§ 9-19-14-5 — Police vehicles used as emergency vehicles

Indiana § 9-19-14-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 9: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Art. 19: MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
• Ch. 14: Special Equipment for Emergency Vehicles

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A police vehicle, when used as an authorized
emergency vehicle, must be equipped with either of the following:
(1) At least two (2) signal lamps capable of displaying a red beam
and a blue beam that meet the following requirements:
(A) The signal lamps are mounted as high and as widely spaced
laterally as practicable or mounted in a manner that will make
the lights visible to oncoming traffic one hundred eighty (180)
degrees around the front of the vehicle.
(B) The signal lamps are capable of displaying to the front
alternately flashing red and blue lights.
(C) The signal lamp capable of displaying the red beam is
located on the driver's side of the vehicle and the signal lamp
capable of displaying the blue beam is located on the
passenger's side of the vehicle.
(2) One (1) signal lamp that is capable of displaying a red beam
and a blue beam in a manner that will make the light visible to
oncoming traffic one hundred eighty (180) degrees in front of the
vehicle.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-20(e).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.7.