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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-1407" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Operation of Vehicles on Certain Toll Facilities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The driver of a vehicle may not stop, stand, or park the vehicle on any Authority highway, except:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>If necessary to avoid injury or damage to any person or property;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In compliance with the lawful direction of an authorized employee of the Authority highway;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At a designated area for the transaction of business at an Administration building; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If the vehicle is disabled or involved in an accident, in which case the vehicle shall be moved, if possible:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>To the shoulder of the roadway;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Adjacent to the emergency walkway on a bridge; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>As otherwise directed by a patrol officer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notwithstanding § 25–201(b) of this article, the Maryland Transportation Authority may adopt regulations governing the removal of vehicles left unattended for 12 or more hours on any Authority highway.</text>
  </level>
</section>
