Md. Code Ann., Transp. § 21-805
Slow moving vehicle emblems
Effective Mar 27, 2019Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 472, § 1. Amended by Acts 2006, c. 623, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2006; Acts 2019, c. 8, § 1, eff. March 27, 2019.State of Maryland
(a)
(1) This subsection does not apply to:
- (i) Vehicles used by any utility in the construction, maintenance, or repair of its facilities;
- (ii) Vehicles used by any highway authority or bridge or highway district in construction, maintenance, repair, inspection, or survey work; or
- (iii) Low speed vehicles.
- (2) A person may not drive on a highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles that is designed to be and is driven at a speed of 25 miles per hour or less, unless the rearmost vehicle displays a slow moving vehicle emblem in accordance with this section.
- (b) Any other vehicle or combination of vehicles, when driven at a speed of 25 miles per hour or less, may display a slow moving vehicle emblem in accordance with this section.
(c) The slow moving vehicle emblem specified in this section shall:
- (1) Be a truncated equilateral triangle at least 14 inches high with a red reflective border at least 1.75 inches wide and with a fluorescent orange center;
- (2) Comply with current standards and specifications of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers; and
- (3) Be mounted on the rear of the vehicle, base down, at a height of not less than 3 nor more than 5 feet from ground to base.
- (d) New farm equipment designed or intended by the manufacturer to be driven or moved at a speed of 25 miles per hour or less may not be sold in this State unless it is equipped by the manufacturer with a slow moving vehicle emblem in accordance with this section.
- (e) The slow moving vehicle emblem shall be displayed and maintained on the farm equipment as long as it can be driven or moved on a highway.
- (f) The slow moving vehicle emblem described in this section may be displayed only as permitted or required by this section.
Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 472, § 1. Amended by Acts 2006, c. 623, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2006; Acts 2019, c. 8, § 1, eff. March 27, 2019.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 11-804.