(A) The provisions of this traffic code shall not apply to the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to an emergency call, when in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to, but not upon returning from, a fire alarm.
(B) This section shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall such section protect the driver from the consequences of his or her reckless disregard for the safety of others.
(C) The exemptions herein granted to an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only when the driver of the vehicle sounds an audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle, as may be reasonably necessary, while in motion, and when the vehicle is equipped with at least one lighted lamp displaying a red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle, except that an authorized emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle need not be equipped with or display a red light visible from in front of the vehicle.
(Prior Code, § 15-113)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 47 O.S. § 11-106