Indiana § 9-21-12-7 - Fire apparatus responding to alarm; following or driving into same block; prohibited vehicles
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§ 9-21-12-7. Fire apparatus responding to alarm; following or driving into same block; prohibited vehicles
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.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-120.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.217-2014, SEC.56.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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