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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 83

83—Speed while passing emergency vehicle with flashing lights

        (1)         A person must, while passing an emergency vehicle that has stopped on a road and is displaying a flashing blue or red light (whether or not it is also displaying other lights)—

            (a)         drive at a speed no greater than 40 kilometres per hour; or

            (b)         if a lesser speed is required in the circumstances to avoid endangering any person—drive at that lesser speed.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is driving on a road that is divided by a median strip and the emergency vehicle is on the other side of the road beyond the median strip.

        (3)         In this section—

"emergency vehicle" means a vehicle used by—

            (a)         a police officer; or

            (b)         a person who is an emergency worker as defined by the regulations for the purposes of this section.



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