Moving Over For Stopped Vehicles

Pulling over for a siren. In Maryland, on the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle using audible and visual signals, or a police vehicle using its siren, a driver yields, moves as close as possible to the edge of the road clear of any intersection, and stops until it passes, unless a police officer directs otherwise. A driver going the same way may not pass it unless it has stopped or an officer directs.

• Md. Code, Transp. § 21-405

Moving over. A driver approaching from behind a stopped vehicle on a highway that is an emergency vehicle, a service vehicle, a tow truck, a garbage or recycling truck, or a commercial vehicle helping a disabled one, using its signal lights, or any vehicle showing hazard lights, flares, cones or caution signs, does one of these unless an officer or a traffic control device directs otherwise:

• Md. Code, Transp. § 21-405

• If practicable, safe and not prohibited, changes into an available lane not next to it.
• If not, slows to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for the conditions.

• Md. Code, Transp. § 21-405