(A) Following fire apparatus, other emergency vehicles.
(1) The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than 500 feet or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
(2) The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business shall not follow any emergency vehicle or shall not purposely drive to any location on a street where an emergency exists which would interfere with the free movement of authorized emergency vehicles or any other traffic using the street at that location. For the purpose of this division (A), the definition of EMERGENCY shall include traffic accidents, airplane accidents, disasters, explosions, civil disturbances and (without limitation by the foregoing) any other related circumstances which tend to cause traffic congestion.
(B) Crossing fire hose. No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a Fire Department when laid down on any street or private driveway, to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the Fire Department official in command.
(Prior Code, § 6-1-17) Penalty, see § 70.99