C-24.2, r. 25.1 - Flashing Green Light Regulation

Section 8 Disposition versions

2023-12-21

8. The driver of a tow truck equipped with flashing or rotating amber lights in accordance with section 227 of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2) may, when the lights are activated and the tow truck is required by an emergency service, use one or more flashing green lights, which may be installed inside or outside the tow truck. A maximum of 8 flashing green lights may be installed on the tow truck. In addition, the number of flashing green lights installed so as to be visible from the front, the rear or one of the 2 sides of the tow truck cannot be more than 3.

For the purposes of the first paragraph, the technical standards and the method for the installation of a flashing green light are as follows:

(1)  the light may not be a rotating light or emulate the appearance of a rotating light;

(2)  if only one light is visible from the front, the rear or one of the 2 sides of the tow truck, its maximum size, excluding the attachment system, must be 260 mm wide, 76 mm high and 185 mm deep;

(3)  if 2 or 3 lights are visible from the front, the rear or one of the 2 sides of the tow truck, the maximum size of each light, excluding the attachment system, must be 158 mm wide, 61 mm high and 185 mm deep;

(4)  the total luminous area of the lenses of any flashing green light installed so as to be visible from the front, the rear or one of the 2 sides of the tow truck must, in each case, be less than that of the flashing or rotating amber lights installed on the tow truck and that are visible, as applicable, from the front, the rear or one of the 2 sides of the tow truck.

If a flashing green light is installed inside the tow truck, it must comply with the technical standards and method for installation prescribed by the second paragraph of section 7.

O.C. 85-2021, s. 8; O.C. 1696-2023, s. 9.

2021-04-01

8. The light must not be connected to any electric power supply when the vehicle is not driven by an authorized firefighter responding to an emergency call from a fire safety service.

O.C. 85-2021, s. 8.

Not in force

In force: 2021-04-01

8. The light must not be connected to any electric power supply when the vehicle is not driven by an authorized firefighter responding to an emergency call from a fire safety service.

O.C. 85-2021, s. 8.