GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 48
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/5/91

Short Title:  REACT-Use of Amber Lights.	(Public)
─────────────────────────────────────── 
Sponsors:
─────────────────────────────────────── 
Referred to: 
─────────────────────────────────────── 

February 11, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PERMIT CERTAIN RADIO EMERGENCY ASSOCIATED CITIZENS TEAMS (REACT) VEHICLES TO ACTIVATE AMBER LIGHTS WHILE OPERATING ON THE HIGHWAYS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-130.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-130.2. Use of amber lights on certain vehicles.
All wreckers operated on the highways of the State shall be equipped with an amber-colored flashing light which shall be so mounted and located as to be clearly visible in all directions from a  distance of 500 feet, which light shall be activated when at the scene of an accident or recovery operation and when towing a vehicle which has a total outside width exceeding 96 inches or which exceeds the width of the towing vehicle. It shall be lawful to equip any other vehicle with a similar warning light including, but not by way of limitation, maintenance or construction vehicles or equipment of the Department of Transportation engaged in performing maintenance or construction work on the roads, maintenance or construction vehicles of any person, firm or corporation, Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Team (REACT)	vehicles, and any other vehicles required to contain a warning light.  "
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.