Indiana § 9-19-5-6 Emergency warning signals

Indiana Statutes

§ 9-19-5-6 — Emergency warning signals

Indiana § 9-19-5-6

Title 9MOTOR VEHICLES

Art. 19MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT

Ch. 5Horns and Emergency Warning Signals

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Ind. Code § 9-19-5-6 (2026).

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(a)A person may not operate a motor truck, passenger bus, or truck-tractor upon a highway outside the corporate limits of a municipality from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise unless the vehicle carries the following equipment:

(1)At least three (3):

(A)flares (liquid-burning pot torches);

(B)red electric lanterns; or

(C)portable red emergency reflectors; each of which must be capable of being seen and distinguished at a distance of not less than six hundred (600) feet under normal atmospheric conditions at nighttime.

(2)At least three (3) red-burning fuses unless red electric lanterns or red portable emergency reflectors are carried.

(3)At least two (2) red-cloth flags, not less than twelve (12) inches square, with standards to support the flags.

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(a) A person may not operate a motor truck,
passenger bus, or truck-tractor upon a highway outside the corporate
limits of a municipality from a half hour after sunset to a half hour
before sunrise unless the vehicle carries the following equipment:
(1) At least three (3):
(A) flares (liquid-burning pot torches);
(B) red electric lanterns; or
(C) portable red emergency reflectors;
each of which must be capable of being seen and distinguished at
a distance of not less than six hundred (600) feet under normal
atmospheric conditions at nighttime.
(2) At least three (3) red-burning fuses unless red electric lanterns
or red portable emergency reflectors are carried.
(3) At least two (2) red-cloth flags, not less than twelve (12)
inches square, with standards to support the flags.
(b) A flare (liquid-burning pot torch), fusee, electric lantern, or cloth
warning flag may not be used to comply with this section unless the
equipment has been submitted to and approved by the director of traffic
safety.
(c) A portable reflector unit may not be used to comply with this
section unless the unit:
(1) is designed and constructed to include two (2) reflecting
elements, one (1) above the other, each of which must be capable
of reflecting red light clearly visible from all distances within six
hundred (600) feet to one hundred (100) feet under normal
atmospheric conditions at night when directly in front of lawful
upper beams of head lamps; and
(2) has been submitted to and approved by the director of traffic
safety.
(d) A person may not operate at the time and under conditions stated
in subsection (a) a:
(1) motor vehicle used for the transportation of explosives; or
(2) cargo tank truck used for the transportation of flammable
liquids or compressed gases;
unless three (3) red electric lanterns or three (3) portable red
emergency reflectors are carried in the vehicle that meet the
requirements of subsection (a). A person may not carry in such a
vehicle a flare, fusee, or signal produced by flame.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-41.]