Section 22-218.2 - Amber lights on tow trucks, escort, and maintenance vehicles. - Maryland Statutes

§ 22-218.2. Amber lights on tow trucks, escort, and maintenance vehicles.
 

(a)  Amber lights.- One or more amber flashing lights may be displayed: 

(1) By a tow truck while at the scene of an accident or a disabled vehicle or while towing a vehicle; and 

(2) By snow removal and other highway maintenance and service equipment and escort vehicles. 

(b)  Patrol group.-  

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a participant in a citizens on patrol group or other community watch group may display on a vehicle while on patrol in the community one or more amber flashing lights. 

(2) An amber flashing light: 

(i) May only be displayed if allowed by a law enforcement agency designated by the governing body of the applicable county or municipal corporation; and 

(ii) Shall be extinguished at the request of a uniformed law enforcement officer. 

(3) The law enforcement agency may require that a sign meeting specifications set by the agency appear on the vehicle that identifies the group conducting the patrol while the amber flashing light is displayed. 

(c)  Security guard agency.-  

(1) A security guard agency licensed under Title 19 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article may equip its vehicles with one or more amber flashing lights. 

(2) A person operating a vehicle equipped with amber flashing lights under this subsection may activate the lights only while on duty on property that the agency is responsible for patrolling. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 661/2, § 12-218.2; 1977, ch. 14, § 2; 1998, ch. 442; 2005, ch. 255.]