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LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 14
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(1) THERE SHALL BE AN UPPERMOST DISTRIBUTION
OF LIGHT, OR COMPOSITE BEAM, SO AIMED AND OF INTENSITY TO
REVEAL PERSONS AND VEHICLES AT A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST 450
FEET AHEAD FOR ALL CONDITIONS OF LOADING;
(2) THERE SHALL BE A LOWERMOST DISTRIBUTION
OF LIGHT, OR COMPOSITE BEAM, SO AIMED AND OF SUFFICIENT
INTENSITY TO REVEAL PERSONS AND VEHICLES AT A DISTANCE OF
AT LEAST 150 FEET AHEAD; AND
(3) ON A STRAIGHT LEVEL ROAD UNDER ANY
CONDITION OF LOADING, NONE OF THE HIGH-INTENSITY PORTION
OF THE BEAM MAY BE DIRECTED TO STRIKE THE EYES OF AN
APPROACHING DRIVER.
(B) BEAM INDICATOR.
EVERY NEW MOTOR VEHICLE, OTHER THAN A MOTORCYCLE,
REGISTERED IN THIS STATE AFTER JANUARY 1, 1955, WHICH HAS
MULTIPLE-BEAM ROAD-LIGHTING EQUIPMENT SHALL BE EQUIPPED
WITH A BEAM INDICATOR, WHICH SHALL BE LIGHTED WHENEVER
THE UPPERMOST DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT FROM THE HEAD LAMPS
IS IN USE, AND MAY NOT OTHERWISE BE LIGHTED. THE
INDICATOR SHALL BE SO DESIGNED AND LOCATED THAT, WHEN
LIGHTED, IT WILL BE READILY VISIBLE WITHOUT GLARE TO THE
DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE SO EQUIPPED.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66 1/2, §12-222.
Except for minimal changes in style and
nomenclature, this section has not been
revised; see General Revisor's Note to this
title.
22-223. USE OF MULTIPLE-BEAM ROAD-LIGHTING EQUIPMENT.
(A) IN GENERAL.
WHENEVER A MOTOR VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN ON A
ROADWAY OR ADJACENT SHOULDER DURING THE TIMES SPECIFIED
IN §22-201.1 OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE DRIVER SHALL USE A
DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT, OR COMPOSITE BEAM, DIRECTED HIGH
ENOUGH AND OF SUFFICIENT INTENSITY TO REVEAL PERSONS AND
VEHICLES AT A SAFE DISTANCE IN ADVANCE OF THE VEHICLE,
SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS OF THIS
SECTION.
(B) APPROACHING ONCOMING VEHICLE.
WHENEVER A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE APPROACHES AN
ONCOMING VEHICLE WITHIN 500 FEET, THE DRIVER SHALL USE A
DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHT, OR COMPOSITE BEAM, SO AIMED THAT
THE GLARING RAYS ARE NOT PROJECTED INTO THE EYES OF THE
ONCOMING DRIVER. HOWEVER, THE LOWERMOST DISTRIBUTION OF
LIGHT, OR COMPOSITE BEAM, SPECIFIED IN §22-222(A) (2) OF
THIS SUBTITLE, SHALL BE DEEMED TO AVOID GLARE AT ALL
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