Any authorized emergency vehicle may be equipped with a siren, whistle or bell capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than five hundred feet and of a type approved by the Department of Public Safety, but such siren shall not be used except when such vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, in which latter event the driver of such vehicle shall sound such siren when necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-4970
Sirens, whistle, or bell on authorized emergency vehicles
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 56–56 (418 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Felicia Dean v. Stephen McKinney (2020)
Most recently applied in Felicia Dean v. Stephen McKinney (October 2020)
1962 Code SECTION 46-583; 1952 Code SECTION 46-583; 1949 (46) 466.
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