Section 22-408 – Display of Warning Devices When Vehicle Disabled
(a) Whenever any truck, passenger bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer, or any motor vehicle towing a mobile home is disabled on the roadway or shoulder of any highway outside of any municipal corporation at any time when lighted lamps are required on vehicles, the driver of the vehicle shall display the following warning […]
Section 22-409 – Transportation of Hazardous Materials
(a) (1) The Administrator and the Secretary of the Department of the Environment jointly shall adopt such regulations as are necessary for the safe transportation of hazardous materials. (2) The regulations adopted under this subsection shall duplicate or be consistent with the hazardous materials transportation regulations contained in 49 C.F.R., Parts 107 through 180, and all amendments to […]
Section 22-410 – Air Conditioning Equipment
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Air–conditioning equipment” means mechanical vapor compression refrigeration equipment used to cool the driver’s or passenger compartment of any motor vehicle. (3) “Ozone–depleting refrigerant” means a refrigerant used in air–conditioning equipment that contains a substance identified in 42 U.S.C. § 7671a(a) or (b). (b) Air–conditioning equipment shall be […]
Section 22-411 – Metal Frame Required for Rear of Trailers and Semitrailers
(a) Every trailer or semitrailer of a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or more, when operated on a highway, shall be equipped with a permanent metal frame attached to the underside of the rear of the trailer. (b) The frame may not be any wider than the width of the trailer and shall be not more than […]
Section 22-412 – Seat Belts Required
(a) Every motor vehicle registered in this State and manufactured or assembled after June 1, 1964, shall be equipped with two sets of seat belts on the front seat of the vehicle. (b) Every motor vehicle registered in this State and manufactured or assembled with a rear seat after June 1, 1969, shall be equipped with two […]
Section 22-412.1 – Seat Belts and Other Equipment for Vehicles Used by Nursery Schools, Camps, etc.; Type 1 School Vehicle Excepted
Every motor vehicle that is used by nursery schools, camps, day nurseries, or child care centers for children with an intellectual disability to transport children shall be equipped with seat belts for each seat and shall be subject to any other regulations adopted by the Administration, unless the motor vehicle: (1) Is a Type I school […]
Section 22-412.2 – Child Safety Seats
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) (i) “Child safety seat” means a device, including a child booster seat, that the manufacturer: 1. Certifies is manufactured in accordance with applicable federal safety standards; and 2. Intends to be used to restrain, seat, or position a child who is transported in a motor vehicle. (ii) “Child safety […]
Section 22-404.5 – Power Booster Systems Prohibited; Exceptions
(a) In this section, “power booster system” means any device installed in a motor vehicle which allows liquid nitrous oxide to combine with gasoline for the purpose of increasing engine power. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person may not operate on a highway a motor vehicle equipped with a power booster […]
Section 22-412.3 – Mandatory Seat Belt Use
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) (i) “Motor vehicle” means a vehicle that is: 1. Registered or capable of being registered in this State as a Class A (passenger), Class E (truck), Class F (tractor), Class M (multipurpose), or Class P (passenger bus) vehicle; and 2. Required to be equipped with seat belts under […]
Section 22-405 – Tires Generally
(a) A person may not drive a motor vehicle on any highway unless the motor vehicle is equipped with tires in safe operating condition, in accordance with requirements approved by the Administrator. (b) A person may not drive a trailer on any highway unless the trailer is equipped with tires in safe operating condition, in accordance with […]