CHAPTER 512

An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-267, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to warning lights on certain emergency vehicles.

[H 495]
Approved March 31, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.1-267, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

46.1-267. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed
two fog lamps, one passing lamp, one driving lamp, two side lamps of not
more than six candle power; interior light of not more than fifteen candle
power; vacant or destination signs on vehicles operated as public carriers,
and signal lamps.

Any police vehicle, fire department vehicle, school bus, vehicle owned
or operated by a member of a volunteer fire company, ambulance, any
rescue vehicle whether publicly or privately owned used for emergency
calls, and any vehicle used for the principal purpose of towing disabled
vehicles or in constructing, maintaining and repairing public highways
or utilities on or along public highways, may be equipped with flashing,
blinking or alternating warning lights of a type approved by the Super-
intendent. The Superintendent may limit the number of vehicles to be
equipped with such warning lights owned by any one department, asso-
Clation or person.

In addition to the foregoing, the Superintendent, upon application of
the chief of any volunteer fire company shall authorize the issuance of
permits to members of any volunteer fire company, designated by the
chief in such application, to equip one privately owned vehicle each with
warning lights for use in emergency calls. Provided, however that any
such device, which may be approved by the Superintendent for use by
members of a volunteer fire company on private vehicles, shall be installed
on only one vehicle of such member and used by him only in answering
emergency calls of the fire company. It shall be unlawful for any member
of a volunteer fire company to install such a light without first obtaining
a permit or to use the light for any other purpose than answering a fire
call of his company. Any person violating the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section any volunteer member
of a regular fire company may be entitled to have a permit issued in the
same manner as a member of a volunteer fire company and may have
installed on one vehicle owned by him warning lights as aforesaid.

No motor vehicle shall be operated on any highway which is equipped
with any lighting device other than lamps required or permitted in this
article or required or permitted by the Superintendent.