47-12-218.

§47-12-218.


    A.  Every authorized emergency vehicle shall, in addition to any
other equipment and distinctive markings required by this act, 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 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 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 lights specified herein.
    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 act.
    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.