Ch. 664

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(8)     The yellow or amber lights or signal devices permitted on vehicles under
paragraph (5) of this subsection may be flashed or oscillated or otherwise used only in the
course of official duties, to indicate to the public that the vehicle is a slow moving vehicle
or otherwise is impeding traffic.

(9)     (i) . An emergency vehicle of any foreign state may be equipped with
any lights or signals:

1.       As provided by this subsection; or

2.       As permitted by the state in which the vehicle is registered.

(ii) 1. The use of any lights or signals permitted under this
paragraph is limited to an emergency vehicle, as defined in § 11-118 of this article,
responding to an emergency or pursuing a violator, and equipped with an audible signal
as provided in this section.

2. Foreign/Vehicles, as defined in § 11-124 of this article, which
are privately owned by members of volunteer fire companies, ambulance or rescue
squads, fire departments, and law enforcement agencies may be equipped with lights or
signals as permitted by the state in which the vehicle is registered, but such lights or
signals may [not] be used while the vehicle is in this State ONLY BY THOSE PERSONNEL
AND UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES AUTHORIZED UNDER SUBSECTION (C)(2) OF THIS
SECTION.

(10)   In addition to the penalties provided in Title 27 of this article, any
person convicted of a violation of this section may have his driving privileges suspended
for a period of 30 days, and the registration of the vehicle may be suspended for a period
of 30 days, notwithstanding that the owner of the vehicle may not be the operator at the
time of the offense, unless the owner proves to the satisfaction of the Administration that
he had no control over the use or display of a light or signal device and could not prevent
the violation of this section.

(e) [The] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C)(2) OF THIS SECTION, THE
flashing lighting described in subsections (b) and (c) of this section may not be used on
any vehicle other than an emergency vehicle, service vehicle, or school vehicle.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 26, 1994.

AN ACT concerning

Sales and Use Tax - Maryland Vending Program for the Blind - Federal Military

Reservations

CHAPTER 664
(House Bill 1354)

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