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2025 Delaware Code
Title 21 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 41. RULES OF THE ROAD
Subchapter IX. Reckless Driving; Driving While Intoxicated
§ 4176D. Operation of a motor vehicle during an emergency.
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§ 4176D. Operation of a motor vehicle during an emergency.
(a) No person may operate a motor vehicle on a highway, express highway, roadway or private road as defined in § 101 of this title when a Level 3 Driving Ban or a Level 2 Driving Restriction has been activated during an emergency, unless the person is a first responder, “first informer,” or “essential personnel,” as those terms are defined under § 3102 of Title 20, or a waiver has been granted under § 3116(b)(12)b. of Title 20.
(b) Whoever violates this section shall for the first offense be fined not less than $25 nor more than $115. For each subsequent like offense, the person shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $200, or imprisoned not less than 10 nor more than 30 days, or both.
77 Del. Laws, c. 447, § 1; 85 Del. Laws, c. 25, § 3;
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