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CAUGHT! ABQRIDE FIRE LANE PARKING
11:00 AM MAY 18, 2015 ABQRIDE SunVan #1210 parks in “fire lane” at Walmart Store #5491 2266 Wyoming BLV NE Albuquerque NM. Middle aged male driver with graying more than shoulder length hair goes into Walmart to presumably shop. This is not a qualified emergency vehicle allowed in a “fire lane” per City of Albuquerque fire code.

Are ABQRIDE drivers allowed to be scofflaws?

SECTION 502 DEFINITIONS FIRE LANE. Shall mean an area, parking lot, driveway, roadway, fire apparatus access road developed to allow passage of fire apparatus. A fire lane is not necessarily intended for vehicular traffic other than fire apparatus.
503.4 Obstruction of fire apparatus access roads. Fire apparatus access roads and fire lanes shall not be obstructed in any manner, including the parking of vehicles. The minimum widths and clearances established in Section 503.2.1 shall be maintained at all times.
503.4.1 Stopping or parking in fire lane. Motor vehicles, with or without power, including trailers shall not be stopped or parked within the fire lane, or parked on the sidewalk so as to obstruct an entrance or exit. Any vehicle stopped or parked within the fire lane may be removed at the expense of the vehicle owner. Removal of a vehicle under such circumstances may be authorized by the person in lawful possession of the property or by the Fire Chief or his designee. The person in lawful possession of the property shall keep designated fire lanes free of vehicles or other obstructions.