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 13:24-2.3 - Siren, whistle, or bell on vehicles
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:24-2.3
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) No vehicle shall be equipped with, nor shall any person use upon a vehicle, any siren, whistle, or bell with the following exceptions:
1. An authorized
emergency vehicle may be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell to be utilized when
such vehicle is operated in response to a fire or emergency call. Police vehicles
may also use a siren, whistle, or bell in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator
of the law. Vehicles bearing governmental registration, when being operated by a
county medical examiner or his or her deputy, assistant, or investigator to travel
to the scene of a death in accordance with
52:17B-87, may use a siren during such
time of operation. Vehicles bearing governmental registration, when being operated
by a fire official or fire inspector as defined in
5:71-1.4 to travel to the scene of a
fire or explosion in accordance with
5:71-3.3, may use a siren during such
time of operation. A permit is not required for an authorized emergency vehicle
equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell.
2. A vehicle authorized by a permit issued by the
Chief Administrator may be equipped with a siren to be utilized for answering a fire
or emergency call.
3. A theft alarm
signal device which is installed so that it cannot be used by the driver as an
ordinary warning signal may be installed on any vehicle in accordance with
39:3-69.
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