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Session Laws, 1939
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820 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 377

ing on such highway, provided that at the intersection of
two highways so designated, all vehicles shall have the
right of way over other vehicles, including bicycles, ap-
proaching 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 Balti-
more City, the designation and marking of such main trav-
eled so through the 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 pro-
visions 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 the 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 directions 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 clear-
ance 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 or 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 re-
moved 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


 

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