Absolute right of way and related offence

(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Regulations or the Act to the contrary, any motor vehicle belonging to the Belize Police Department or some other Law Enforcement Agency approved in writing by the Commissioner of Transport, or to the Medical or Fire Services, travelling on any road, street or highway with its emergency light or siren on (as a way of indicating the existence of some emergency) shall have an absolute right of way on such road, street or highway. (2) All drivers of vehicles shall give way to the motor vehicles referred to in subregulation (1) above by stopping on, or moving to, the extreme right-hand shoulder of the road, street or highway, as the case may be, and any driver who fails to conform to this Regulation commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to the penalty specified in regulation 229 below.