832 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 382

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; pro-
vided 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, how-
ever, 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 sun-
set 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, such vehicles shall carry a
red flag at or near the end of the pole or other object so
projecting.

All pedestrians shall have the right of way at street
crossings in the towns and cities of this State, except where
traffic is controlled at such crossings by traffic officers.
Between street crossings in such towns and cities, vehi-
cles shall have the right of way.

Any person operating any vehicle in a manner contrary
to any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, subject to a
fine of not less than five dollars ($5. 00) nor more than
fifty dollars ($50. 00) for the first offense.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect on June 1st, 1939.

Approved May 17, 1939.