PRINTER'S NO. 2369
No. 1909 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY SCHRODER, BROWNE, CLARK, M. COHEN, DAILEY, FARGO,
FICHTER, FLICK, HENNESSEY, HORSEY, KAISER, McGILL, MELIO,
MICHLOVIC, R. MILLER, ROHRER, ROSS, SCRIMENTI, SHANER,
SOLOBAY, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, TRELLO, WALKO, WRIGHT AND
YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 4, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 4, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for drivers of emergency
3 vehicles.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3105 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 3105. Drivers of emergency vehicles.
9 * * *
10 (g) Emergency vehicle preemption devices.--
11 (1) The department shall promulgate regulations for the
12 operation and use of preemptive traffic devices by emergency
13 vehicles, including the following requirements:
14 (i) Set standards for the frequency, bandwidth and
15 type of preemptive device emitter to be used by an
16 emergency vehicle.
17 (ii) Set standards for the operation of intersection
1 traffic signals in response to a preemptive signal from
2 an emergency vehicle.
3 (iii) Identify emergency personnel authorized to
4 operate preemptive traffic devices, establish standard
5 requirements for the training of such personnel in the
6 use of the devices and identify circumstances in which
7 the use of such devices is permitted.
8 (2) An individual other than authorized emergency
9 personnel who operates or uses a preemptive traffic device
10 commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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