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26LSO-0331
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0331
Numbered
2.0
SENATE FILE NO. SF0034
Roadside safety-amendments.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Barlow, Anderson, Cooper and Pappas and Representative(s) Brown, L, Geringer, Larsen, L, McCann and Wylie
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring traffic to yield to roadside service and tire repair vehicles as specified; authorizing roadside service and tire repair vehicles to display flashing lights; exempting roadside service and tire repair vehicles from horn and siren requirements; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1
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W.S. 31
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224(b)(intro), 31
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928(f)(iii) and (g) and 31
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952(d) are amended to read:
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224.
Operation of vehicles upon approach of authorized emergency vehicles and other parked or slow
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moving vehicles.
(b)
When an authorized municipal, public utility or highway construction or maintenance vehicle is stopped or is moving at less than twenty (20) miles per hour on or within three (3) feet of a roadway and is making use of any visual signals provided for in W.S. 31
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928(d), (f)(ii)
and (iii)
, (h) or 31
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930, the driver of every other vehicle, as soon as it is safe:
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928.
General lighting restrictions; authorized emergency vehicles.
(f)
The following vehicles are authorized to display flashing white and amber lights in addition to those otherwise authorized by law:
(iii)
Wreckers
, roadside service and tire repair vehicles
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(g)
In addition to these lights otherwise authorized by law, a wrecker
, roadside service or tire repair vehicle
is authorized to display flashing red and blue lights at the scene of any emergency
or when performing roadside services
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952.
Horns and warning devices.
(d)
Every authorized emergency vehicle, except wreckers,
roadside service and tire repair vehicles,
shall be equipped with a siren, whistle or bell, capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than five hundred (500) feet and of a type approved by the superintendent, but the siren shall not be used except when the vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, in which case the driver of the vehicle shall sound the siren when reasonably necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach thereof.
Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2026
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(END)
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