§ 42-4-213 — Audible and visual signals on emergency vehicles

Colorado § 42-4-213

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 42: Vehicles and
• Art.: Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic

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(1) Except as
otherwise provided in this section or in section 42-4-222 in the case of volunteer
fire vehicles and volunteer ambulances, every authorized emergency vehicle shall,
in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required by this article,
be equipped as a minimum with a siren and a horn. Such devices shall be capable of
emitting a sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than
five hundred feet.

(2) Every authorized emergency vehicle, except those used as undercover
vehicles by governmental agencies, shall, in addition to any other equipment and
distinctive markings required by this article, be equipped with at least one signal
lamp mounted as high as practicable, which shall be capable of displaying a
flashing, oscillating, or rotating red light to the front and to the rear having
sufficient intensity to be visible at five hundred feet in normal sunlight. In addition
to the required red light, flashing, oscillating, or rotating signal lights may be used
which emit blue, white, or blue in combination with white.

(3) A police vehicle, when used as an authorized emergency vehicle, may but
need not be equipped with the red lights specified in this section.

(4) Any authorized emergency vehicle, including those authorized by section
42-4-222, may be equipped with green flashing lights, mounted at sufficient height
and having sufficient intensity to be visible at five hundred feet in all directions in
normal daylight. Such lights may only be used at the single designated command
post at any emergency location or incident and only when such command post is
stationary. The single command post shall be designated by the on-scene incident
commander in accordance with local or state government emergency plans. Any
other use of a green light by a vehicle shall constitute a violation of this section.

(5) The use of either the audible or the visual signal equipment described in
this section shall impose upon drivers of other vehicles the obligation to yield right-of-way and stop as prescribed in section 42-4-705.

(6) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class A
traffic infraction.

Legislative History

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2249, � 1, effective January 1, 1995.