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Ind. Code § 9-21-12-7

Fire apparatus responding to alarm; following or driving into same block; prohibited vehicles

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Maraman v. City of Carmel (2015)

Most recently applied in Maraman v. City of Carmel (December 2015)

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9

Sec. 7. (a) A person who drives a vehicle that is not on official business for the state, a unit of government, a fire department, including a volunteer fire department, a law enforcement agency, or an emergency ambulance service may not do any of the following:

(1) Follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm at a distance closer than five hundred (500) feet.

(2) Drive into or park a vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.

(b) A person who violates this section commits a Class C infraction.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.