2006-09-28 04:47:15 · 10 answers · asked by flex 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
police ambulances fire brigade so you can see them on the road and get out of the way
2006-09-28 04:53:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blue Flashing Beacons
2016-09-30 00:48:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well of course the Police do, and the Fire service and ambulance, we all know that, also the coastguard can and do use it and the Army bomb disposal team use blue lights. So where does it originate, i Would have thought that originally there was always a blue lamp hanging outside the local police station, and that would instantly recognise them day and night. Of course the police are referred to as the boys in blue, I think there uniforms in earlier days were of a deep blue rather than black. Bobbies as you know were called thus because the founder was Robert peel, they were also called peelers. Being founded back in the Victorian times, it may well be that the blue lamp became synonymous with police, then adopted by all other emergency services. Doctors responding to an emergency have a green flashing light, don't know why it isn't blue as well
2006-09-28 05:02:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Services to use blue lights are Police, Bomb disposal, Fire, ambulance, coastguard and lifeboat road vehicles and also the military equivilant of the previous. The use of a blue light denotes an emergency vehicle usually meaning that someone is in trouble. Blue was originally used for front fog lights on motor vehicles as it was the best colour to cut through the fog. As a result it was adopted for the flashing beacon and it's use for fog lights was dropped. Not sure of the date that this all took place but believed to be late 1950's to early 1960's.
2006-09-28 05:16:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I agree that most of the time, when I responding with lights, but no siren (Code 2), it is because I am trying not to alert the "Bad Guy" that I'm comming. If I'm going to a call where I think the suspect will either flee, or arm himself, I'd like to use the element of suprise in my favor. As far as Ambulance services, alot of times they use the lights to move slow moving traffic out of the way while going to a call, or transporting someone to the hospital. Without their sirens, though, they usually adhere to all traffic laws, whereas, if they activate their sirens, they can go over the posted speed limit, and can disobey some traffic signals, in a safe manner.
2016-04-05 06:32:05 · answer #5 · answered by Cynthia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so u dont confuse em wif traffic lights red green n amber.
What the hell do kids learn at school these days ? I cant be the only bloke in the uk who has heard of Dixon of Dock Green and its forerunner The Blue Lamp...... which is still to be seen outside most police stations. So Why do you think its Blue ?
2006-10-01 12:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by scrambulls 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the UK
Blue is Police, Ambulance, Fire & Coastguard.
Green is Paramedic
White is Nuclear / Haz substance response
2006-09-28 04:59:55 · answer #7 · answered by draytondon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fire,police ambulance coastguard. bombdisposal. mountain rescue.
2006-09-28 13:52:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If this is a UK question then all the above plus the coastguard.
2006-09-28 04:55:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This cannot be a serious question. Please tell me it is a joke of some kind.
2006-09-28 04:56:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋