- A. A local police department or State police department may not deploy any work zone speed control system without the permission of the State or local agency that maintains the highway on which the work zone is to be located.
- B. The State or local agency that maintains the highway is responsible for ensuring that any segment of highway on which a work zone speed control system is deployed satisfies the requirements of Transportation Article, §21-810(b)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland.
- C. The locations and times when work zone speed control systems are to be deployed within a work zone shall be jointly agreed upon by the agency that maintains the highway and the local police department or the State police department that deploys the work zone speed control system.
- D. The deploying local police department or State police department shall determine whether the work zone speed control operator is a police officer, a representative of the police department, or a representative of a Maryland State Highway Administration contractor, for each location where a work zone speed control system is to be operated.
- E. A work zone speed control system operator does not need to be present in person or remotely at the work zone when the speed control system is in use.
- F. Multiple work zone speed control systems may be implemented and used in a work zone. If a work zone has more than one work zone speed control system in use, not more than one citation may be issued for the same registration plate for alleged violations that occur within a 1-hour period in the work zone.
Authority: Transportation Article, §21-810(m), Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date:
Regulations .01—.05 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 1, 2009 (36:22 Md. R. 1721); adopted permanently effective January 14, 2010 (37:1 Md. R. 15)
Regulation .01B amended effective September 1, 2025 (52:17 Md. R. 875)
Regulation .02E, F adopted effective September 1, 2025 (52:17 Md. R. 875)
Regulation .03B amended effective September 1, 2025 (52:17 Md. R. 875)
Regulation .03D adopted effective September 1, 2025 (52:17 Md. R. 875)
Regulation .04D amended effective September 1, 2025 (52:17 Md. R. 875)