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§ 21-1210. Wearing headset while operating bicycle, EPAMD, or motor scooter prohibited

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportation

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation
Title 21. Vehicle Laws--Rules of the Road (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 12. Operation of Bicycles and Play Vehicles (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-1210
§ 21-1210. Wearing headset while operating bicycle, EPAMD, or motor scooter prohibited
Currentness
Headsets covering both ears
(a) A person may not operate a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter on any highway, or on any roadway, while the person is wearing any headset covering both ears.
Earplugs in both ears
(b) A person may not operate a bicycle, an EPAMD, or a motor scooter on any highway, or on any roadway, while the person is wearing any earplugs in both ears.
Application of section
(c) The provisions of this section do not apply to:
(1) Any person wearing personal hearing protectors in the form of custom earplugs or molds that are designed to attenuate injurious noise levels, if the custom plugs or molds are designed in such a manner as to not inhibit the wearer's ability to hear a siren or horn from an emergency vehicle or a horn from another vehicle;
(2) Any person wearing a prosthetic device used to aid the hard of hearing; or
(3) Any person operating a bicycle on a public bicycle pathway expressly authorized for the use of persons operating bicycles.

Credits

Added by Acts 1984, c. 730, § 2. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 396, § 1; Acts 1986, c. 472, § 1; Acts 2001, c. 557, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2002, c. 546, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2002.
MD Code, Transportation, § 21-1210, MD TRANS § 21-1210
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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