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2017 Maryland Code
Transportation
Title 21 - Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road
Subtitle 12 - Operation of Bicycles and Play Vehicles
§ 21-1205.1. Bicycles, motor scooters, and EPAMDs prohibited on certain roadways and highways; speed limit.
Universal Citation: MD Transp Code § 21-1205.1 (2017)
- (a) In general. --
- (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person may not ride a bicycle or a motor scooter:
- (i) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, on any roadway where the posted maximum speed limit is more than 50 miles an hour; or
- (ii) On any expressway, except on an adjacent bicycle path or way approved by the State Highway Administration, or on any other controlled access highway signed in accordance with ยง 21-313 of this title.
- (2) If a person is lawfully operating a bicycle or a motor scooter on a shoulder adjacent to a roadway for which the posted maximum speed limit is more than 50 miles an hour, the person may enter the roadway only if:
- (i) Making or attempting to make a left turn;
- (ii) Crossing through an intersection; or
- (iii) The shoulder is overlaid with a right turn lane, a merge lane, a bypass lane, or any other marking that breaks the continuity of the shoulder.
- (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person may not ride a bicycle or a motor scooter:
- (b) Roadway with bike lane or shoulder paved to smooth surface. --
- (1) Where there is not a bike lane paved to a smooth surface, a person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter may use the roadway or the shoulder.
- (2) Where there is a bike lane paved to a smooth surface, a person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter shall use the bike lane and may not ride on the roadway, except in the following situations:
- (i) When overtaking and passing another bicycle, motor scooter, pedestrian, or other vehicle within the bike lane if the overtaking and passing cannot be done safely within the bike lane;
- (ii) When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway;
- (iii) When reasonably necessary to leave the bike lane to avoid debris or other hazardous condition; or
- (iv) When reasonably necessary to leave the bike lane because the bike lane is overlaid with a right turn lane, merge lane, or other marking that breaks the continuity of the bike lane.
- (3) A person operating a bicycle or a motor scooter may not leave a bike lane until the movement can be made with reasonable safety and then only after giving an appropriate signal.
- (4) The Department shall adopt regulations pertaining to this subsection, including a definition of "smooth surface".
- (c) Motor scooter speed limit. -- A motor scooter may not be operated at a speed in excess of 30 miles per hour.
- (d) Restrictions on operating EPAMDs. -- Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a person may not operate an EPAMD on any roadway where there are sidewalks adjacent to the roadway or the posted maximum speed limit is more than 30 miles an hour.
- (e) EPAMD speed limit. -- An EPAMD may not be operated at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour.
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