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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-101" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title and Title 25 of this article the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Alley” means a street that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is intended to provide access to the rear or side of a lot or building in an urban district; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is not intended for through vehicular traffic.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Bicycle path” means any travelway designed and designated by signing or signing and marking for bicycle use, located within its own right–of–way or in a shared right–of–way, and physically separated from motor vehicle traffic by berm, shoulder, curb, or other similar device.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Bicycle way” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any trail, path, part of a highway, surfaced or smooth shoulder, or sidewalk; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any other travelway specifically signed, marked, or otherwise designated for bicycle travel.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Bicycle way” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Bicycle path; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Bike lane.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Bike lane” means any portion of a roadway or shoulder designated for single directional bicycle flow.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Business district” means an area that adjoins and includes a highway where at least 50 percent of the frontage along the highway, for a distance of at least 300 feet, is occupied by buildings used for business.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Controlled access highway” means a highway or roadway to or from which persons, including the owners or occupants of abutting lands, have no right of access except at the points and in the manner determined by the public authority with jurisdiction over the highway or roadway.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Crossover” means a transverse roadway or opening that connects the separate roadways of a divided highway at a point other than an intersection of the divided highway with another highway.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Crosswalk” means that part of a roadway that is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within the prolongation or connection of the lateral lines of sidewalks at any place where 2 or more roadways of any type meet or join, measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the roadway;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within the prolongation or connection of the lateral lines of a bicycle way where a bicycle way and a roadway of any type meet or join, measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the roadway; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i–1">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Dedicated bus lane” means a lane designated for use by mass transit vehicles owned, operated, or contracted for by the Maryland Transit Administration, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, or a local department of transportation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Dedicated bus lane” includes transit bus stops located proximate to lanes designated for use by mass transit vehicles.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Electric personal assistive mobility device” or “EPAMD” means a pedestrian device that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has two nontandem wheels;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is self–balancing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Is powered by an electric propulsion system;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Has a maximum speed capability of 15 miles per hour; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Is designed to transport one person.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Expressway” means a major highway of 2 or more traffic lanes in each direction that is designed to eliminate principal traffic hazards and has the following characteristics:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A median divider separating opposing traffic lanes to eliminate head–on collisions and sideswiping;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Grade separation structures to eliminate the conflict of cross streams of traffic at each intersection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Points of entrance and exit limited to predetermined locations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Vertical curves long enough to provide long sight distances; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Shoulders wide enough to permit vehicles to stop or park out of traffic lanes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Intersection” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The area within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines or, in the absence of curbs, the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways that join at or approximately at right angles; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The area within which vehicles traveling on different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a divided highway includes two roadways that are 30 feet or more apart, every crossing of each roadway of the divided highway by an intersecting highway is a separate intersection. If the intersecting highway also includes two roadways that are 30 feet or more apart, every crossing of two roadways of these highways is a separate intersection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="l–1">
    <text>“Interstate highway” means a State highway that is part of the national interstate system in the State, as designated by the Administration and approved by the United States Secretary of Transportation under Title 23 of the United States Code.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>“Play vehicle” means a vehicle that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has two or more wheels;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is propelled only by human power;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Is not a bicycle, as defined in Title 11 of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Is not a wheelchair.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="n">
    <text>“Private road or driveway” means any way or place that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is privately owned; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is used for vehicular travel by its owner and by those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="o">
    <text>“Public bicycle area” means any highway, bicycle path, or other facility or area maintained by this State, a political subdivision of this State, or any of their agencies for the use of bicycles.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="p">
    <text>“Railroad” means a carrier of people or property on cars that are operated on stationary rails.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="q">
    <text>“Railroad sign” or “railroad signal” means any sign, signal, or device placed by authority of a public body or official or by a railroad to warn of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="r">
    <text>“Railroad train” means any locomotive or any other car, rolling stock, equipment, or other device that, alone or coupled to others, is operated on stationary rails.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="s">
    <text>“Residential district” means an area that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is not a business district; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Adjoins and includes a highway where the property along the highway, for a distance of at least 300 feet, is improved mainly with residences or residences and buildings used for business.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="t">
    <text>“Right–of–way” means the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner on a highway in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="t–1">
    <text>“Safety corridor” means a segment of a highway that is identified by the State Highway Administration as an area of high risk to vulnerable road users in a vulnerable road user safety assessment prepared under 23 U.S.C. § 148.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="u">
    <text>“Safety zone” means an area in a roadway that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is officially set apart for the exclusive use of pedestrians; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is protected or is so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="v">
    <text>“Shoulder” means that portion of a highway contiguous with the roadway for the accommodation of stopped vehicles, for emergency use, for use by bicycles and motor scooters, and for the lateral support of the base and surface courses of the roadway.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="w">
    <text>“Sidewalk” means that part of a highway:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>That is intended for use by pedestrians; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>That is between:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The lateral curb lines or, in the absence of curbs, the lateral boundary lines of a roadway; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The adjacent property lines.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="x">
    <text>“Through highway” means a highway or part of a highway:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>On which vehicular traffic is given the right–of–way; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield the right–of–way to vehicles on that highway or part of a highway, in obedience to either a stop sign or yield sign placed as provided in the Maryland Vehicle Law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="y">
    <text>“Urban district” means an area that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Adjoins and includes any street; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is built up with structures that are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Devoted to business, industry, or dwelling houses; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Situated at intervals of less than 100 feet, for a distance of at least a quarter of a mile.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="z">
    <text>“Wheelchair” means a mobility aid belonging to any class of three– or four–wheeled devices that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is usable indoors;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Does not exceed 30 inches in width and 48 inches in length, when measured 2 inches above the ground; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Is designed for and used by a mobility impaired individual, whether operated manually or powered.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
