GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION
CHAPTER 44
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 20-130.2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-130.2. Use of amber lights on certain vehicles.
All wreckers operated on the highways of the State shall be equipped
with an amber-colored flashing light which shall be so mounted and located as
to be clearly visible in all directions from a distance of 500 feet, which
light shall be activated when at the scene of an accident or recovery operation
and when towing a vehicle which has a total outside width exceeding 96 inches
or which exceeds the width of the towing vehicle. It shall be lawful to equip
any other vehicle with a similar warning light including, but not by way of
limitation, maintenance or construction vehicles or equipment of the Department
of Transportation engaged in performing maintenance or construction work on the
roads, maintenance or construction vehicles of any person, firm or corporation,
Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Team (REACT) vehicles,
and any other vehicles required to contain a warning light. Radio
Emergency Associated Citizens Team (REACT) vehicles may be equipped with amber
lights which shall be actived only when the vehicles are parked."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of April, 1991.
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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives