Texas § 545.407 FOLLOWING OR OBSTRUCTING FIRE APPARATUS OR AMBULANCE.

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§ 545.407 — FOLLOWING OR OBSTRUCTING FIRE APPARATUS OR AMBULANCE.

Texas § 545.407

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Tex. Transportation Code Code Ann. § 545.407 (2026).

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Sec. 545.407. FOLLOWING OR OBSTRUCTING FIRE APPARATUS OR AMBULANCE.

(a)An operator, unless on official business, may not follow closer than 500 feet a fire apparatus responding to a fire alarm or drive into or park the vehicle in the block where the fire apparatus has stopped to answer a fire alarm.

(b)An operator may not:

(1)follow closer than 500 feet an ambulance that is flashing red lights unless the operator is on official business; or

(2)drive or park the vehicle where an ambulance has been summoned for an emergency call in a manner intended to interfere with the arrival or departure of the ambulance.

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Sec. 545.407. FOLLOWING OR OBSTRUCTING FIRE APPARATUS OR AMBULANCE. (a) An operator, unless on official business, may not follow closer than 500 feet a fire apparatus responding to a fire alarm or drive into or park the vehicle in the block where the fire apparatus has stopped to answer a fire alarm.
(b) An operator may not:
(1) follow closer than 500 feet an ambulance that is flashing red lights unless the operator is on official business; or
(2) drive or park the vehicle where an ambulance has been summoned for an emergency call in a manner intended to interfere with the arrival or departure of the ambulance.