Legislation
SECTION 1217
Following emergency fire vehicles prohibited
Vehicle & Traffic (VAT) CHAPTER 71, TITLE 7, ARTICLE 33
§ 1217. Following emergency fire vehicles prohibited. The driver of
any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any
authorized emergency fire vehicle in the same lane or an adjacent lane
to the one being used by such fire vehicle at a distance closer than two
hundred feet while such fire vehicle is displaying one or more red or
combination red and white lights, or one white light which must be a
revolving, rotating, flashing, oscillating or constantly moving light,
nor shall such driver drive into or park his or her vehicle within the
block or where there is no block, within one thousand feet of where such
fire vehicle has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any
authorized emergency fire vehicle in the same lane or an adjacent lane
to the one being used by such fire vehicle at a distance closer than two
hundred feet while such fire vehicle is displaying one or more red or
combination red and white lights, or one white light which must be a
revolving, rotating, flashing, oscillating or constantly moving light,
nor shall such driver drive into or park his or her vehicle within the
block or where there is no block, within one thousand feet of where such
fire vehicle has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.