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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-1104" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Rules">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not drive a vehicle if it is so loaded or there is in the front seat so many passengers as to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Interfere with the control of the driver over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A passenger in a vehicle may not ride in any position where he:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Interferes with the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Interferes with the control of the driver over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection and subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, a person may not drive a vehicle on a highway with any object, material, or obstruction so located in or on the vehicle as to interfere with the clear view of the driver through the windshield.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Required or permitted equipment of the vehicle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Adjustable, nontransparent sun visors that are not attached to glass; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Direction, destination, or termini signs on any passenger common carrier motor vehicle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A person may not drive a vehicle on a highway with any object, material, or obstruction hanging from the rearview mirror that interferes with the clear view of the driver through the windshield.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A police officer may enforce this paragraph only as a secondary action when the police officer detains a driver of a motor vehicle for a suspected violation of another provision of the Code.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person may not drive a vehicle with any sign, poster, card, sticker, or other nontransparent material on the windshield, side wings, or side or rear windows of the vehicle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Nontransparent material placed on the windshield of a motor vehicle above the AS1 line or not lower than 5 inches from the top of the windshield, whichever is less, if the materials are placed so as not to interfere with the driver’s clear view of traffic;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Materials placed on the windshield or rear window, within a 7 inch square area in the lower corner, if the materials are placed so as not to interfere with the driver’s clear view of traffic;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Materials placed on the side windows of a Class A (passenger) vehicle to the rear of the driver, if the materials are placed so as not to interfere with the driver’s clear view of traffic;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Materials placed on the side or rear windows of a Class M (multipurpose) vehicle or Class E (truck) vehicle provided that the vehicle is equipped with two outside rearview mirrors, one each attached to the right and left side of the vehicle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Materials placed on the windshield in compliance with security measures required by a federal or State government agency, provided that the decal is affixed to the vehicle in accordance with the issuing agency’s guidelines;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Direction, destination, or termini signs on any passenger common carrier motor vehicle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>An electronic toll collection device placed on the windshield of a vehicle in accordance with the guidelines established by the Maryland Transportation Authority.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
