Ch. 497

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments
Article - Transportation
Section 27-102
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

21-1207.1.                                                                                                               

(A)    (1) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION APPLY:

(I)      AT ALL TIMES WHILE A BICYCLE IS BEING OPERATED ON ANY
HIGHWAY, BICYCLE WAY, OR OTHER PROPERTY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR USED BY
THE PUBLIC FOR PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; AND

(II)    TO ANY PERSON RIDING ON A BICYCLE INCLUDING AMY
PASSENGER WHO RIDES A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 16 WHO IS RIDING ON A
BICYCLE, INCLUDING A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 16 WHO IS A PASSENGER ON A
BICYCLE:

1.       IN A RESTRAINING SEAT ATTACHED TO THE BICYCLE; OR

2.       IN A TRAILER BEING TOWED BY THE BICYCLE.

(2) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY TO PASSENGERS
IN COMMERCIAL BICYCLE RICKSHAWS.

(B)     THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY IN THE TOWN OF OCEAN CITY,
MARYLAND, ON THE BOARDWALK BETWEEN THE OCEAN CITY INLET AND 27TH
STREET, DURING THE HOURS IN WHICH BICYCLES ARE PERMITTED BY LOCAL
ORDINANCE TO BE OPERATED ON THE BOARDWALK.

(B) (C) A PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECTION APPLIES MAY NOT OPERATE OR
RIDE AS A PASSENGER ON A BICYCLE UNLESS THE PERSON IS WEARING A PROPERLY
FITTED AND FASTENED HELMET THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE STANDARDS OF THE
AMERICAN. NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE, THE SNELL MEMORIAL
FOUNDATION'S STANDARD, OR THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF
TESTING AND MEASUREMENTS FOR PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR FOR USE IN
BICYCLING.

(D) THIS SECTION SHALL BE ENFORCED BY THE ISSUANCE OF A WARNING
THAT INFORMS THE OFFENDER OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION AND
PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ABOUT BICYCLE HELMET USE.

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