Texas § TN.545.407 - FOLLOWING OR OBSTRUCTING FIRE APPARATUS OR AMBULANCE
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§ TN.545.407. FOLLOWING OR OBSTRUCTING FIRE APPARATUS OR AMBULANCE
FOLLOWING OR OBSTRUCTING FIRE APPARATUS OR AMBULANCE. (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. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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