HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1463
PRINTER'S NO. 1916
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1123
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO, STEFANO, CAPPELLETTI, PITTMAN AND
J. WARD, MARCH 3, 2022
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in other required equipment, further providing for
visual signals on authorized vehicles FLASHING OR REVOLVING
YELLOW AND WHITE LIGHTS.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4572(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 4572. Visual signals on authorized vehicles.
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(b) Flashing or revolving yellow or blue lights.--Vehicles
authorized pursuant to the provisions of sections 6106 (relating
to designation of emergency vehicles by Pennsylvania State
Police) and 6107 (relating to designation of authorized vehicles
by department), tow trucks and vehicles used for snow removal
may be equipped with one or more flashing or revolving yellow
lights. The manner in which the light or lights shall be
displayed and the intensity shall be determined by regulation of
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the department. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
following vehicles may be equipped with one or more flashing or
revolving blue lights in addition to the use of yellow lights
under this subsection:
(1) A tow truck, if the blue lights are equipped only in
the rear of the vehicle. A tow truck under this paragraph may
only operate blue lights while the tow truck is stationary on
the side of the road or highway while responding to a
disabled vehicle. The tow truck operating under this
paragraph is prohibited from operating blue lights at any
time while the tow truck is in motion.
(2) (Reserved).
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SECTION 1. SECTION 4572.1 OF TITLE 75 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
CONSOLIDATED STATUTES IS AMENDED TO READ:
§ 4572.1. FLASHING OR REVOLVING [YELLOW AND WHITE] LIGHTS ON
TOW TRUCKS.
(A) [GENERAL RULE.--TOW] COLORED LIGHTS.--
(1) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (B), TOW TRUCKS MAY BE
EQUIPPED WITH ONE OR MORE FLASHING OR REVOLVING YELLOW LIGHTS
AND ONE OR MORE FLASHING OR REVOLVING WHITE LIGHTS. THE
MANNER IN WHICH THE LIGHT OR LIGHTS SHALL BE DISPLAYED SHALL
BE DETERMINED BY REGULATION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
(2) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (B.1) , TOW TRUCKS MAY BE
EQUIPPED WITH ONE OR MORE FLASHING OR REVOLVING YELLOW LIGHTS
AND ONE OR MORE FLASHING OR REVOLVING BLUE LIGHTS. THE BLUE
LIGHTS SHALL ONLY BE EQUIPPED IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.
(B) LIMITATIONS ON WHITE LIGHTS.--THE FLASHING OR REVOLVING
YELLOW AND WHITE LIGHTS UNDER SUBSECTION (A)(1) ON TOW TRUCKS
SHALL BE ACTIVATED ONLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ACTIVELY PERFORMING
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THE TYPE OF WORK WHICH IS THE BASIS OF THE DESIGNATION OF THE
VEHICLE AS AN AUTHORIZED VEHICLE OR IS WITHIN THE VICINITY OF AN
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AREA. TOW TRUCKS SHALL NOT OPERATE WITH
ACTIVATED FLASHING OR REVOLVING YELLOW AND WHITE LIGHTS UNDER
SUBSECTION (A)(1) WHEN:
(1) NOT ENGAGED IN THE ACT OF TOWING A VEHICLE.
(2) BRAKE LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS AND OPERATING LIGHTS ARE
VISIBLE FROM THE REAR AND NOT OBSTRUCTED.
(3) THE VEHICLE BEING TOWED DOES NOT TRAIL BEHIND THE
TOW TRUCK AND IS SECURELY POSITIONED ON THE FLATBED OF THE
TOW TRUCK WITH NO PARTS OF THE TOWED VEHICLE OVERHANGING.
(B.1) LIMITATIONS ON BLUE LIGHTS.-- A TOW TRUCK MAY ONLY
OPERATE WITH BLUE LIGHTS UNDER SUBSECTION (A)(2) WHILE THE TOW
TRUCK IS STATIONARY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR HIGHWAY WHILE
RESPONDING TO A DISABLED VEHICLE. A TOW TRUCK SHALL NOT OPERATE
WITH BLUE LIGHTS UNDER SUBSECTION (A)(2) AT ANY TIME WHILE THE
TOW TRUCK IS IN MOTION.
(C) PENALTY.--UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE LIGHTS SPECIFIED IN
THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE A SUMMARY OFFENSE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE
OF $50.
Section 2. All regulations and parts of regulations are
abrogated to the extent of any inconsistency with the provisions
of this act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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