Section 21-804 - Minimum speed regulation. - Maryland Statutes

§ 21-804. Minimum speed regulation.
 

(a)  Slow speed impeding traffic prohibited.- Unless reduced speed is necessary for the safe operation of the vehicle or otherwise is in compliance with law, a person may not willfully drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic. 

(b)  Establishment of minimum speed limits by State or local authorities.-  

(1) If, on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, the State Highway Administration or a local authority determines that slow speeds on any part of a highway in its jurisdiction impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the State Highway Administration or the local authority may establish a minimum speed limit for that part of the highway. 

(2) Unless reduced speed is necessary for the safe operation of the vehicle or otherwise is in compliance with law, a person may not drive a vehicle below a minimum speed limit established under this subsection. 

(3) A minimum speed limit established under this subsection is effective when posted on appropriate signs giving notice of the limit. 

(c)  Class A (passenger) or Class M (multipurpose) vehicle.- A person may not drive a class A (passenger) or class M (multipurpose) vehicle on a highway if the maximum speed capability of the vehicle does not exceed the posted maximum speed limit for the highway by at least 5 miles per hour. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 11-804; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 2010, ch. 546.]