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Ch. 14
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1064
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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MANUFACTURER AS SNOW TIRES;
(2) ARE APPROVED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR AS
MEETING THE STANDARDS OF EFFECTIVENESS REQUIRED OF
NORMALLY DESIGNATED SNOW TIRES; OR
(3) HAVE ANTISKID PATTERNS CUT INTO THE
TREADED SURFACES TO FORM BARS, BUTTONS, OR BLOCKS
SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO GIVE EFFECTIVE TRACTION ON SNOW OR
ICE-COVERED HIGHWAYS.
(B) DESIGNATION OF SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTES.
SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNING BODY
OF THE COUNTY AFFECTED, THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
MAY DESIGNATE, AS IT CONSIDERS APPROPRIATE, ANY STATE
HIGHWAY, AS DEFINED IN §8-101 OF THIS ARTICLE, AS A "SNOW
EMERGENCY ROUTE". WHEN A HIGHWAY IS SO DESIGNATED,
APPROPRIATE SIGNS INDICATING THIS DESIGNATION SHALL BE
PLACED ALONG THE HIGHWAY.
(C) DECLARATION OF SNOW EMERGENCY.
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE OR HIS
REPRESENTATIVE MAY DECLARE A SNOW EMERGENCY FOR ALL SNOW
EMERGENCY ROUTES AS A WHOLE OR FOR ANY ONE OR MORE SNOW
EMERGENCY ROUTES, AS HE CONSIDERS NECESSARY. THE SNOW
EMERGENCY SHALL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE
SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE DECLARES IT TO BE NO
LONGER NECESSARY.
(D) TRAVEL ON SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTES.
A PERSON MAY NOT DRIVE OR ATTEMPT TO DRIVE A VEHICLE
MOTOR VEHICLE, OTHER THAN A MOTORCYCLE, ON ANY HIGHWAY
THAT IS DESIGNATED AND APPROPRIATELY SIGNPOSTED AS A SNOW
EMERGENCY ROUTE AND FOR WHICH A SNOW EMERGENCY HAS BEEN
DECLARED AND IS IN EFFECT UNLESS:
(1) THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH CHAINS; OR
(2) BOTH DRIVING WHEELS ARE EQUIPPED WITH
SNOW TIRES, UNLESS THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH CHAINS OR
SNOW TIRES ON AT LEAST ONE WHEEL AT EACH END OF A DRIVING
AXLE.
(E) PARKING ON SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTES.
A PERSON MAY NOT PARK A VEHICLE ON ANY HIGHWAY
THAT IS DESIGNATED AND APPROPRIATELY SIGNPOSTED AS A SNOW
EMERGENCY ROUTE AND FOR WHICH A SNOW EMERGENCY HAS BEEN
DECLARED AND IS IN EFFECT. THE STATE POLICE OR THE
POLICE OF ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE MAY
HAVE ANY VEHICLE PARKED IN VIOLATION OF THIS SUBSECTION
TOWED FROM THE HIGHWAY.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language that
combines Art. 66 1/2, §11-1119 and Art. 89B,
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