An argument between friends.
2007-09-06 08:02:07 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
No..... the fire engine as with any emergency vehicle including police and ambulances must be displaying emergency light and sirens and approach the intersection of a red light and can only pursed if it is safe to do so. If there is a red light they must obtain right away and any vehicle at or near must paused or move to the right to give them access.
2007-09-06 08:15:40 · answer #1 · answered by Dave R 2 · 8⤊ 2⤋
Then do so, if it concerns you. As already said, emergency service vehicles are often sent towards an incident, and cancelled en route. Sirens are only used where necessary (in the UK anyway) and otherwise turned off. We'd also even turn off the blues on some occasions, especially when approaching the scene of a burglary for instance where offenders might still be on the premises. Ambulances often do that too, in order not to unduly disturb and alarm the neighbourhood. As a further example, when a fire alarm goes off at our hospital it is obligatory that three appliances attend whether actually needed or not. If the first on scene calls the others off, they will still attend, albeit with blues and twos turned off and at normal speed, until the officer in charge actually turns them away at the scene. If there are a few "bad apples" doing this just to get to their tea-break or whatever, reporting them is the best thing you can do. That behaviour weakens the whole idea of the emergency equipment
2016-04-03 07:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Emergency vehicle Fire Police or Ambulance in the UK has any device to change traffic lights.
In the UK emergency vehicles may only pass through a red light if it is safe to do so, they do not automatically have right of way.
(ex ambulance driver)
2007-09-06 09:17:57 · answer #3 · answered by Carol 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Only in communities that can afford to have the electronic system put in that changes the lights for them, and those communities are few and far between. 99% of the time, however, the lights don't change -- the law says motorists have to stop and let the fire engine through.
2007-09-06 08:09:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
If the emergency vehicle is equipped with a mobile infrared transmitter (MIRT) and each signal intersection has a receiver installed, the vehicle has the capability to change the traffic light to green at every intersection. Your community may or may not have these systems installed.
They can be bought on the black market these days, but this is a cold-hearted and selfish thing to own. These have been known to cause the deaths of ambulance patients who could not reach the ER in sufficient time.
2007-09-06 08:14:40 · answer #5 · answered by hallmanjj 4 · 0⤊ 6⤋
It would be a safety hazard to have such a device, the red light can only be controled at the box where it is installed
2007-09-08 03:04:21 · answer #6 · answered by Sir John 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NOT in the UK.
Have never...will never.
But this system IS used in some US states & elsewhere.
People should try living in the real world - not some fantasy of wiggling lights in the sensors....
2007-09-06 09:55:37 · answer #7 · answered by creviazuk 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Emergency response rigs usually have transmitters that can change traffic lights to green in their direction.
Not all traffic lights are set up to work that way though.
2007-09-06 08:09:05 · answer #8 · answered by Eric P 6 · 2⤊ 5⤋
No they don`t, a fir engine has a right to go through the lights when on a call as does a police car and ambulance....
2007-09-06 08:09:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
YES in close proximity to the station the fire brigade can alter the lights as they leave the station to get them out onto the road quicker
2007-09-06 10:33:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋