Section 21-805 - Display of "slow moving vehicle" emblem. - Maryland Statutes

§ 21-805. Display of "slow moving vehicle" emblem.
 

(a)  When display required.-  

(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 an hour or less, unless the rearmost vehicle displays a slow moving vehicle emblem in accordance with this section. 

(b)  When display permitted.- Any other vehicle or combination of vehicles, when driven at a speed of 25 miles an hour or less, may display a slow moving vehicle emblem in accordance with this section. 

(c)  Type of emblem and manner of display.- 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.- New farm equipment designed or intended by the manufacturer to be driven or moved at a speed of 25 miles an 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)  When emblem to be displayed.- 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)  Unauthorized display prohibited.- The slow moving vehicle emblem described in this section may be displayed only as permitted or required by this section. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 11-804; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 1986, ch. 472, § 1; 2006, ch. 623.]