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Section 23-352. Possession, sale of unapproved equipment. It shall .be unlawful for any person to possess with intent to. sell or offer for sale, either s~parately or as a part of 'the equipment of a motor vehicle, or to use or have as equipment upon a motor vehicle operated on a highway any'(a) lighting device, warning device, signal device, safety glass or other equipment on which approval is hereby required or anypart or parts tending to change or alter the operation of such device, glass or other equipment unless of a type that has been submitted to and approved by the superintendent, or meets or exceeds the standards and specifications of the Society of Automotive Engineers, the American' National'Standards Institute, Incorporated or the Federal Department of Transportation; or~ (b) any speedometer which~is not in good working order. Section 23-365. Other permissible lights; police and fire department vehicles, emergency vehicles, etc. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two ~21 fog lamps, one passing lamp, one driving !amp, two (2) side lamps of not more than six ~6) candlepower; interior light of not more than fifteen candlepower~'.vacant or desti- nation signs and one steady-burning, white lamp for the nightime illumination of exterior advertising, emitting a diffused light of such an intensity as not to project a glaring or dazzling light on vehicles operated as public carriers, and signal lamps. only those vehicles listed in paragraph (a) of ~23-4 and paragraph (.a) of this section and school buses may be equipped with flashing, blinking or alternating red or red and white emergency l~ghts of a type approved by the Superintendent. Vehicles used for the principal purpose of towing or servicing disabled vehicles, or in constructing, maintaining and ~epa±rlng highways or utilities on'or along public highways, vehicles used for the principal purpose of removing haZardous or polluting substances from state waters and drainage-areas, on or along public highways for use only when performing such duties and hi-rail vehicles may be equipped with flashing, blinking or alternating amber warning lights of a type approved by the Superintendent, but such lights on hi-rall vehicles shall be activated only when such vehicles are operated on railroad rails; provided, however, that vehicles used by individuals for emergency snow removal purposes shall also be allowed to use such ~mber warning ~ights during such snow removal operation. 14