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Ch. 14
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(1) EVERY MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN OPERATED ON A
HIGHWAY SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A HORN IN GOOD WORKING
ORDER AND CAPABLE OF EMITTING SOUND AUDIBLE UNDER NORMAL
CONDITIONS FROM A DISTANCE OF NOT LESS THAN 200 FEET, BUT
NO HORN OR OTHER WARNING DEVICE MAY EMIT AN UNREASONABLY
LOUD OR HARSH SOUND OR A WHISTLE.
(2) THE DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL, WHEN
REASONABLY NECESSARY TO INSURE SAFE OPERATION, GIVE
AUDIBLE WARNING WITH HIS HORN, BUT MAY NOT OTHERWISE USE
THE HORN WHEN ON A HIGHWAY,
(B) SIRENS, WHISTLES, AND BELLS PROHIBITED.
NO VEHICLE MAY BE EQUIPPED WITH NOR MAY ANY PERSON
USE ON A VEHICLE ANY SIREN, WHISTLE, OR BELL, EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PERMITTED IN THIS SECTION.
(C) THEFT ALARM SIGNAL DEVICE.
IT IS PERMISSIBLE, BUT NOT REQUIRED, THAT ANY
VEHICLE BE EQUIPPED WITH A THEFT ALARM SIGNAL DEVICE THAT
IS SO ARRANGED THAT IT CANNOT BE USED BY THE DRIVER AS AN
ORDINARY WARNING SIGNAL.
(D) SIRENS, WHISTLES, OR BELLS ON AUTHORIZED
EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
EVERY EMERGENCY VEHICLE SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A
SIREN, WHISTLE, OR BELL CAPABLE OF EMITTING SOUND AUDIBLE
UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS FROM A DISTANCE OF NOT LESS THAN
500 FEET AND OF A TYPE APPROVED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
HOWEVER, THE SIREN MAY NOT BE USED EXCEPT WHEN THE
VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN EMERGENCY CALL OR
IN THE IMMEDIATE PURSUIT OF AN ACTUAL OR SUSPECTED
VIOLATOR OF THE LAW, IN WHICH LATTER EVENTS THE DRIVER OF
THE VEHICLE SHALL SOUND THE SIREN WHEN REASONABLY
NECESSARY TO WARN PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER DRIVERS OF THE
APPROACH OF THE VEHICLE.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66 1/2, §12-401.
Except for minimal changes in style and
nomenclature, this section has not been
revised; see General Revisor's Note to this
title.
22-401.1. BELLS ON ICE CREAM SALES VEHICLES.
A VEHICLE FROM WHICH ICE CREAM PRODUCTS AND SIMILAR
PRODUCTS ABE SOLD MAY BE EQUIPPED WITH, AND THE DRIVER
OF THE VEHICLE MAY USE, A BELL NOT EXCEEDING 3 1/2 INCHES
IN DIAMETER, OR A SET OF BELLS, PROVIDED THAT NO BELL OR
SET OF BELLS MAY BE:
(1) OPERATED BY MECHANICAL OR ELECTRICAL MEANS OR
BY ANY MEANS OTHER THAN MANUALLY;
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