Fleeing or attempting to elude an officer

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(a) General rule.--A person who has been given a visual or audible signal to stop by a person authorized to enforce this title and who willfully fails or refuses to bring his vehicle or boat to a stop or who otherwise flees or attempts to elude a pursuing officer or enforcement vehicle or boat commits a summary offense of the first degree.

(b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "visual or audible signal" includes a signal by hand, sign, voice, emergency lights, horn or siren.

(Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)

1989 Amendment. Act 102 added section 906.


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