Recently, I received a text from a friend wondering about the legality of emergency vehicles driving through an Amarillo school zone. We all know, as regular Amarillo citizens, that when you approach a school zone with flashing lights, you have to slow down.
The posted speed limit in those zones when flashing is usually twenty miles per hour. We slow down, or we can be prepared to see flashing lights behind us, forcing us to slow down with a hefty fine.
What happens when those emergency vehicles already have those lights and sirens on as they are heading to an emergency call? Do the police, firefighters, paramedics, or any emergency vehicle have to slow down and follow the traffic law of the school zone light?
That is an interesting question. My friend was traveling to pick up her child from school one day in Amarillo. She saw emergency vehicles approaching the school zone. What she witnessed was something I didn’t expect…