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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 169

CHAPTER 169

(House Bill 531)

AN ACT concerning

Emergency Vehicles - Yielding Right of Way

FOR the purpose of providing that certain prescribed action
is required to be taken by the driver of every vehicle
on the approach of an emergency vehicle or police
vehicle in certain circumstances.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation

Section 21-405

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1977 Volume and 1980 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article - Transportation

21-405.

(a)  On the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle
using audible and visual signals that meet the requirements
of § 22-218 of this article or of a police vehicle lawfully
using an audible signal, the driver of every other [motor]
vehicle, unless otherwise directed by a police officer,
shall:

(1)  Yield the right-of-way;

(2)  Drive immediately to a position parallel to
and as close as possible to the edge or curb of the roadway,
clear of any intersection; and

(3)  Stop and stay in this position until the
emergency vehicle has passed.

(b)  A driver, when proceeding in the same direction as
an emergency or police vehicle, may not pass an emergency
vehicle using audible and visual signals that meet the
requirements of § 22-218 of this article or a police vehicle
lawfully using an audible signal unless:

(1)  The emergency vehicle has stopped; or

(2)  Otherwise directed by a police officer.

 

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