Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Owners or lessees of the following types of
vehicles are eligible for flashing amber light permits.
1. Tow trucks bearing commercial registration:
i. The use of the flashing amber light is
restricted to operation on a public highway at the scene of an accident or breakdown
while preparations are being made for vehicle removal and while the tow truck is
towing or transporting the disabled vehicle from the scene of an accident or
breakdown to the place of storage or repair.
2. Service vehicles bearing commercial
registration:
i. A flashing amber light may be used
on a public highway where such warning light activation is necessary for the
protection of the public or service vehicle personnel.
3. Snow-removal and/or sanding vehicles bearing
commercial registration:
i. Use of the flashing
amber light is permitted only where such vehicle is actually engaged in snow
removal, sanding or plowing operation on a public highway; and
ii. The vehicle owner or lessee has a snow-removal
or sanding contract with a governmental agency.
4. Vehicles being operated by an authorized
employee of a public utility company who is required to use a vehicle owned or
leased by him or her or a member of his or her family in the performance of his or
her official duties as an employee:
i. The vehicle
must be either owned or leased by the employee or a member of his or her family;
and
ii. The amber warning light may be
operated only while the vehicle is being used on a public highway by the employee in
the performance of his or her official duties as an employee.
5. Vehicles being operated by an employee of a
contractor or subcontractor, which include consultants and sub-consultants, of the
New Jersey Department of Transportation who is required to use a vehicle owned or
leased by him or her in the performance of his or her assigned duties at a
Department of Transportation worksite:
i. The
vehicle must be either owned or leased by the employee; and
ii. The amber warning light may be operated only
while the vehicle is being used by the employee in the performance of his or her
assigned duties at a Department of Transportation worksite.
6. Vehicles being operated by an employee of a
contractor or subcontractor, which include consultants and sub-consultants, of the
New Jersey Turnpike Authority or the South Jersey Transportation Authority who is
required to use a vehicle owned or leased by him or her in the performance of his or
her assigned duties at a worksite of the applicable Authority:
i. The vehicle must be either owned or leased by
the employee; and
ii. The amber warning
light may be operated only while the vehicle is being used by the employee in the
performance of his or her assigned duties at a worksite of the applicable
Authority.
7. Vehicles
bearing commercial registration that are owned or leased by businesses which provide
security services for commercial businesses or private residences.
i. The use of the flashing amber warning light is
permitted only while the vehicle is actually engaged in providing the security
services.
8. Farm vehicles:
i. A flashing amber light may be used by a farm
vehicle while traveling on a public road.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
subchapter, any authorized emergency vehicle may be equipped with flashing amber
lights, which may be displayed to the rear of the vehicle as part of its
roof-mounted emergency light bar or which may be centered between the two
rear-facing red upper corner lights on ambulances, mobile intensive care units, or
specialty care transport units that qualify as authorized emergency vehicles
pursuant to 13:24-1.1. A flashing amber light
permit is not necessary when amber lights are mounted and used on an authorized
emergency vehicle.
(c) A flashing amber
light permit is not required pursuant to this subchapter for any vehicle bearing
governmental registration which exhibits flashing amber warning lights on a public
highway during the course of providing any of the services set forth in (a)
above.
(d) An employee of the New Jersey
Department of Transportation who is required to use a vehicle that he or she owns or
leases in the performance of his or her official duties as an employee may exhibit
thereon a flashing amber warning light while the vehicle is being used by the
employee in the performance of such official duties and a flashing amber light
permit is not required pursuant to this subchapter for such vehicle.
(e) An employee of the New Jersey Turnpike
Authority or the South Jersey Transportation Authority who is required to use a
vehicle that he or she owns or leases in the performance of his or her assigned
duties at a worksite of the applicable Authority may exhibit thereon a flashing
amber warning light while the vehicle is being used by the employee in the
performance of such assigned duties and a flashing amber light permit is not
required pursuant to this subchapter for such vehicle.
(f) A rural route letter carrier employed by the
United States Postal Service who is required to use a vehicle owned or leased by him
or her or a member of his or her family in the performance of his or her official
duties as a rural route letter carrier may exhibit thereon a flashing amber warning
light while the vehicle is being used by the rural route letter carrier in the
performance of such official duties and a flashing amber light permit is not
required pursuant to this subchapter for such vehicle.
