Is it legal to ride without doors and side mirrors in MD???

 

Worse case would be a maintenance ticket. Which means you have 30 days to put your doors back on and have an Officer sign off on it.

That info came from the Baltimore County Police Department.

 

seriously??!!!!

 

That surprises me. For some reason I would have figured that MD would have been more hard core on it.

What's the fine for a maintenance ticket in MD? It used to be $9 here once the LEO signed off on it, but the State raised all traffic fines. They jumped to almost $60 here.

 

I don't know how much they cost. Years back I was sited for a crack in my windshield and I don't recall a fine at all. I remember I grabbed a LEO off the snack isle at 7-11 to sign off for me. He was a tad annoyed.

 

don't know about the doors, i see jeeps running around doorless all the time. but i wouldn't risk it without the mirrors.

 

I've seen guys running around without doors all the time. I've been watching and some of them did not have a side mirror at the time. My salesman told me you had to have them. Not sure who to believe, but if & when I take the doors off some sort of mirror will be going on.

 

having asked my next door neighbor about this who is a Montgomery county cop, he said that doors are not required, but at least one mirror must be present to allow view to the rear of the vehicle. He also mentioned that its the law he knows but isn't sure if its just Montgomery county that the law applies, or the whole state.

so far... i've got nothing but waves and friendly looks from all the police around here when riding without doors, so i'm not worried about it.

that maintance ticket thing is for some dummy that wishes he had a jeep and took the doors off his honda civic or something.

 

Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation Article
Title 22. Vehicle Laws—Equipment of Vehicles
Section 22-403

(a) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with at least one mirror located to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle.

(b) Every motor vehicle registered in this State shall be equipped with an outside mirror on the driver's side located to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least 200 feet to the rear of the vehicle and along the driver's side of the vehicle. This subsection does not apply to motorcycles, which are governed by subsection (c) of this section.

(c) Every motorcycle shall be equipped with two rearview mirrors, one each attached to the right and left handlebars, which shall meet applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards.

(d) Where the view through the inside rearview mirror is obstructed, two outside rearview mirrors are required.

 

damn, ya beat me to it... i was out looking for this to post it...