Section 21-1109 - Following fire apparatus prohibited; passing parking or backing emergency vehicles prohibited. - Maryland Statutes

§ 21-1109. Following fire apparatus prohibited; passing parking or backing emergency vehicles prohibited.
 

(a)  Fire apparatus.- Unless he is on official business, the driver of a vehicle may not: 

(1) Follow within 500 feet of any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm; or 

(2) Drive or park within 300 feet of any fire apparatus stopped in response to a fire alarm. 

(b)  Passing parking or backing emergency vehicles.- The driver of a vehicle may not pass an emergency vehicle within 100 feet of an entrance ramp of a fire or rescue station when the emergency vehicle is in the process of parking or backing. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 11-1109; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 2001, ch. 490.]