HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(5)  Service vehicles, rural letter carrier
vehicles, slow moving farm vehicles, and tow trucks may be
equipped with or display yellow or amber lights or signal
devices.

(6)  The blue, red, or white lights or signal
devices may be flashed or oscillated or otherwise used only
while on route to or at the scene of an emergency, and their
use does not relieve an emergency vehicle from otherwise
giving an audible warning as required elsewhere in the
Maryland Vehicle Law.

(7)  The yellow or amber lights or signal devices
permitted on vehicles under paragraph (5) of this subsection
may be flashed or oscillated or otherwise used only in the
course of official duties, to indicate to the public that
the vehicle is a slow moving vehicle or otherwise is
impeding traffic.

(8) (I) AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE OF ANY FOREIGN
STATE MAY BE EQUIPPED WITH ANY LIGHTS OR SIGNALS:

1.  AS PROVIDED BY THIS SUBSECTION;
OR

2.  AS PERMITTED BY THE STATE IN
WHICH THE VEHICLE IS REGISTERED.

(II) 1. THE USE OF ANY LIGHTS OR SIGNALS
PERMITTED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH IS LIMITED TO AN EMERGENCY
VEHICLE, AS DEFINED IN § 11-118 OF THIS ARTICLE, RESPONDING
TO AN EMERGENCY OR PURSUING A VIOLATOR, AND EQUIPPED WITH AN
AUDIBLE SIGNAL AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.

2. FOREIGN VEHICLES, AS DEFINED IN §
11-124 OF THIS ARTICLE, WHICH ARE PRIVATELY OWNED BY MEMBERS
OF VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES, AMBULANCE OR RESCUE SQUADS,
FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES MAY BE
EQUIPPED WITH LIGHTS OR SIGNALS AS PERMITTED BY THE STATE IN
WHICH THE VEHICLE IS REGISTERED, BUT SUCH LIGHTS OR SIGNALS
MAY NOT BE USED WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN THIS STATE.

[(8)] (9) In addition to the penalties provided
in Title 27 of this article, any person convicted of a
violation of this section may have his driving privileges
suspended for a period of 30 days, and the registration of
the vehicle may be suspended for a period of 30 days,
notwithstanding that the owner of the vehicle may not be the
operator at the time of the offense, unless the owner proves
to the satisfaction of the Administration that he had no
control over the use or display of a light or signal device
and could not prevent the violation of this section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.