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Such lights on other vehicles shall be lit only when performing the functions which qualify them to be equipped with such lights. , (e) Hzgh-mntensmty flashing, blinking or alternating amber warning lights, Visible for at least five hundred (500) feet, of types approved by the superintendent of state police, shall also be requiredlfor use on any vehicle which is engaged in either escorting~ or towing Over-dimensional materials, equipment, boats~ or manufactured housing units by authority of highway hauling Permit pursuant to Section 46.2-1139 of the Code of Virginia~ Such lights shall be mounted on the top of the escort and t~w vehicles and on the upper rear end of the overdimensional vehmcles or loads for maximum visibility, front and rear. Howevgr, a vehicle operating under a permit issued pursuant to Section 46.2-1139 of the Code of Virginia shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of this subsection if itlis accompanied by escort vehicles. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to vehicles or loads which are eitherimore than twelve (12) feet wide or more than seventy-five (75! feet long. (f) A member of any fire department, volunteer fire company or volunteer rescue squad may equip one (1) vehicle owned by the member with not more than two (2) flashing or steady burning r~d or red and white emergency warning lights of a type approved bY the superintendent, for use by members only in answering emergency calls. (g) The provisions of this section limiting interior lights to no mor~ than fifteen (15) candlepower shall not apply to alternating, ~linking or flashing colored emergency lights moUnted inside law enforcement motor vehicles which may otherwise legall~ be equipped with such colored emergency lights or to flashing shielded red or red and white lights, authormzed underithms section, mounted inside vehicles owned by members of volunteer fire companies, volunteer rescue squads or owned or used bylprofessional fire fighters. (h) Unless ~uch lighting devices is both covered and unlit, no motor ~ehicle which is equipped with any lighting device other tha~ lights required or permitted in this division or title 46.2 ofithe Code of Virginia, required or approved by the superintendent of state police or required by the federal department of transportatmon shall be operated on any highway in the city. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to permit any vehicle not otherwise authorized to be equipped with colored emergency lights, whether blinking or steady burning.