2908                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [Ch. 868

(1970 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)
BY adding to

Article 66 1/2 - Vehicle Laws

Section 1-164.1., 3-401.2, 11-1206.1, and 11-1206.2

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1970 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF 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repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as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

(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 BE 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
WHERE PERMITTED BY LOCAL ORDINANCE.

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