4571 - Visual and audible signals on emergency vehicles.

                               SUBCHAPTER D                       EQUIPMENT OF AUTHORIZED AND                            EMERGENCY VEHICLES     Sec.     4571.  Visual and audible signals on emergency vehicles.     4572.  Visual signals on authorized vehicles.     4573.  Identification of certain vehicles.        Cross References.  Subchapter D is referred to in section     3327 of this title.     § 4571.  Visual and audible signals on emergency vehicles.        (a)  General rule.--Every emergency vehicle shall be equipped     with one or more revolving or flashing red lights and an audible     warning system. Spotlights with adjustable sockets may be     attached to or mounted on emergency vehicles.        (b)  Police, sheriff, fire and coroner or medical examiner     vehicles.--            (1)  Police, sheriff, coroner, medical examiner or fire        police vehicles may in addition to the requirements of        subsection (a) be equipped with one or more revolving or        flashing blue lights. The combination of red and blue lights        may be used only on police, sheriff, coroner, medical        examiner or fire police vehicles.            (2)  Unmarked police and sheriff vehicles used as        emergency vehicles and equipped with audible warning systems        shall be equipped with the lights described in this        subsection.        (b.1)  Mounted lights and additional equipment.--            (1)  Police, sheriff and fire vehicles may be equipped        with a mounted rack containing one or more emergency warning        lights or side mounted floodlights or alley lights or all        such lights in conformance with department regulations.            (2)  Additional visual or audible warning signal        equipment, including, but not limited to, flashing headlamp        system, flashing or revolving white or clear lights, steady        burning lights, traffic-control emergency directional light        assembly, amber lights and intersection lights, may be        utilized on emergency vehicles in accordance with regulations        promulgated by the department.        (c.1)  Public Utility Commission vehicles.--Vehicles owned or     operated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and used     in the enforcement of 66 Pa.C.S. Chs. 23 (relating to common     carriers) and 25 (relating to contract carrier by motor vehicle     and broker) may be equipped with revolving or flashing red     lights in accordance with subsection (a).        (d)  Vehicles prohibited from using signals.--Except as     otherwise specifically provided in this section, no vehicle     other than an emergency vehicle may be equipped with revolving     or flashing lights or audible warning systems identical or     similar to those specified in subsections (a) and (b). A person     who equips or uses a vehicle with visual or audible warning     systems in violation of this section commits a summary offense     and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not     less than $500 nor more than $1,000.        (e)  Authorized period of use.--The lights and warning     systems specified by this section may be used only during an     emergency, or in the interest of public safety, or by police     officers, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs in enforcement of the     law. Unauthorized use of the lights and warning systems     specified by this section shall be a summary offense punishable     by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000.        (f)  Conformity with department regulations.--All equipment     authorized or required by this section shall conform to     department regulations.     (Feb. 15, 1980, P.L.12, No.8, eff. imd.; July 10, 1981, P.L.250,     No.82, eff. imd.; July 9, 1984, P.L.671, No.142, eff. imd.; May     9, 1986, P.L.158, No.51, eff. 60 days; Dec. 11, 1986, P.L.1530,     No.166, eff. 60 days; Mar. 13, 1990, P.L.69, No.14, eff. 60     days; Dec. 18, 1992, P.L.1411, No.174, eff. 60 days; June 26,     2001, P.L.734, No.75, eff. 60 days)        Cross References.  Section 4571 is referred to in sections     4107, 4306 of this title; section 5704 of Title 18 (Crimes and     Offenses).