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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-405" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Right-of-Way">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle using audible and visual signals that meet the requirements of § 22–218 of this article or of a police vehicle lawfully using an audible signal, the driver of every other vehicle, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, shall yield the right–of–way.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle using audible and visual signals that meet the requirements of § 22–218 of this article or of a police vehicle lawfully using an audible signal, the driver of every other vehicle, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, shall drive immediately to a position parallel to and as close as possible to the edge or curb of the roadway, clear of any intersection.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle using audible and visual signals that meet the requirements of § 22–218 of this article or of a police vehicle lawfully using an audible signal, the driver of every other vehicle, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, shall stop and stay in this position until the emergency vehicle has passed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A driver, when proceeding in the same direction as an emergency or police vehicle, may not pass an emergency vehicle using audible and visual signals that meet the requirements of § 22–218 of this article or a police vehicle lawfully using an audible signal unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The emergency vehicle has stopped; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Otherwise directed by a police officer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to a stopped, standing, or parked vehicle that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>On a highway;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Using a visual signal that meets the requirements of § 22–218 or § 22–218.2 of this article; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <level label="A">
          <text>A commercial motor vehicle providing emergency maintenance to a disabled vehicle;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>An emergency vehicle;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>A service vehicle as defined under § 22–201 of this article;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="D">
          <text>A tow truck that is properly registered in accordance with § 13–920 of this article; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="E">
          <text>A waste or recycling collection vehicle; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>On a highway; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Displaying:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>Hazard warning lights;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Road flares; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="C">
          <text>Other caution signals, including traffic cones, caution signs, or nonvehicular warning lights.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Unless otherwise directed by a police officer or a traffic control device, the driver of a motor vehicle that approaches from the rear a stopped, standing, or parked vehicle to which this subsection applies shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>If practicable and not otherwise prohibited and with due regard for safety and traffic conditions, make a lane change into an available lane not immediately adjacent to the stopped, standing, or parked vehicle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the driver of the motor vehicle is unable to make a lane change in accordance with item (i) of this paragraph, slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for existing weather, road, and vehicular or pedestrian traffic conditions.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>This section does not relieve the driver of an emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons.</text>
  </level>
</section>
