10.30.020 Permitted acts.
(a) The driver of an ambulance shall observe all traffic laws and regulations, including posted speed limits of the City. However, a driver may, when responding to an emergency call or transporting an emergency patient, but not upon returning from an emergency call:
(1) Park or stand irrespective of ordinances and police regulations of the City.
(2) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing to the speed of 15 miles per hour and using utmost caution to avoid endangering life and limb.
(3) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.
(b) Upon the entrance of an ambulance to the driveway of any hospital in the City, the siren of such ambulance shall no longer be sounded by the driver of such ambulance, in consideration to the comfort and repose of other patients in the hospital. (Code 1981 § 6-40. Code 1995 § 62-67.)
State Law References:Similar provisions, K.S.A. 8-1506.