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or utilized for ~he 'prlnclpal pu_r~.ose.~ o~ .s~ppl~ng-~esuscl~atl n or emergency relief where 'h~man l!fe is endangered when.such vehicle is being used in the performance of public service, and when such vehicle is operated unde~ emergency conditions, may, witkout'subjecting himself to criminal prosecution: ~1) Proceed past red signal~ light,' stop sign or device indicating moving traffic shall stop if the. speed and movement of the vehicle is reduced and controlled so that it can.~pass a signal, light or device with due regard to the safety of persons and property. (2) Park or stand notwithstanding the provisions'of this' ~ Chapter. (3) Disregard regulations governing a direction of move- ment of vehicles turning in specified directions so lo~ as the operator does not endanger life or.property. .~ (4) Pass or overtake, with due regard to the safety of persons and property, another vehicle at any intersection.' (.5) Pass or overtake with due regard to the safety~ of persons and property, while enroute to an emergency, other stopped or slow'moving vehicles, by going off'the paved or main traveled portion of the roadway on the right. .Notwith- standing subsection (b) hereof, vehicles exempted in this instance will not be required to sound a siren or any device to give automatically intermittent signals. (b)' These exemptions, hereinbefore granted to such moving vehicle, shall apply only w~en the operato~ of. Such ~ · · ' or alternating red vehicle displays a flashing, blinking light ~r red and white lights and sounds a siren, exhaust whistle, or air horn des~gne to give automatically inter- mittent signals, as may be reasonably necessary, and, only when there is in force and effect for such vehicle elt~er'(i) standard automobile liability insurance covering injury or death to any person in the sum of at least one hundred thousand dollars (.$100,000] because of bodily injury to or death'of one person in any one accident and, subj'ect to the limit' for one person, to a limit of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and to.a t!m~t of ten thousand dollars fSi0,000) because of injury to or destruction of property: of_ others in any one accident or ~f~i) a certificate of self- insurance issued pursuant-to §46.395 of the Code of Virginia. 'Such exemptions shall not~ howe~er, protect the operator of any such vehicle from criminal prose6ution for conduct con- stituting reckless disregard of th9 safety of persons and