Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES

CHAPTER 8. TRAFFIC REGULATION

Part 3. Vehicle Operating Requirements

Yielding To Moving Emergency Vehicle

61-8-387. Yielding to moving emergency vehicle. (1) When being approached by a law enforcement vehicle or authorized emergency vehicle using its siren or emergency lights, the operator of a moving vehicle, unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer, shall:

(a) yield the right-of-way to the law enforcement vehicle or authorized emergency vehicle; and

(b) unless already stationary and out of the way of the law enforcement vehicle or authorized emergency vehicle:

(i) drive cautiously to a position that is parallel to and as close as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway and is not in an intersection; and

(ii) remain stationary until the law enforcement vehicle or authorized emergency vehicle has passed.

(2) An operator of a vehicle who violates this section is subject to the penalties provided in 61-8-715(3).

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 567, L. 2023; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 567, L. 2023.