Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VII - Vehicle Characteristics › Chapter 173 - FLASHING OR REVOLVING LIGHTS ON EMERGENCY AND AUTHORIZED VEHICLES › Section 173.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Authorized vehicle
-The term as defined
						in
						75 Pa.C.S. §
												102
						(relating to definitions).
Emergency vehicle
-The term as defined in
						75 Pa.C.S. §
												102.
Flash
-An intermittent burst of
						light.
Flash rate
-The rate of flash, revolution
						or oscillation per minute of a single light, when that light is observed from a
						fixed position.
Flashing headlamp system
-A system
						designed to automatically flash the high intensity-high beam-portion of the
						headlamps of a vehicle in either an alternate or simultaneous flash. The system
						shall be designed so that activation of the high intensity-high beam-portion of
						the standard headlamp system overrides the flashing headlamp system.
Flashing light
-A light designed to flash
						by current interruption, or by other means providing an intermittent change in
						intensity when the light is observed from a fixed position.
Hazard warning system
-Driver-controlled
						flashing front and rear lights used to warn approaching motorists when a
						vehicle is broken down or is traveling at a slow speed.
Intersection light
-A flashing red, blue,
						white, or clear light used as part of a flashing, oscillating, or revolving
						light system to enhance the visibility of an emergency vehicle from the front
						and side as it approaches or travels through an intersection.
Light activation indicator
-An audible
						signal or an illuminated switch or pilot light which provides the driver of an
						emergency or authorized vehicle with a clearly audible or visible and continual
						indicator that a flashing or revolving light, flashing headlamp system, traffic
						control emergency directional light or authorized nonflashing or nonrevolving
						light is activated.
Light-bar assembly
-A device or devices
						designed and constructed to provide and display more than one steady burning,
						flashing, oscillating or revolving light.
Oscillating light
-A light designed to
						flash by movement back and forth between two or more points, including the
						alternation between the maximum and minimum voltage.
Revolving light
-A light designed to give
						the appearance of flashing by its rotation around a fixed axis through a
						360° arc, on a horizontal plane.
Single light
-A device containing one or
						more lenses, lamps or bulbs which are designed to produce, when viewed from a
						fixed position or point, the appearance of one flashing or revolving beam of
						light.
Traffic control emergency directional light
						assembly
-A device electronically designed to display amber or yellow
						warning signal lights in a distinctive motion-lighting pattern-arrow left,
						arrow right, center out or alternately flashing-to warn motorists that they are
						approaching a hazard or to direct them around an impending hazard.
Unmarked police vehicle
-A police vehicle
						not equipped with a roof-mounted light-bar assembly. The vehicle may display
						graphics, markings or decals, identifying the agency or
						department.
The provisions of this §
													173.2 amended under the Vehicle
						  Code,
						  75 Pa.C.S. §§
														4571,
						  4572 and
						  6103.
This section cited in 67 Pa. Code §
													173a.2 (relating to
						  definitions).