NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 793

HOUSE BILL 712

 

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE COUNTY, CITY OR OTHER MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLES TO GIVE WARNING BEFORE STOPPING ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Section 20‑183 of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following proviso at the end thereof:

"Provided, that when any county, city, or other municipal law enforcement officer operating a motor vehicle overtakes another vehicle on the highways of the State, outside of the corporate limits of cities and towns, for the purpose of stopping the same or apprehending the driver thereof, for a violation of any of the provisions of this Article, he shall, before stopping such other vehicle, sound a siren or activate a special light, bell, horn, or exhaust whistle approved for law enforcement vehicles under the provisions of G.S. 20‑125(b)."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of June, 1961.