WEST VIRGINIA CODE
WVC 17 C- 14 - 9
§17C-14-9. Following authorized emergency vehicles; penalty.
(a) The driver of any vehicle other than one on official
business may not follow any authorized emergency vehicle traveling
in response to a fire alarm or other emergency closer than five
hundred feet or drive into or park such vehicle within the block
where such authorized emergency vehicle has stopped in answer to a
fire alarm or other emergency.
(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section is
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not more than one hundred dollars; upon a second conviction
within one year thereafter, shall be fined not more than two
hundred dollars; and upon a third or subsequent conviction, shall
be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session