New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 24 - EQUIPMENT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND OTHER SPECIFIED VEHICLES
Subchapter 2 - EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIRENS; RED EMERGENCY LIGHT AND SIREN PERMITS
Section 13:24-2.2 - Flashing lights on vehicles
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) No vehicle shall be equipped with and no person shall use upon any vehicle any flashing lights except as a means for indicating right or left turns or for the purpose of warning of the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard; provided, however, that a vehicle may be equipped with flashing lights of a type approved by the Chief Administrator if it falls into one of the categories of vehicles set forth in 13:24-2.1(a)1 to 5 or as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(b) An authorized emergency vehicle as defined in 39:1-1 and this chapter may be equipped with flashing red emergency lights, or with a combination of flashing red and blue emergency lights. A permit is not required for such flashing emergency warning lights.
(c) A red light permit is not required for a school bus which is equipped with flashing red lights.
(d) A frozen dessert truck as defined in 39:4-128.3 shall be equipped with flashing red lights in accordance with 39:4-128.5, and such lights must be used in accordance with 39:4-128.6. A permit is not required for such red lights.
(e) An omnibus as defined in 39:1-1 may be equipped with flashing red lights in accordance with 39:3-54(b) to be used for the purpose set forth in that subsection. A permit is not required for such red lights.
(f) An ambulance, mobile intensive care unit, or specialty care transport unit that qualifies as an authorized emergency vehicle pursuant to 13:24-1.1 may be equipped with flashing emergency warning lights that comply with the version of Federal Specification KKK-A-1822 that was current at the time the vehicle was manufactured for use as an emergency vehicle. A permit is not required for such flashing emergency warning lights. The above referenced Federal specification, which is approved by the United States General Services Administration, may be accessed at:
