18 Sep 16 15:58, you wrote to Tony Langdon:   
      
    TL>> Here, the police are strict on road rules. Even if one is on the way   
    TL>> to the station to handle a call, all road rules must be obeyed. It's   
    TL>> only when we've got in one of the fire truchs or support car that we   
    TL>> can put lights and sirens on and judiciously break some laws "if it   
    TL>> is safe and reasonable to do so". Even then, both standing orders and   
    TL>> road law itself still set strong limits.   
      
    JD> Much the same here.  The only vehicles that can legally go thru a stop   
    JD> sign, or Red light, is a funeral procession.  Then again, that is   
    JD> usually accompanied by at least a police cruiser in front.   
      
   check your laws closely... there may be a ""loop hole"" in that as long as you   
   stop at a red light, does the law say that you *must* sit there until it turns   
   red... most/all jurisdictions i've been in do not state that you *must* wait   
   in the green... only that you must stop... i've beaten "red light tickets"   
   with that argument several times in the past ;) ;) ;)   
      
   on the flashing lights... i'm fixing to get a light bar fitted that gives me   
   yellow and white flashing and alternating... can also get green in addition or   
   as one or the other... this because of being on construction sites with heavy   
   equipment running around... we already wear white hats and neon yellow safety   
   vests ;)   
      
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