CODE OF VIRGINIA

FLASHING RED OR RED AND WHITE WARNING LIGHTS (§ 46.2-1023)

Fire apparatus, forest warden vehicles, emergency medical services vehicles,
vehicles of the Department of Emergency Management, vehicles of the Department
of Environmental Quality, vehicles of the Virginia National Guard Civil Support
Team when responding to an emergency, vehicles of county, city, or town
Departments of Emergency Management, vehicles of the Office of Emergency Medical
Services, animal warden vehicles, and vehicles used by security personnel of the
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Bassett-Walker, Inc., the Winchester Medical
Center, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Wallops Flight
Facility, and, within those areas specified in their orders of appointment, by
special conservators of the peace and policemen for certain places appointed
pursuant to §§ 19.2-13 and 19.2-17 may be equipped with flashing, blinking, or
alternating red or red and white combination warning lights of types approved by
the Superintendent. Such warning lights may be of types constructed within turn
signal housings or motorcycle headlight housings, subject to approval by the
Superintendent.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-273; 1954, c. 310; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-267; 1960,
cc. 156, 391; 1962, c. 512; 1966, cc. 655, 664; 1968, c. 89; 1972, c. 7; 1974,
c. 537; 1976, c. 6; 1977, c. 72; 1978, cc. 311, 357; 1980, c. 337; 1981, c. 338;
1984, cc. 440, 539; 1985, cc. 248, 269, 287, 462; 1986, cc. 124, 127, 229; 1987,
cc. 347, 370; 1988, cc. 339, 351; 1989, c. 727; 1991, c. 105; 1992, c. 34; 1994,
c. 178; 1995, c. 92; 2003, cc. 152, 217; 2005, c. 583; 2006, c. 86; 2008, c.
181; 2009, c. 595; 2014, cc. 171, 800; 2015, cc. 502, 503.