CHAPTER 570
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-225 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to duty of motorists to yield right of way to certain emergency
vehicles.
[H 681]

Approved March 31, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.1-225 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

_§ 46.1-225. Upon the approach of any police vehicle, fire department
vehicle, vehicle owned or operated by a member of a volunteer fire com-
pany, rescue vehicle or ambulance, giving audible signal by siren or ex-
haust whistle, the driver of every other vehicle shall immediately drive
the same to a position as near as possible and parallel to the right-hand
edge or curb, clear of any intersection of highways, and shall stop and
remain in such position unless otherwise directed by a police or traffic
officer, until the police or fire department vehicle or vehicle owned or oper-
ated by a member of a volunteer fire company, rescue vehicle or ambulance
shall have passed. This provision shall not operate to relieve the driver of
a police or fire department vehicle, or vehicle owned or operated by a
member of a volunteer fire company, rescue vehicle or ambulance from
the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the
highway, nor shall it protect the driver of any such vehicle from the con-
sequences of an arbitrary exercise of such right of way.

As used in this chapter, the term “rescue vehicle” is defined as any
vehicle designed or utilized for the principal purposes of supplying resusci-
tation or other emergency relief where human life is endangered.