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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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(2) AMPLIFIED BY ANY ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC
MEANS ;
(3) CAPABLE OF EMITTING SOUND AUDIBLE UNDER NORMAL
CONDITIONS FROM A DISTANCE OF MORE THAN 400 FEET;
(4) USED FOR ANY PURPOSE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10
O'CLOCK P.M. AND 8 O'CLOCK A.M.; OF
(5) USED AS AN ORDINARY WARNING SIGNAL AT ANY TIME.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66 1/2, §12-401.1.
Except for minimal changes in style and
grammar, this section has not been revised;
see General Revisor's Note to this title.
22-402. MUFFLERS; PREVENTION OF NOISE; DISCHARGE OF
SMOKE; MAXIMUM PERIOD OF IDLING.
(A) EVERY MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION
ENGINE SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH AN EXHAUST MUFFLER SYSTEM
IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND IN CONSTANT OPERATION TO
PREVENT EXCESSIVE OR UNUSUAL NOISE, AND NO PERSON MAY USE
A MUFFLER CUTOUT, BYPASS, OR SIMILAR DEVICE ON A MOTOR
VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY. NOISE LEVELS IN EXCESS OF THOSE
ADOPTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR UNDER §22-601 OF THIS
TITLE ARE EXCESSIVE.
(B) A PERSON MAY NOT USE ON THE EXHAUST OR "TAIL
PIPE" OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ANY EXTENSION OR OTHER DEVICE TO
CAUSE EXCESSIVE OR UNUSUAL NOISE.
(C) (1.) (1) NO MOTOR VEHICLE MAY BE OPERATED, NOR
MAY THE OWNER OR LESSEE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE PERMIT IT TO
BE OPERATED, ON ANY HIGHWAY IN THIS STATE UNLESS THE
ENGINE POWER AND EXHAUST MECHANISM IS EQUIPPED,
ADJUSTED, AND OPERATED TO PREVENT:
(I) THE DISCHARGE OF CLEARLY VISIBLE SMOKE
(COMPARABLE TO SMOKE EQUAL TO OF DARKER IN SHADE THAN
THAT DESIGNATED AS NO. 1 OF THE RINGELMANN CHART AS
PUBLISHED BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES) IN THE EXHAUST
EMISSIONS WITHIN THE PROXIMITY OF THE EXHAUST OUTLET FOR
MORE THAN 10 CONSECUTIVE SECONDS; AND
(II) THE DISCHARGE OF SMOKE FROM ANY OTHER
PART OF THE ENGINE IN. SUCH AMOUNTS AND OF SUCH OPACITY AS
TO PARTIALLY OBSCURE PERSONS OR OBJECTS FROM VIEW.
(2.) (2) IN THIS SUBSECTION, "SMOKE" MEANS
SMALL GASBORNE AND AIRBORNE PARTICLES, EXCLUSIVE OF WATER
VAPOR, FROM A PROCESS OF COMBUSTION IN SUFFICIENT NUMBERS
TO BE OBSERVABLE.
(3.) (3) A MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINE MAY NOT BE
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