LICENSES. 765
operator of a vehicle entering a highway so designated shall yield the right
of way to all vehicles approaching on such highway, provided that at the
intersection of two highways so designated, all vehicles shall have the
right of way over other vehicles approaching on the intersecting highway
from the left and shall give right of way to those approaching from the
right; provided, however, that within the limits of Baltimore City, the
designation and marking of such main traveled or through highways shall
be made by the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City.
No ordinance, rule or regulation of any municipality or county shall
change or abrogate in any way these provisions of the General Law with
reference to right of way, even though any such ordinance be an attempted
exercise of the Police Power delegated to such municipality or county.
The operator of a vehicle about to stop or turn to the left shall give a
signal to those behind by extending or raising the hand, or by a suitable
mechanical device.
No vehicle of any kind or description shall be parked with any of the1
wheels thereof on the paved or improved part of any public highway of
this State, outside of the corporate limits of any municipality, at or near
the top of any hill, nor near, on, or within any curve, where the view to the
front or rear for the entire width of the improved part of said highway is
obstructed within a distance of two hundred feet in either of said direc-
tions nor shall any vehicle of any kind be parked on the improved or paved
portion of any State or State aided road, outside of the corporate limits
of any municipality, unless there is a clearance of at least twelve feet of
improved or paved highway on the left side of said vehicle for the free and
unobstructed passage of other vehicles on said road; provided there is an
adequate shoulder or space on the right side of said road for vehicles to
park in safety. But this provision shall not preclude any vehicle from
stopping for such length of time as may be necessary to load or unload
freight or to discharge of take on passengers or to construct or repair the
line or works of any public service corporation located along said road;
nor in case any such vehicle shall have become disabled, in which event,
however, it shall be removed as soon as it may be reasonably possible
to do so.
Unless parking space in some other portion of the street or highway is
provided by State or municipal authority, all vehicles not in motion shall
stand with their right side as near the right-hand side of the highway as
practicable, except in city streets or on roads where traffic is permitted to
move in one direction only, in which case they shall stand with their right
side as near as practicable to the right-hand side, or their left side as near
as practicable to the left-hand side, of said street or road.
All vehicles carrying poles or other objects which project more than
five feet from the rear end of such vehicles shall, during the period of from
one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, carry a red light
at or near the end of the pole or other object so projecting. During the
period of from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset,
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