{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-4970","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-4970","heading":"Sirens, whistle, or bell on authorized emergency vehicles.","body":"Any authorized emergency vehicle may 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 feet and of a type approved by the Department of Public Safety, but such siren shall not be used except when such 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 latter event the driver of such vehicle shall sound such siren when necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach thereof.","path":["Title 56 - MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 5 Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways","ARTICLE 35 Equipment and Identification"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t56c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:52:34Z","sha256":"6cd1112d0076d54bdc66c422be1008e09c88abb5a05c5a21ebcfc91fa344589c","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-4960","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-4975"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}