrians
(b) The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, or building shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian.
Yield right-of-way to other vehicles
(c) The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, or building shall on entering the roadway, yield the right-of-way to any other vehicle approaching on the roadway.
Vehicles entering alleys, driveways, or buildings yield right-of-way to pedestrians
(d) The driver of a vehicle entering an alley, driveway, or building shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian.

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Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 472, § 1.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, §§ 11-705, 11-705.1.
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-705, MD TRANS § 21-705
Current with all legislation from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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