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(5)   Said blue, red, or white lights or signal devices may only be
flashed or oscillated or otherwise used while enroute to, at the scene
of, or returning from an emergency and shall not relieve the author-
ized emergency vehicle from otherwise giving an audible warning
as required elsewhere in this article.

(6)   Such yellow or amber lights or signal devices permitted on
vehicles set out in subsection (c) (4) above shall only be flashed or
oscillated or otherwise used in the course of its official duties, to
indicate to the public that it is a slow moving vehicle or is other-
wise impeding traffic.

(7)  In addition to the penalties provided in Section 17-101 (b)
any person convicted of a violation of Section 12-218 shall have his
driving privileges suspended for a period of thirty (30) days, and
the registration of such vehicle shall be suspended for a period of
thirty (30) days, notwithstanding that the owner of such vehicle
may not be the operator at the time of the offense, unless said owner
proves to the satisfaction of the Department that he had no control
over the use or display of a light or signal device that could not
prevent the violation of this section.

12-302.

(a)  Every motor vehicle and combination of vehicles at all times
and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service
brake, shall be capable of:

(1)  Developing a braking force that is not less than the percentage
of its gross weight tabulated herein for its classification;

(2)  Decelerating to a stop from not more than twenty miles per
hour at not less than the feet per second per second tabulated herein
for its classification; and

(3)   Stopping from a speed of twenty miles per hour in not more
than the distance tabulated herein for its classification, such distance
to be measured from the point at which movement of the service
brake pedal or control begins.

17-101.

(b)   (i) Every person who is convicted of violation of subsection
(a) of Section 11-902 shall be punished by imprisonment for not more
than one (1) year or by fine of not more than one thousand dollars
($1,000.00), or by both fine and imprisonment.

On a second or subsequent conviction he may be punished by im-
prisonment for not more more than two (2) years, and in the dis-
cretion of the court, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars
($1,000.00).

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 17, 1971.