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Ch. 280
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2007 Laws of Maryland
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(b) (1) Every emergency vehicle, in addition to any other equipment and
distinctive markings required by the Maryland Vehicle Law, shall be equipped with
signal lamps mounted as high as practicable, which shall be capable of displaying to
the front and to the rear a flashing red light or lights. These lights shall have
sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight.
(2) Every school vehicle meeting the requirements established by the
Administrator shall be equipped with alternately flashing warning lights in
accordance with the standards adopted under § 22-228 of this subtitle.
(c) (1) A person may not drive or move on any highway any vehicle or
equipment that is equipped with or displays any light or signal device designed to emit
an oscillating, rotating, blinking, or other type of emission of light, unless designated
and authorized by the Administrator as indicated in paragraphs (2) through [(10)] (11)
of this subsection. The provisions of this section do not prohibit the display and use of
any lighting device that may be permitted or required elsewhere in the Maryland
Vehicle Law.
(2) Vehicles of the police department and other city, county, State, or
federal law enforcement agencies may be equipped with and display red, white, or blue
lights or signal devices.
(3) (i) Vehicles of city, county, State, or federal fire departments or
duly constituted volunteer fire departments or rescue squads, or the Maryland
Institute for Emergency Medical Services System, may be equipped with or display red
and/or white lights or signal devices.
(ii) In each volunteer fire company, no more than five of the
following officers may have their privately owned vehicles equipped with red lights or
signal devices which may be displayed only while on route to or at the scene of an
emergency:
1. The fire chief or the highest ranking fireline officer;
2. One or more of the assistant chiefs or deputy chiefs,
whichever rank is second in command; and
3. The emergency medical services commander.
(iii) 1. The fire police of each volunteer fire company may
have their privately owned vehicles equipped with red lights or signal devices
designed to emit an oscillating, rotating, blinking, or other type of emission of light.
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