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be carried in the vehicle the following equipment except as provided
in subsection (b):

(1)    At least three flares or three red electric lanterns or three
portable red emergency reflectors, each of which shall be capable of
being seen and distinguished at a distance of not less than 600 feet
under normal atmospheric conditions at nighttime;

(2)    At least three red-burning fusees having a burning period of
at least 15 minutes unless red electric lanterns or red portable emer-
gency reflectors are carried; and

(3)    At least two red flags, not less than 12 inches square, with
standards to support the flags.

(b)    No person shall operate at the time and under conditions
stated in subsection (a) any motor vehicle used for the transporta-
tion of explosives, any cargo tank truck used for the transportation
of flammable liquids or compressed gases, or any motor vehicle using
compressed gas as a fuel unless there shall be carried in the vehicle
three red electric lanterns or three portable red emergency reflectors
meeting the requirements of subsections (a) and (c) of this section,
and there shall not be carried in the vehicle any flares, fusees, or
signal produced by flame.

(c)    No flare, fusee, electric lantern, or warning flag shall be used
for the purpose of compliance with the requirements of this section
unless the equipment is of a type which has been submitted to the
commissioner and approved by him. No portable reflector unit shall
be used for the purpose of compliance with the requirements of this
section unless it is so designed and constructed as to include two
reflecting elements one above the other, each of which shall be
capable of reflecting red light clearly visible from all distances within
600 feet to 100 feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night
when directly in front of lawful upper beams of head lamps, and
unless it is of a type which has been submitted to the commissioner
and approved by him.

§ 12-408. Display of warning devices when vehicle disabled.

(a) Whenever any truck, passenger bus, truck tractor, trailer,
semitrailer, or pole trailer, or any motor vehicle towing a house
trailer, is disabled upon the traveled portion of any highway or the
shoulder thereof outside of any municipality at any time when lighted
lamps are required on vehicles the driver of the vehicle shall display
the following warning devices upon the highway during the time the
vehicle is so disabled on the highway except as provided in subsec-
tion (b), (c) or (e).

(1)    A lighted fusee, a lighted red electric lantern, or a portable
red emergency reflector shall be immediately placed at the traffic
side of the vehicle in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic;
and

(2)    As soon thereafter as possible but in any event within 15
minutes or before any fusee used for this purpose burns out, which-
ever occurs first, the driver shall place three liquid-burning flares
(pot torches), or three lighted red electric lanterns or three portable
red emergency reflectors on the traveled portion of the highway in
the following order: