Summary: Local ordinances; vehicle exhaust; operationon property near residential district. Allows local governingbodies to regulate, by ordinance, noise from vehicles not conformingto exhaust system requirements that are operated on highways or onpublic or private property in or within 500 feet of any residentialdistrict. Current law only allows such regulation by ordinance fromsuch vehicles that are operated on a highway.

Summary: Pedestrian control signals; applicability topersons riding bicycles and other devices. Allows persons ridingbicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electricpower-assisted bicycles, mopeds, or motorized skateboards or scootersto follow the pedestrian Walk signal at an intersection when travelingin the direction of the signal, provided they yield to pedestriansin the crosswalk traveling in the same direction. The bill providesthat a person riding a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobilitydevice, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, or motorized skateboardor scooter may not start to cross a highway in the direction of aDon't Walk signal, but such person who has partially completed hiscrossing on the Walk signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safetyisland and remain there while the Don't Walk signal is showing.

Summary: Exception to stopping requirement; bicycle,electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assistedbicycle, or motorized skateboard or scooter. Authorizes the operatorof a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electricpower-assisted bicycle, or motorized skateboard or scooter to yieldinstead of stop at an intersection of two highways controlled bya stop sign if (i) each intersecting highway has no more than threemotor vehicle travel lanes; (ii) the operator is at least 15 yearsold or accompanied by an adult; (iii) the operator slows to a speedreasonable for the existing conditions; (iv) before proceeding intothe intersection, the person yields the right-of-way to any pedestrian lawfully within the crosswalk and to the driver of another vehicleapproaching or entering such intersection from another direction;and (v) the stop sign is not marked as a full-stop stop sign. Thebill authorizes the Department of Transportation to designate anystop sign as a full-stop stop sign if site-specific conditions, includinglimited sight distances and hidden entrances, make it unsafe fora person to yield instead of stop at such stop sign and requiresa clearly marked sign at such stop signs.

Summary: Passing certain stopped vehicles; motorcycles. Authorizes the operator of a two-wheeled motorcycle to pass anothervehicle that is stopped in the same lane or between lanes, providedthat the operator is on a divided highway with at least two lanesof travel in each direction that has a speed limit that does notexceed 45 miles per hour, such motorcycle does not exceed a speedof 15 miles per hour, and the operator may execute such passing safely.

Summary: Use of handheld personal communications device;commercial dispatch. Exempts from the prohibition on holdinga handheld personal communications device while driving a motor vehiclethe use of such a device for commercial dispatch purposes, as definedin the bill.

Summary: Speed determination devices; calibration ortesting. Extends the validity of the calibration or testing ofa certain devices used to determine motor vehicle speed, other than photo speed monitoring devices, from six months to 12 months. Currentlaw sets such validity for photo speed monitoring devices at 12 months.

Summary: Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions; WMATA Response and Recovery Coordination Branch vehicles. Authorizes vehicles operated by the Response and Recovery Coordination Branch of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's Office of Emergency Preparedness to (i) be equipped with flashing, blinking, or alternating red or red and white combination warning lights and (ii) disregard certain regulations regarding the operation of vehicles without being subject to criminal prosecution while responding to an emergency. The bill adds responding to metropolitan transit-related incidents to the list of circumstances in which such lighted warning lights shall be displayed.