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Panel backs allowing tow trucks to use portable variable messaging signs at crash scenes to improve roadside worker safety
Summary
Testimony in support of HB 13-75 said portable variable messaging signs, regulated by MDOT, would improve safety for tow operators and roadside workers; bill would authorize private tow operators to activate stationary signs at crash or disabled-vehicle scenes.
Delegate Stein presented House Bill 13-75 to authorize tow-truck operators to display portable variable messaging signs when stationary at the scene of a crash or disabled vehicle. The bill would require the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) to regulate the signs and require conformance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control…
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