§ 9.44.190. Audible and visual signals on emergency vehicles and school buses.

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, bell or other warning device capable of giving an audible signal.

B.

Every school bus and every authorized emergency vehicle shall, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required by this title, be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall be capable of displaying to the front two alternately flashing red lights located at the same level, and two alternately flashing red lights, in the rear, located at the same level. These lights shall have sufficient intensity to be visible at 700 feet in normal sunlight.

C.

A police vehicle when used as an authorized emergency vehicle may, but need not be, equipped with alternately flashing red lights specified in this section.

D.

The alternately flashing lighting described in subsections B and C of this section shall not be used on any vehicle other than a school bus or an authorized emergency vehicle.

E.

A police vehicle when used as an authorized emergency vehicle may use a blue flashing light in addition to other lights specified in this section.

F.

No vehicle may display, use or be equipped with red or blue flashing lights in simulation of or similar to those specified in this section or alternating flashing headlamps unless the vehicle is an emergency vehicle or otherwise authorized to use such lights under section 9.36.350.

(CAC 9.44.190; AO No. 78-72; AO No. 89-52; AO No. 2011-113(S), § 126, 11-22-11, eff. 12-22-11)