MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

2219

MARYLAND, That Sections 1-104, 11-1103, and 11-1202
through 11—1206, inclusive, of Article 66 1/2 — Vehicle
Laws, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement
Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and they are hereby
repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

Article 66 1/2 — Vehicle Laws

1-104.

(A) Bicycle means [every device] A VEHICLE
propelled EXCLUSIVELY by human power [upon which any
person may ride], having two [tandem] OR THREE wheels
[either] of which ONE is more than 14 inches in
diameter[.], HAVING A REAR DRIVE, AND WITH WHEEL
CONFIGURATION AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

TWO WHEELS - IN TANDEM

(2) THREE WHEELS - SINGLE FRONT WHEEL WITH TWO
REAR WHEELS ON A HORIZONTAL AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE
LONGITUDINAL PLANE OF THE FRONT WHEEL AND SPACED
EQUIDISTANT FROM THE FRONT WHEEL CENTERLINE.

(B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, A TWO OR
THREE WHEELED VEHICLE PROPELLED EXCLUSIVELY BY HUMAN
POWER AND NOT DEFINED AS A BICYCLE IN SUBSECTION (A) OF
THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSIDERED A "PLAY VEHICLE".

11-1103.

No person shall drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or
sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized
temporary driveway. HOWEVER, BICYCLES, PLAY VEHICLES AND
UNICYCLES MAY BE RIDDEN UPON A SIDEWALK OR SIDEWALK AREA
[[EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED]] WHERE PERMITTED BY LOCAL
ORDINANCE.

11-1202.

Every person riding a bicycle [upon a roadway] IN A
PUBLIC BICYCLE AREA shall be granted all of the rights
and subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver
of a vehicle by this subtitle, including the duties set
forth in Section 11—504 of this subtitle, except as to
special regulations in this part and except as to those
provisions of this article which by their nature can have
no application.

11-1203.

(a) [A] NO person propelling a bicycle shall [not]
ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular