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2020 West Virginia Code
Chapter 17C. Traffic Regulations and Laws of the Road
Article 14. Miscellaneous Rules
§17C-14-9. Following Authorized Emergency Vehicles; Penalty
Universal Citation: WV Code § 17C-14-9 (2020)
(a) The driver of any vehicle other than one on official business may not follow any authorized emergency vehicle traveling in response to a fire alarm or other emergency closer than five hundred feet or drive into or park such vehicle within the block where such authorized emergency vehicle has stopped in answer to a fire alarm or other emergency.
(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $100; upon a second conviction within one year thereafter, shall be fined not more than $200; and upon a third or subsequent conviction, shall be fined not more than $500.
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