Blue Light Laws

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Permalink Reply by Mitch on September 22, 2008 at 8:59pm

Sam,
Blue lights are a courtesy light only, thus it is asking them to move out of the way. Don’t worry most people don’t move out of the way for red & blue lights anyways, no matter if its Law Enforcement, Fire or EMS.

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Permalink Reply by kris on January 19, 2009 at 12:19am

ive seen it both ways, ive seen it were blue blue moved people also i myself have no blue light and i ive had people move out of the way, and ive seen were engines had to hold down the horn for what seemed like hours untill they finally moved.... O.o

i think its just the matter of who is paying attention and know whats going on..

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Permalink Reply by Sam Hofer on January 19, 2009 at 2:28am

this is true, but for the most part you want to be seen, which the contrast of colors gives you, and its nice to be heard, at least make people look around a little, but i know there isnt any change in the near future but can always be hopeful

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Permalink Reply by kris on January 20, 2009 at 9:05pm

all it takes is us firefighters to change it, if enough of us really wanted change we could obtain it. problem is alot of the stuff is very expensive the blue lights my station use's i think are ball parking 150-300 and more on the engines and rescue. factor wireing for sirens and a control box depending on what you have instead of 150 its now 500 plus some firefighters may not know or understand how to wire or ever how to mount a siren.

all comes down to money and the countys and state really but yea it would diffently be nice i will not argue that factor. (i still couldnt use them, as im a a probie. but there times i see where they become very helpful.)

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Permalink Reply by Sam Hofer on January 20, 2009 at 11:07pm

Not sure how your department works, but here if you want a blue light, you have to approach the chief, and he has to sign a permit for you to have it, and you can go out and buy what ever light you please. We dont provide anyone with lights. Now on the fact of the wireing and sirens. If you want one and dont know what your doing, pay for it to be done. If you dont want to pay extra, dont get one. Its that simple. Now my dad runs a whelen dual talon blue blue led light. Thats all we need. Except that i would like red blue for more noticablity and a siren to be heard. (I too can not have a light, because i am a cadet). But we could really use a siren, because we are often going straight to the scene, due to the fact we live the farest from the station. Now i understand that people dont necessarily want to put money into sirens and lights, but thats fine. They dont need to have them. But for people like me, it would be really nice.

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Permalink Reply by kris on January 24, 2009 at 9:40pm

i agree and ya we have to do the same and sign papers for sherifs department aswell as dot :\.

i live like 4-5 blocks away from my station i just have to cross a major intersection in town which is always busy im usually one of the first to the station.

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Permalink Reply by Adam Peterson on March 29, 2009 at 2:46am

With the blue light in personal cars people dont have to move over for you. It jsut a courtiousy light. Also with them lights its still illigal to speed. A cop can still pull you over and ticket you if wanted too

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Permalink Reply by Dan Kirkpatrick on September 1, 2009 at 5:06pm

I have one. But at 3am in New Virginia there isn't much need to ever turn it on. I have had it for over a year and have used it twice.

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