Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 5 histories
307.175. Sirens and flashing lights, use of, when — permits — violation, penalty. — 1. 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 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.
2. (1) Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section, the following vehicles may use or display fixed, flashing, or rotating red or red and blue lights:
(a) Emergency vehicles, as defined in section 304.022, when responding to an emergency;
(b) Vehicles operated as described in subsection 1 of this section;
(c) Vehicles and equipment owned or leased by a contractor or subcontractor performing work for the department of transportation, except that the red or red and blue lights shall be displayed on vehicles or equipment described in this paragraph only between dusk and dawn, when such vehicles or equipment are stationary, such vehicles or equipment are located in a work zone as defined in section 304.580, highway workers as defined in section 304.580 are present, and such work zone is designated by a sign or signs. No more than two vehicles or pieces of equipment in a work zone may display fixed, flashing, or rotating lights under this subdivision;
(d) Vehicles and equipment owned, leased, or operated by a coroner, medical examiner, or forensic investigator of the county medical examiner's office or a similar entity, when responding to a crime scene, motor vehicle accident, workplace accident, or any location at which the services of such professionals have been requested by a law enforcement officer.
(2) The following vehicles and equipment may use or display fixed, flashing, or rotating amber or amber and white lights:
(a) Vehicles and equipment owned or leased by the state highways and transportation commission and operated by an authorized employee of the department of transportation;
(b) Vehicles and equipment owned or leased by a contractor or subcontractor performing work for the department of transportation, except that the amber or amber and white lights shall be displayed on vehicles described in this paragraph only when such vehicles or equipment are located in a work zone as defined in section 304.580, highway workers as defined in section 304.580 are present, and such work zone is designated by a sign or signs;
(c) Vehicles and equipment operated by a utility worker performing work for the utility, except that the amber or amber and white lights shall be displayed on vehicles described in this paragraph only when such vehicles are stationary, such vehicles or equipment are located in a work zone as defined in section 304.580, a utility worker is present, and such work zone is designated by a sign or signs. As used in this paragraph, the term "utility worker" means any employee while in performance of his or her job duties, including any person employed under contract of a utility that provides gas, heat, electricity, water, steam, telecommunications or cable services, or sewer services, whether privately, municipally, or cooperatively owned.
3. 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, rescue squad, or the state highways and transportation commission 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.
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(L. 1957 p. 623 § 1, A.L. 1971 H.B. 113, A.L. 1981 H.B. 183, A.L. 2004 S.B. 757 merged with S.B. 788, A.L. 2016 S.B. 732, A.L. 2017 S.B. 8 merged with S.B. 222, A.L. 2018 S.B. 881, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation
Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations
Section 307.005 - Light-emitting diodes deemed operating properly, when.
Section 307.010 - Loads which might become dislodged to be secured — failure, penalty.
Section 307.015 - Mud flaps required, certain motor vehicles — violation, penalty.
Section 307.020 - Definitions.
Section 307.035 - Director's decisions final, when — appeal to board — hearing and decisions.
Section 307.040 - When lights required — violation, penalty.
Section 307.045 - Headlamp on motor vehicles — violations, penalty.
Section 307.050 - Headlamps — permissible substitutes, speed limit.
Section 307.055 - Single-beam headlamps — intensity, adjustment — violation, penalty.
Section 307.060 - Multiple-beam headlamps — arrangement — violation, penalty.
Section 307.065 - New vehicles shall have beam indicator — violation, penalty.
Section 307.070 - Dimming of lights, when — violation, penalty.
Section 307.075 - Taillamps, reflectors — violations, penalty.
Section 307.080 - Auxiliary lamps — number — location — violation, penalty.
Section 307.085 - Cowl, fender, running board and backup lamps — violation, penalty.
Section 307.090 - Spotlamps — restrictions, penalty.
Section 307.095 - Colors of various lamps — restriction of red lights, penalty.
Section 307.105 - Limitation on total of lamps lighted at one time — violation, penalty.
Section 307.110 - Parked vehicles — how lighted — exception — violation, penalty.
Section 307.115 - Other vehicles — how lighted — violation, penalty.
Section 307.120 - Penalty for violations.
Section 307.122 - Electronic message devices, prohibited on vehicle, exceptions — penalty.
Section 307.125 - Animal-driven vehicles, lighting requirements — penalty — rulemaking authority.
Section 307.130 - Safety glass defined.
Section 307.135 - Director not to license vehicle without safety glass.
Section 307.140 - Safety glass on vehicles for hire and school buses.
Section 307.145 - Sale of vehicles without safety glass prohibited.
Section 307.150 - List of approved glass.
Section 307.155 - Violation a misdemeanor.
Section 307.160 - Revocation of permit by public service commission.
Section 307.165 - Seat safety belts standard equipment, when — penalty.
Section 307.170 - Other equipment of motor vehicles — violations, penalty.
Section 307.171 - Studded tires, prohibited when — penalty.
Section 307.175 - Sirens and flashing lights, use of, when — permits — violation, penalty.
Section 307.180 - Bicycle and motorized bicycle, defined.
Section 307.183 - Brakes required.
Section 307.185 - Lights and reflectors, when required — standards to be met.
Section 307.188 - Rights and duties of bicycle, electric bicycle, and motorized bicycle riders.
Section 307.190 - Riding to right, required for bicycles and motorized bicycles.
Section 307.191 - Bicycle to operate on the shoulder adjacent to roadway, when — roadway defined.
Section 307.192 - Bicycle required to give hand or mechanical signals.
Section 307.193 - Penalty for violation.
Section 307.196 - Equipment required.
Section 307.198 - All-terrain vehicles, equipment required — penalty.
Section 307.205 - Defined — requirements for operation.
Section 307.207 - Equipment required.
Section 307.209 - Roadway operation, requirements.
Section 307.211 - Violations, penalties.
Section 307.250 - Compact — entered into.
Section 307.255 - Legislative findings.
Section 307.260 - Rules not effective until approved by legislature.
Section 307.265 - Director of revenue to be state's commissioner.
Section 307.275 - State agencies to cooperate with commission.
Section 307.280 - Documents to be filed with secretary of state.
Section 307.285 - Commission to submit budget to commissioner of administration.
Section 307.290 - State auditor may inspect commission's accounts.
Section 307.295 - Executive head defined.
Section 307.353 - No safety inspection required during registration period which exceeds two years.
Section 307.370 - Prohibited acts.
Section 307.402 - Inspection of state-owned vehicles, responsibility for.