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 Tulsa
 Code of Ordinances
 Title 37. TULSA REVISED TRAFFIC CODE
 Chapter 7. EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

  § 712. Special restrictions on lamps.  

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  • A.

    Any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, emergency vehicle warning lamps, construction and maintenance warning lamps and school bus warning lamps, which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred (300) candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the high-intensity portion of the beam shall strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five (75) feet from the vehicle.

    B.

    No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device thereon displaying a red light visible from directly in front of the center thereof. Only regular employees of the United States Government, the State of Oklahoma or any political subdivision thereof engaged in law enforcement or Fire Department duties, or companies offering ambulance services, shall own or operate a vehicle equipped with a red or blue light directed to the front unless a permit has been issued to the person by the Chief of Police.

    C.

    Flashing lights are prohibited except on an authorized emergency vehicle, school bus, church bus as defined in 47 O.S.1991, § 11-705.1, snow-removal equipment, wreckers and tow vehicles while at the scene of an emergency or any vehicle as a means of indicating a right or left turn or in the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking or passing. Flashing red or blue lights or a combination of flashing red and blue lights may be used on vehicles or machinery owned or operated by any agency of the United States Government, state of Oklahoma or any political subdivision thereof when engaged in the performance of emergency work or on the construction or maintenance of roadways or bridges, or on wreckers and tow vehicles at the scene of an emergency.

    D.

    Blue lights are prohibited except as allowed in Subsection C. of this section.

(Ord. Nos. 18454, 19491; Ord. No. 21982, § 24, 12-18-2008)