Emergency vehicles
110(1)The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth in this section, but subject to the conditions herein stated.
110(2)The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may
(a)
park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this Act,
(b)
proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation,
(c)
exceed the maximum speed limit so long as the driver does not endanger life or property, and
(d)
disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.
110(3)Subject to subsections (3.1) and (3.2), the privileges set forth in this section apply only when the driver of the authorized emergency vehicle sounds a bell, siren or exhaust whistle while the vehicle is in motion and when the vehicle is equipped with at least one lighted lamp displaying a flashing red light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of one hundred fifty metres to the front of the vehicle.
110(3.1)An authorized emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle by a peace officer is not required to be equipped with a lighted lamp displaying a flashing red light or display a red light visible from in front of the vehicle and the peace officer when following a suspected violator of the law is not required to sound a bell, siren or exhaust whistle.
110(3.2)The driver of an ambulance is required to sound a bell, siren or exhaust whistle only when the ambulance is approaching a vehicle, a pedestrian or an intersection.
110(4)This section does not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and property.
1955, c.13, s.94; 1957, c.21, s.7; 1959, c.23, s.6A; 1961-62, c.62, s.29; 1977, c.M-11.1, s.17; 1993, c.5, s.2; 2023, c.7, s.3