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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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ONLY WHILE ON ROUTE TO OR AT THE SCENE OF AN EMERGENCY,
AND THEIR USE DOES NOT RELIEVE AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE FROM
OTHERWISE GIVING AN AUDIBLE WARNING AS REQUIRED ELSEWHERE
IN THE MARYLAND VEHICLE LAW.
(6) THE YELLOW OR AMBER LIGHTS OR SIGNAL
DEVICES PERMITTED ON VEHICLES UNDER PARAGRAPH (4) OF
THIS SUBSECTION MAY BE FLASHED OR OSCILLATED OR OTHERWISE
USED ONLY IN THE COURSE OF OFFICIAL DUTIES, TO INDICATE
TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE VEHICLE IS A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE
OR OTHERWISE IS IMPEDING TRAFFIC.
(7) IN ADDITION TO THE PENALTIES PROVIDED IN
TITLE 27 OF THIS ARTICLE, ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF A
VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION MAY HAVE HIS DRIVING
PRIVILEGES SUSPENDED FOR A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS, AND THE
REGISTRATION OF THE VEHICLE MAY BE SUSPENDED FOR A PERIOD
OF 30 DAYS, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE
MAY NOT BE THE OPERATOR AT THE TIME OF THE OFFENSE,
UNLESS THE OWNER PROVES TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT HE HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE USE OR
DISPLAY OF A LIGHT OR SIGNAL DEVICE AND COULD NOT PREVENT
THE VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.
(D) POLICE VEHICLE USED AS AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY
VEHICLE.
A POLICE VEHICLE WHEN USED AS AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE
MAY, BUT NEED NOT BE, EQUIPPED WITH THE FLASHING RED
AND/OR BLUE LIGHTS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION.
(E) FLASHING LIGHTING NOT TO BE USED EXCEPT AS
AUTHORIZED.
THE FLASHING LIGHTING DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTIONS (B)
AND (C) OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT BE USED ON ANY VEHICLE
OTHER THAN AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE, SERVICE VEHICLE, OR
SCHOOL VEHICLE.
(F) DRIVERS TO YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY AND STOP.
THE USE OF THE SIGNAL EQUIPMENT DESCRIBED IN THIS
SECTION IMPOSES ON DRIVERS OF OTHER VEHICLES THE
OBLIGATION TO YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND STOP AS REQUIRED
IN TITLE 21 OF THIS ARTICLE.
(G) FLASHING GREEN LIGHTS ON TAXICABS.
ON TAXICABS, THE FLASHING GREEN LIGHTS KNOWN AS
EMERGENCY HOLD-UP LIGHTS MAY BE MOUNTED ON THE ROOF OR
OUTSIDE REAR AND FRONT OF THE VEHICLE.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66 1/2, §12-218.
Except for minimal changes in style and
nomenclature, this section has not been
revised; see General Revisor's Note to this
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