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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="21-507.2" title_number="21" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Rules of the Road" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Pedestrians' Rights and Rules">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only in Wicomico County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In this section, “inherently dangerous” means posing a serious risk of injury to a pedestrian, a driver or passenger in a vehicle, or other persons that cannot be mitigated with the exercise of ordinary care.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person may not stand in a roadway, shoulder, median divider, or intersection determined by the county or a municipal corporation in the county to be inherently dangerous.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The county or a municipal corporation in the county shall make a determination on whether a State roadway, shoulder, median divider, or intersection is inherently dangerous in consultation with the State Highway Administration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A police officer may not issue a citation for a violation of this section unless:</text>
    </level>
    <level label="i">
      <text>The inherently dangerous roadway, shoulder, median divider, or intersection has appropriate signs installed by the county or municipal corporation that notify the public that a person may not stand in violation of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>The signs are installed in accordance with the manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices adopted by the State Highway Administration under § 25–104 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On a State highway, the county or a municipal corporation in the county may install the signs required under paragraph (1) of this subsection only with the approval of the State Highway Administration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
