2011年11月29日 星期二

Ask A Trooper: Answers about emergency vehicles, headlamps

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John Holthus from South Lyon asks: What to do when an ambulance approaches while you are driving on a multilane roadway with a center turn lane?

Answer: MCL 257.2 defines an "authorized emergency vehicle" as any one of the following:

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The driver of another vehicle shall yield the right of way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to and as close as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway, clear of an intersection, and shall stop and remain in that position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer.

This section does not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of people using the highway.

From time to time we receive questions about troopers who are traveling with just their emergency lights on, but without a siren. The answer, sometimes it is best to respond as quickly as possible but also as quietly as possible.

MCL 257.603 defines the exemptions emergency vehicles have while traveling to an emergency. MCL 257.603(5) specifically authorizes: "A police vehicle shall retain the exemptions granted in this section to an authorized emergency vehicle without sounding an audible signal if the police vehicle is engaged in an emergency run in which silence is required."

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Craig Dashner of South Lyon asks: I have a Jeep and installed lights on the lower corners of the windshield. Can I legally use the lights on the road, similar to high beams, if they are turned off when a vehicle approaches?

Answer: MCL 257.685 defines what is required regarding headlamps for passenger cars, motorcycles and farm implements. I am only going to quote the sections pertaining to passenger cars.

Because Craig says the lamps in question are near his windshield, I'm going to quote MCL 257.696 which covers "spot lamps.We can produce crystalll,led tube,led downlight according to your ..."

MCL 257.696, states in part that motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two spot lamps and every every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the beam will be directed into the eyes of the approaching driver. Spot lamps may not emit other than either a white or amber light.

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