Emergency lights on animal ambulance
As an animal lover, I was pleased to see the photograph of the animal ambulance printed in The Times. However, I have one small concern. The vehicle appeared to be equipped with blue strobe lights and, I assume, a two-tone siren - known in other parts...
As an animal lover, I was pleased to see the photograph of the animal ambulance printed in The Times. However, I have one small concern. The vehicle appeared to be equipped with blue strobe lights and, I assume, a two-tone siren - known in other parts of Europe as "Blues and Twos".
To my mind, blue lights should apply only to emergency vehicles, as the rules of the road dictate that other drivers give way to such vehicles. Blue lights are usually restricted to police, hospital ambulance, civil protection, emergency rescue and some AFM vehicles.
Whatever good work the animal ambulance does, it should be restricted to orange strobe lights and no siren, much as the warden's cars, tow trucks and breakdown vehicles. Giving access to a vehicle equipped with "Blues and Twos" to an untrained driver, is putting the temptation of abuse in their path.