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Tex. Transp. Code § 545.407

FOLLOWING OR OBSTRUCTING FIRE APPARATUS OR AMBULANCE

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case City of Houston v. Flaniken (2003)

Most recently applied in City of Houston v. Flaniken (June 2003)

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff

(a) An operator, unless on official business, may not follow closer than 500 feet a fire apparatus responding to a fire alarm or drive into or park the vehicle in the block where the fire apparatus has stopped to answer a fire alarm.

(b) An operator may not:

(1) follow closer than 500 feet an ambulance that is flashing red lights unless the operator is on official business; or

(2) drive or park the vehicle where an ambulance has been summoned for an emergency call in a manner intended to interfere with the arrival or departure of the ambulance.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.