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of loading~at a speed of twenty miles per hour within the following distances: (~) Passenger motor vehicles except buses and antique vehicles as de- fined in §Sl-1, twenty-five feet. (b) Buses, trucks, and tractor trucks, forty feet'° (c) 'Motor vehicles registe.red or~q~fied tO be registered as~ ant~que~,~ vehicles under §18-1 when equipPed with twO-wheel brakes, fsrty-five feet~ (d) All combinations of vehicles, fifty feet. Section 18-225~ Holding devices. Every motor vehicle aud combinatio~ of v ~e~icles, except motor- cycles, shall be equipped with hol~ devices adequate to hold the vehicle or vehicles on any grade on ~dich i6 iS operated, unde~ a!l~ Conditions of loading on a surface Free from snow', ice Or loose m~terial!1 Section 18-226. Brakes on trailers. ~' (a) Ever~y semitrailer or trailer or separate vehicle attached bye.a draWbar, chain or coupling to a towing vehicle other than a farm tractor or a vehicle not required to obtain an annual registration certificate for license plates under ~46.1-45 of the Co~.e of Virginia and equipped with brakes controlled or operated by th$ driver of the towing vehicle which shall conform to the, specifications set f0rth in ~18-224, and shall be of a type approved.by the Superintendent. .Provided, however, that farm trail- ers used exclusively for hauling raw ~icultura~ produce from farm to farm or farm to packing shed and/or processing p]~dt within the normal grov~ing area of said packing shed or processing-plant and trailers or semitrailers drawn by a properly licensed motor vehicle which ar~ exempt under the provisions of §~6.1-~5 (h), shall be exempt from the requirements of this section. (b) "Gross weight" for the purpose of this section includes the load upon such semitrailer, trailer or separate vehicle. (c) This section shall not apply to any vehicle being towed for repslrs, or in a bona fide emergency. Section 18-232. Sirens or exhaust whistles upon emergency vehicles. Every police vehicle and vehicle used for the purpose of fighting fire and every ambulance or rescue V,ehicle USed .for ,emergency 'calls shall be equipped with a siren] exhaust whistle or air horn designed to give auto- matically intermittent si~als, of a type not prohibited by the Superintendent. Publicly owned vehicles used by a State forest warden may also be so equipped.