Except for a lightweight vehicle, every bus, truck and truck-tractor, and every driven vehicle in drive-away/tow-away operation, must be equipped as follows:
a Fire extinguisher.
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(4) hereof, every power unit must be equipped with a fire extinguisher that is properly filled and located so that it is readily accessible for use. The fire extinguisher must be securely mounted on the vehicle. The fire extinguisher must be designed, constructed, and maintained to permit visual determination of whether it is fully charged. The fire extinguisher must have an extinguishing agent that does not need protection from freezing. The fire extinguisher must not use a vaporizing liquid that gives off vapors more toxic than those produced by the substances shown as having a toxicity rating of 5 or 6 in the Underwriters' Laboratories "Classification of Comparative Life Hazard of Gases and Vapors."
(2) Each fire extinguisher required by this subsection must be labeled or marked with its Underwriters' Laboratories rating and must meet the requirements of paragraph (a)(1) hereof.
(3) For purposes of this subsection, a power unit is to be used to transport hazardous materials only if the power unit or a motor vehicle towed by the power unit must be marked or placarded in accordance with Section 177.823 of this title.
(4) This subsection does not apply to the driven unit in a driveaway/ towaway operation.
(b) (Reserved)
(c) Spare Fuses. At least one spare fuse or other overload protective device, if the devices used are not of a reset type, for each kind and size used. In driveaway/ towaway operations, spares located on any one of the vehicles will be deemed adequate.
(d) (Reserved)
(e) (Reserved)
(f) Warning Devices For Stopped Vehicles. Except as provided in subsection (g) hereof, one of the following combinations of warning devices for vehicles equipped with warning devices on and after January 1, 1974:
(1) Three bi-directional emergency reflective triangles that conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 125 (Section 571.125 of this title.)
(2) Fuses, liquid-burning emergency flares, and red-electric lanterns that conform to paragraph (f)(1) hereof may be used to supplement the emergency reflective triangles required in paragraph (f)(1) hereof.
(g) Flame Producing Devices Prohibited on Certain Vehicles. Liquid- burning emergency flares, fuses, oil lanterns or any signal produced by a flame shall not be carried on any motor vehicle transporting explosives, Class A or Class B; on any cargo tank motor vehicle used for the transportation of flammable liquids or flammable compressed gas whether loaded or empty; or on any motor vehicle using compressed gas as a motor fuel.
(h) Requirements for Emergency Reflective Triangles Manufactured Before January 1, 1974.
(1) Reflectors generally. Each reflector shall be a collapsible equilateral triangle, with legs not less than seventeen inches long and not less than two inches wide. The front and back of the exposed leg surfaces shall be covered with red reflective material not less than one-half inch in width. The reflective surface, front and back, shall be approximately parallel. When placed in position, one point of the triangle shall be upward. The area within the sides of the triangle shall be open.
(2) Reflective material. The reflecting material covering the leg of the equilateral triangle shall comply either with:
A. The requirements for reflex-reflector elements made of red methylmethacrylate plastic material, meeting the color, sealing, minimum candlepower, wind test, vibration test, and corrosion resistance test of sections 3 and 4 of Federal Specification RR-R-1185, dated November 17, 1966; or
B. The requirements for red reflective sheeting of Federal Specification L-S-300, dated September 7, 1965, except that the aggregate candlepower of the assembled triangle, in one direction, shall be not less than eight when measured at 0.2 degrees divergence angle and minus four degrees incidence angle, and not less than eighty percent of the candlepower specified for one square foot of material at all other angles shown in Table II, Reflective Intensity Values, of L-S-300.
(3) Reflective surfaces alignment. Every reflective triangle shall be so constructed that, when the triangle is properly placed, the reflective surfaces shall be in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the roadway surface with a permissible tolerance of plus or minus ten degrees. Reflective triangles which are collapsible shall be provided with means of holding the reflective surfaces within the required tolerance. Such holding means shall be readily capable of adjustment without the use of tools or special equipment.
(4) Mechanical adequacy. Every reflective triangle shall be of such weight and dimensions as to remain stationary when subjected to a forty-mile-per-hour wind when properly placed on any clean, dry, paved road surface. The reflective triangle shall be so constructed as to withstand reasonable shocks without breakage.
(5) Incorporation in holding device. Each set of reflective triangles shall be adequately protected by enclosure in a box, rack, or other adequate container specially designed and constructed so that the reflectors may be readily extracted for use.
(6) Certification. Every red emergency reflective triangle designed and constructed to comply with these requirements shall be plainly marked with the certification of the manufacturer that it complies therewith.
(i) Requirements for Red Emergency Reflectors. Each red emergency reflector shall conform in all respects to the following requirements:
(1) Reflecting elements required. Each reflector shall be composed of at least two reflecting elements or surfaces on each side, front and back. The reflecting elements, front and back, shall be approximately parallel.
(2) Reflecting elements to be Class A. Each reflecting element or surface shall meet the requirement for a red Class A reflector contained in the SAE Recommended Practice2 "Reflex Reflectors." The aggregate candlepower output of all the reflecting elements or surface in one direction shall not be less than twelve when tested in a perpendicular position with observation at one-third degree as specified in the Photometric Test contained in the above mentioned Recommended Practice.
(3) Surface protection. If the reflector or the reflecting elements are so designed or constructed that the reflecting surfaces would be adversely affected by dust, soot, or other foreign matter or contact with other parts of the reflector or its container, then such reflecting surfaces shall be adequately sealed within the body of the reflector.
(4) Reflecting surfaces to be perpendicular. Every reflector shall be so constructed that, when the reflector is properly placed, every reflecting element or surface is in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the roadway surface. Reflectors which are collapsible shall be provided with means for locking the reflector elements or surfaces in the required position; such locking means shall be readily capable of adjustment without the use of tools or special equipment.
(5) Mechanical adequacy. Every reflector shall be of such weight and dimensions as to remain stationary when subjected to a forty-mile-per-hour wind when properly placed on any clean, dry, paved road surface. The reflector shall be so constructed as to withstand reasonable shocks without breakage.
(6) Incorporation in holding device. Each set of reflectors and the reflecting elements or surfaces incorporated therein shall be adequately protected by enclosure in a box, rack, or other adequate container specially designed and constructed so that the reflectors may be readily extracted for use.
(7) Certification. Every red emergency reflector designed and constructed to comply with these requirements shall be plainly marked with the certification of the manufacturer that it complies therewith.
(j) Requirements for Fuses. Each fuse shall be adequate, reliable and capable of burning for at least fifteen minutes, and shall comply with the specifications of the Bureau of Explosives, Association of American Railroads, American Railroad Building, 1920 L Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036, dated February, 1969. Each fuse shall be marked to show that it complies with the specifications of the Bureau of Explosives.
(k) Requirements for Red Flags. Red flags shall be not less than twelve inches square, with standards adequate to maintain the flags in an upright position.
(Ord. 97-10. Passed 11-5-97.)