Md. Code Regs. 11.14.02.19
A. Speedometer and odometer will be inspected to determine if they are connected and operable, the dial and calibrations are legible, and calibrated in miles or kilometers.
| Procedures: | Reject Vehicle If: |
|---|---|
| (1) Visually inspect speedometer and odometer for operation and legibility. Speedometer shall register speed and odometer shall register distance traveled. The speedometer may register speed in miles per hour or kilometers per hour, or both, and odometer may register distance traveled in miles or kilometers. If the odometer records a distance in kilometers, the vehicle shall be placarded in view of the driver with a wording “kilometers divided by 1.609 equals miles”. | (1) Speedometer or odometer, or both, are disconnected or inoperable. |
| (2) Dial and calibrations not legible. | |
| (3) Speedometer does not register speed in miles per hour or kilometers, or both. | |
| (4) Odometer does not register distance traveled. | |
| (5) Odometer records distance in kilometers and is not placarded with wording “kilometers divided by 1.609 equals miles”. |
Authority: Transportation Article, §§12-104(b), 23-101—23-105, and 24-106.1, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: November, 1965
Chapter revised effective February 22, 1980 (7:4 Md. R. 348)
Regulations .12B, F; .14A; .17B; and .20 amended effective January 23, 1981 (8:2 Md. R. 114)
Chapter revised effective October 31, 1988 (15:22 Md. R. 2557)
Regulation .01C amended effective February 1, 2012 (39:1 Md. R. 18)
Regulation .05 amended effective April 1, 1991 (18:6 Md. R. 686)
Regulation .06 amended effective April 1, 1991 (18:6 Md. R. 686); February 1, 2012 (39:1 Md. R. 18)
Regulation .08 amended effective April 1, 1991 (18:6 Md. R. 686)
Regulation .12F amended effective February 1, 2012 (39:1 Md. R. 18)
Regulation .14 amended effective April 1, 1991 (18:6 Md. R. 686); August 21, 2000 (27:16 Md. R. 1526); February 1, 2012 (39:1 Md. R. 18)
Regulation .17B amended effective February 1, 2012 (39:1 Md. R. 18)
Regulation .26 adopted effective April 1, 1991 (18:6 Md. R. 686)