Potential Danger
If not used in accordance with vehicle and traffic laws, courtesy lights may present a great danger to volunteer firefighters and EMTs, who might use the lights to exceed the speed limit or pass other vehicles. The largest category (30%) of fatal crashes for volunteer firefighters (from 1994–2004) involved personal vehicles. Of those crashes, 80% occurred en route to the firehouse for an alarm. Some firefighters, usually department veterans, choose not to display courtesy lights, claiming that they do not even significantly decrease response time.
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