WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 604

(b)  "Special mobile equipment" includes a road construction
or maintenance machine, mobile crane, ditchdigger, well driller,
concrete mixer, jobsite office vehicle, or portable power
generator.

(c)  "Special mobile equipment" does not include a farm
tractor or any farm equipment.

22-204.

(a)  Except as OTHERWISE provided in [subsection (b) of]
this section, after June 1, 1971, every motor vehicle, trailer,
semitrailer, and pole trailer, and any other vehicle that is
being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, shall be
equipped with at least 2 tail lamps mounted on the rear, which,
when lighted as required in § 22-201.1 of this subtitle, shall
emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of 1,000 feet to
the rear.

(b)  Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole
trailer, and any other vehicle that is being drawn at the end of
a combination of vehicles, and that was manufactured or assembled
before June 1, 1971, shall have at least 1 tail lamp mounted on
the rear which when lighted as required in § 22-201.1 of this
subtitle, shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance
of at least 300 feet to the rear.

(c)  On a combination of vehicles, only the tail lamps on
the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance
specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

(d)  On vehicles equipped with more than 1 tail lamp, the
lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced
laterally as practicable.

(e)  Every tail lamp on every vehicle shall be located at a
height of not more than 72 inches nor less than 20 inches.

(f)  Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be
constructed and placed to illuminate, with a white light, the
rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a
distance of 50 feet to the rear. Any tail lamp or tail lamps,
together with any separate lamp or lamps for illuminating the
rear registration plate, shall be wired to be lighted whenever
the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.

(G) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE
CONTRARY, SPECIAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT THAT IS BEING DRAWN AT THE END
OF A COMBINATION OF VEHICLES IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH
TAIL LAMPS UNLESS:

(1) THE SPECIAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT OBSTRUCTS THE TAIL
LAMPS, STOP LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, OR, EXCEPT FOR THE REGISTRATION

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