WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                        Ch. 6

lighted lamps are required on vehicles, the driver of the vehicle
shall display the following warning devices on the highway during
the time the vehicle is so disabled on the highway, except as
provided in subsection (b), (c) or (e) of this section[.]:

(1)  A lighted fusee, a lighted red electric lantern,
or a portable red emergency reflector shall be immediately placed
at the traffic side of the vehicle in the direction of the
nearest approaching traffic; and

(2)  As soon thereafter as possible, but in any event
within 15 minutes or before any fusee used for this purpose burns
out, whichever occurs first, the driver shall place three
liquid-burning flares (pot torches), three lighted red electric
lanterns, or three portable red emergency reflectors on the
roadway of the highway in the following order:

(i) One, approximately 100 feet from the
disabled vehicle in the center of the lane occupied by the
vehicle and toward traffic approaching in that lane;

(ii) One, approximately 100 feet in the
opposite direction from the disabled vehicle and in the center of
the traffic lane occupied by the vehicle; and

(iii) One at the traffic side of the disabled
vehicle not less than 10 feet rearward or forward of it in the
direction of the nearest approaching traffic, except that, if a
lighted red electric lantern or a red portable emergency
reflector has been placed at the traffic side of the vehicle in
accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection, it may be used
for this purpose.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Erroneous punctuation in § 22-408(a) of the
Transportation Article.

Occurred: Ch. 14, Acts of 1977.

22-413.

(a)  A person may not drive any bus, truck, trailer, or
semitrailer[,] on any highway in this [State] STATE, unless it is
equipped with suitable metal protectors or substantial flexible
flaps behind the rear-most wheels of the vehicle or combination
of vehicles to prevent the projection of rocks, dirt, water, or
other substances to the rear and to minimize side spray.

(b)  A person may not cause to be driven any bus, truck,
trailer, or semitrailer[,] on any highway in this [State] STATE,
unless it is equipped with suitable metal protectors or
substantial flexible flaps behind the rear-most wheels of the

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