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Ch. 14
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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OWNER.
ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF §§ 20-101 THROUGH 20-105
OF THIS TITLE APPLY TO THE OWNER OF ANY VEHICLE WHO IS
PRESENT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURS, WHETHER OR NOT THE
OWNER IS THE DRIVER.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from Art. 66 1/2,
§§ 10-101 and 10-105.1.
As to subsection (b) of this section, the
Commission is unsure of the exact import of
its provisions. Unlike §20-107(b), for
example, this subsection is wholly unclear as
to priority of responsibility. For example,
is the non—driver owner required to comply
with §20—102 even if the driver already has
complied or only if the driver fails to do so?
Conversely, is the driver required to comply
even if the owner already has complied or only
if the owner fails to do so? Also, in what
way is a non—driver owner required, as in
§20-102(1), to "stop the vehicle"? Because of
the serious nature of these sections and the
stringent administrative and criminal
penalties exacted for violation of them (see,
§§ 16-402(a)(15), (16), and (17) and 27-101(c)
of this article), greater clarity would be
appropriate.
20-102. DRIVER TO REMAIN AT SCENE—ACCIDENTS RESULTING
IN BODILY INJURY OR DEATH.
THE DRIVER OF EACH VEHICLE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT
THAT RESULTS IN BODILY INJURY TO OR DEATH OF ANY PERSON
IMMEDIATELY. SHALL:
(1) STOP THE VEHICLE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE
SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT, WITHOUT OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC MORE
THAN NECESSARY; AND
(2) RETURN TO AND REMAIN AT THE SCENE OF THE
ACCIDENT UNTIL HE HAS COMPLIED WITH §20-104 OF THIS
TITLE.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66 1/2, §10-102(a).
The only changes are in style.
Present Art. 66 1/2, §10-102(b), which
expressly provides that a violation of this
section is a "misdemeanor", is deleted as
unnecessary in light of §27-101 of this
article.
Present Art. 66 1/2, §10-102(c), which
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