NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 825

HOUSE BILL 1095

 

 

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CERTAIN WARNING DEVICES IN NEW HANOVER COUNTY BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AMBULANCES, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EMERGENCY VEHICLES, CIVIL DEFENSE VEHICLES, RESCUE SQUAD VEHICLES, VOLUNTARY LIFESAVING ORGANIZATION VEHICLES AND OTHER SIMILAR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AND TO REQUIRE SUCH VEHICLES TO COMPLY WITH ALL STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS PERTAINING TO SPEED LIMITS, RIGHT-OF-WAY REGULATIONS AND ALL OTHER HIGHWAY SAFETY LAWS AND ORDINANCES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The operators of any public or private ambulances, shall not, when operating any such vehicle as described herein, in New Hanover County, sound any siren, bell, special horn or exhaust whistle, whether such vehicle is being operating on official business, in emergencies, or otherwise.

Sec. 2. The operator of any emergency type vehicle, as described in Section 1 hereof, when operating such vehicle in New Hanover County, shall comply with all statutory speed limits, right-of-way regulations, and all other highway safety laws, including municipal ordinances of all cities and towns in New Hanover County whether such vehicles are being operated on official business, in emergencies, or otherwise.

Sec. 3. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the use of red lights, authorized by law, on any such vehicle as described in Section 1 hereof.

Sec. 4. This Act shall apply only to New Hanover County.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of June, 1963.