Emergency Strobe Lights
2010
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Missouri: Emergency Lighting in Vehicles; Strobe Specific?
I have searched the RSMo's for this and cannot find any answer to my question. I do know that you do need to belong to a volunteer or paid fire department or emergency center to have a "Blue Light" within your vehicle. What I am inquiring about is whether or not its illegal to have the strobe head-lights, I'm not sure whether or not this would fall into the same category, however, it did not say Strobe within any of the RSMo.
307.175. Motor vehicles and equipment which are operated by any member of an organized fire department, ambulance association, or rescue squad, whether paid or volunteer, may be operated on streets and highways in this state as an emergency vehicle under the provisions of section 304.022, RSMo, while responding to a fire call or ambulance call or at the scene of a fire call or ambulance call and while using or sounding a warning siren and using or displaying thereon fixed, flashing or rotating blue lights, but sirens and blue lights shall be used only in bona fide emergencies. Permits for the operation of such vehicles equipped with sirens or blue lights shall be in writing and shall be issued and may be revoked by the chief of an organized fire department, organized ambulance association, or rescue squad and no person shall use or display a siren or blue lights on a motor vehicle, fire, ambulance, or rescue equipment without a valid permit authorizing the use. A** permit to use a siren or lights as heretofore set out does not relieve the operator of the vehicle so equipped with complying with all other traffic laws and regulations. Violation of this section constitutes a class A misdemeanor.
You are right it doesn't state anything about strobe, or wig-wag, lights. Anyone is allowed to put the wig-wags in their cars or trucks, its using them that will get you in trouble. They would be considered emergency lighting and to use them you would have to get the permit to use them and be in route to an emergency call.
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