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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 4, 1982.

CHAPTER 171

(House Bill 455)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Two-Way Left Turn Lanes

FOR the purpose of providing when a vehicle may use a
two-way left turn lane; and restricting left turns to
such lanes where provided.

BY adding to

Article - Transportation
Section 21-309(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1977 Volume and 1981 Supplement)

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

Article - Transportation

21-309.

(E) ON A ROADWAY ALONG WHICH A TWO-WAY LEFT TURN LANE
HAS BEEN PROVIDED THROUGH THE REQUIRED PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND
SIGNS, VEHICLES MAY NOT ENTER THAT LANE EXCEPT FOR THE
PURPOSE OF MAKING AN IMMINENT A LEFT TURN, AND MAY ENTER
ONLY IF THE LANE IS CLEAR OF AN OPPOSING MOVEMENT. A
VEHICLE SHALL BE DRIVEN WITHIN SUCH A LANE THE SHORTEST
DISTANCE PRACTICABLE PRIOR TO MAKING A LEFT TURN. ON
ROADWAYS ALONG WHICH A TWO-WAY LEFT TURN LANE HAS BEEN
PLACED, LEFT TURNS SHALL BE MADE ONLY FROM WITHIN SUCH LANE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 4, 1982.