WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 179

CHAPTER 179
(Senate Bill 445)

AN ACT concerning

Blind or, Deaf, or Mobility Impaired Pedestrians - Right-of-Way Assessment of Points

Penalties

FOR the purpose of altering the number of points that the Motor Vehicle Administration
is required to assess against an individual convicted of certain motor vehicle
violations related to the failure to yield the right of way to blind or deaf
pedestrians; increasing the number of points required to be assessed for second or
subsequent convictions of failing to yield the right of way to certain blind or deaf
pedestrians; requiring a driver of a vehicle to yield the right-of-way to a mobility
impaired individual using certain mobility-assisted devices under certain
circumstances; establishing a certain penalty; and clarifying the provision requiring
a vehicle to yield the right-of-way to certain blind or partially blind pedestrians;
and generally relating to the points assessed penalties for motor vehicle violations.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 16 402 and 21-511(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 27-101(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

16-402.

(a) After the conviction of an individual for a violation of Article 27, § 388 or §
388A of the Code, or of the vehicle laws or regulations of this State or of any local
authority, points shall be assessed against the individual as of the date of violation and as
follows:

(1) Any moving violation not listed below and not contributing to an
accident.........................................................................................................................1 point

(2) Following another vehicle too closely............................................2 points

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