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(A) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call, or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth in this section, subject to the conditions herein stated.
(B) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this traffic code; proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down to ascertain that the intersection is clear; exceed the maximum speed limit and disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions so long as he or she does not endanger life or property.
(C) The exemptions herein granted for an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only when the driver of any such vehicle while in motion sounds an audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle 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 such 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.
(D) The foregoing provisions 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 provisions protect the driver from the consequences of his or her reckless disregard for the safety of others.
(1994 Code, § 15-202)
No driver of any vehicle shall follow any authorized emergency vehicle apparently traveling in response to an emergency call closer than 500 feet or drive or park any vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
(1994 Code, § 15-203) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be a civil offense for any person to drive over any hose lines or other equipment of the Fire Department, except in obedience to the direction of a firefighter or police officer.
(1994 Code, § 15-204) (Ord. 494, passed 9-2-1993) Penalty, see § 10.99
ENFORCEMENT
When a police officer halts a traffic violator other than for the purpose of giving a warning, and does not take such person into custody under arrest, he or she shall take the name, address and operator’s license number of said person, the license number of the motor vehicle involved and such other pertinent information as may be necessary, and shall issue to him or her a written traffic citation containing a notice to answer to the charge against him or her in the City Court at a specified time. The officer, upon receiving the written promise of the alleged violator to answer as specified in the citation, shall release such person from custody. It shall be a civil offense for any alleged violator to give false or misleading information as to his or her name or address.
(1994 Code, § 15-701) (Ord. 494, passed 9-2-1993) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 7-63-101 et seq.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate his or her written promise to appear in Court after giving said promise to an officer upon the issuance of a traffic citation, regardless of the disposition of the charge for which the citation was originally issued.
(B) For failure to obey citations, the offender may waive his or her right to a judicial hearing and have the charges disposed out of court, but the fines shall be as set from time to time by the City Commission.
(1994 Code, § 15-702) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Whenever any motor vehicle without a driver is found parked or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by this traffic code, the officer finding such vehicle shall take its license number and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a citation for the driver and/or owner to answer for the violation within ten days during the hours and at a place specified in the citation.
(B) For parking violations, the offender may waive his or her right to a judicial hearing and have the charges disposed out of court, but the fines shall be $3 within ten days and $5 thereafter.
(1994 Code, § 15-703)
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