Maryland Transportation Section 21-904

Article - Transportation

§ 21-904.

      (a)      In this section, "visual or audible signal" includes a signal by hand, voice, emergency light or siren.

      (b)      If a police officer gives a visual or audible signal to stop and the police officer is in uniform, prominently displaying the police officer's badge or other insignia of office, a driver of a vehicle may not attempt to elude the police officer by:

            (1)      Willfully failing to stop the driver's vehicle;

            (2)      Fleeing on foot; or

            (3)      Any other means.

      (c)      If a police officer gives a visual or audible signal to stop and the police officer, whether or not in uniform, is in a vehicle appropriately marked as an official police vehicle, a driver of a vehicle may not attempt to elude the police officer by:

            (1)      Willfully failing to stop the driver's vehicle;

            (2)      Fleeing on foot; or

            (3)      Any other means.

      (d)      (1)      A driver may not attempt to elude a police officer in violation of subsection (b)(1) or (c)(1) of this section that results in bodily injury to another person.

            (2)      A driver may not attempt to elude a police officer in violation of subsection (b)(1) or (c)(1) of this section that results in death of another person.



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