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The code of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, 1945 :

the charter of the city and the general ordinances of the city ; enacted as a whole April 16, 1945, effective May 1, 1945
  
  
  
  
  

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Sec. 34. What to do on approach of police or fire department vehicle; following fire apparatus, etc.
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Sec. 34. What to do on approach of police or fire department
vehicle; following fire apparatus, etc.

Upon the approach of any police or fire department vehicle giving
audible signal by siren or exhaust whistle, the driver of every
other vehicle shall immediately drive the same to a position at or


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near as possible and parallel to the right-hand edge or curb, clear
of any intersection of highways, and shall stop and remain in such
position, unless otherwise directed by a police or traffic officer until
the police or fire department vehicle shall have passed. This provision
shall not operate to relieve the driver of a police or fire department
vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the
safety of all persons using the highway, nor shall it protect the
driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of an arbitrary
exercise of such right-of-way.

It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle other than one
on official business to follow any fire apparatus traveling in response
to a fire alarm at any distance closer than five hundred feet
to such apparatus or to drive into or park such vehicle within five
hundred feet of where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a
fire alarm. (Id., § 489(22).)