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(b) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Sec. 22-182. Other permissible and required lights. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with one (1) or two (2) fog lights, one or two auxiliary driving lights if so equipped by the manufacturer, two (2) side lights of not more than six (6) candlepower, an interior light or lights of not more than fifteen (15) candlepower each and signal lights. (b) Commercial vehicles as defined in Section 52-8.4 of the Code of Virginia, buses operated as public carriers and taxicabs, as defined in Section 56-273 of the Code of Virginia, may be equipped with (i) vacant or destination signs and (ii) steady burning white lights for the nighttime illumination of exterior advertising, emitting a diffused light of such an intensity as not to project a glaring or dazzling light. (c) Only fire apparatus, forest warden vehicles, ambulances, rescue and lifesaving vehicles, vehicles of the State Department of Emergency Services, and within those areas specified in their orders of appointment, by special conservators of the peace and policemen for certain places appointed pursuant to Sections 19.2-13 and 19.2-17 of the Code of Virginia may be equipped with flashing, blinking or alternating red or red and white emergency lights of a type approved by the superintendent of state police. (d) The following vehicles may be equipped with flashing, blinking or alternating amber warning lights of types approved by the superintendent of state police: (1) Vehicles used for the principal purpose of towing or servicing disabled vehicles; (2) Vehicles used in constructing, maintaining and repairing highways or utilities on or along public highways; (3) Vehicles used for the principal purpose of removing hazardous or polluting substances from state waters and drainage areas on or along public highways; (4) Vehicles used for servicing automatic teller machines, provided the amber lights are not lit while the vehicle is in motion;