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§47-12-218.


§47-12-218.
   
   A. Every authorized emergency vehicle shall, in addition to any other
   equipment and distinctive markings required by this title, be equipped
   with a siren, exhaust whistle or bell capable of giving an audible
   signal.
   
   B. Every school bus used for transportation of school children and
   every authorized emergency vehicle shall, in addition to any other
   equipment and distinctive markings required by this act, be equipped
   with signal lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced laterally as
   practicable, which shall be capable of displaying to the front two
   alternately flashing red, or for authorized emergency vehicles,
   flashing red or blue lights or a combination of flashing red and blue
   lights located at the same level, and these lights shall have
   sufficient intensity to be visible at five hundred (500) feet in
   normal sunlight or, as an alternative, authorized emergency vehicles
   may use one red or blue signal lamp so located at or near the top of
   the vehicle which when lighted is visible for a distance of five
   hundred (500) feet in normal sunlight both to the front and to the
   rear of the vehicle.
   
   C. A law enforcement vehicle when used as an authorized emergency
   vehicle may but need not be equipped with alternately-flashing red or
   blue lights specified herein. An unmarked vehicle used as a law
   enforcement vehicle for routine traffic enforcement shall be equipped
   with the following combination of lights:
   
   1. Three flashing red, blue, or a combination of red and blue lights
   emitting the flashing lights to the front of the vehicle;
   
   2. Two flashing white lights emitting the flashing white lights to the
   front of the vehicle;
   
   3. Flashing red, blue, white or any combination of red, blue or white
   lights placed at and emitting the flashing lights from the four
   corners of the vehicle so that they are visible for three hundred
   sixty (360) degrees; and
   
   4. One flashing red, blue, yellow, or any combination of red, blue, or
   yellow lights emitting the flashing light to the rear of the vehicle.
   
   D. The use of the signal equipment described herein shall impose upon
   drivers of other vehicles the obligation to yield right-of-way and
   stop as prescribed in Sections 11-405 and 11-705 of this title.
   
   E. It shall be unlawful for any person to use audible signal equipment
   from a motor vehicle for the purpose of causing any other motor
   vehicle operator to yield right-of-way and stop. The provisions of
   this subsection shall not apply to vehicles of any fire department,
   fire patrol, law enforcement vehicles, ambulances, or other authorized
   emergency vehicles.
   

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