From: Mike Maynard (mike@wesleyscott.com)
Date: Tue Feb 17 2004 - 07:00:16 PST
NY is real kind about the Amber light... read below... right from the
law books.
Amber lights. a. One or more amber lights may be affixed to a hazard
vehicle, and such a light or lights which display an amber light visible
to all approaching traffic under normal atmospheric conditions from a
distance of five hundred feet from such vehicle shall be displayed on a
hazard vehicle when such vehicle is engaged in a hazardous operation.
Such light or lights shall not be required to be displayed during
daylight hours provided at least two red flags visible from a distance
of five hundred feet are placed both in or on the front of, and to or on
the rear of the vehicle and two such flags are placed to each side of
the vehicle open to traffic. Such lights or flags need not be displayed
on the vehicle when the vehicle is operating, or parked, within a
barricaded work area and said lights or flags are displayed on the
barricade. The provisions of this subdivision shall not prohibit the
temporary affixing and display of an amber light to be used as a warning
on a disabled motor vehicle or on a motor vehicle while it is stopped on
a highway while engaged in an operation which would restrict, impede or
interfere with the normal flow of traffic.
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