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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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(1) Vehicles of the police department and other city,
county, State, or federal law enforcement agencies may be
equipped with and display red and blue lights or signal devices.
(2) (i) Vehicles of city, county, State, or federal
fire departments or duly constituted volunteer fire departments
or rescue squads may be equipped with or display red and/or white
lights or signal devices.
(ii) 1. In Harford County, the fire chief and
the two chief deputies of each volunteer fire company may have
their vehicles equipped with amber lights or signal devices
designed to emit an oscillating, rotating, blinking, or other
type of emission of light.
2. The lights or signal devices may be
flashed or oscillated or otherwise used only while the vehicle is
on route to or at the scene of an accident, flood, or other
emergency to which the volunteer fire company is responding.
(3) Ambulances may be equipped with or display red
and/or white lights or signal devices.
(4) State vehicles used in response to oil or
hazardous materials spills may be equipped with or display red
and/or white lights or signal devices.
(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) STATE VEHICLES DESIGNATED FOR EMERGENCY USE BY
THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION MAY BE EQUIPPED WITH OR DISPLAY
RED LIGHTS OR SIGNAL DEVICES.
[(6)] (7) 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)] (8) 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)] (9) (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.
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