Should security vehicles use blue flashing lights?

He's saying this applies to the cops, the military police, and Customs... 🤷

ironcyclist58 said:Section 150 actually gives them the legal right to do exactly that. 🤷

Just hang it up and retire.
"(2) Except, provided it's absolutely necessary and while keeping an eye on everyone else's safety on the road,..."

ironcyclist58 said:He's saying this applies to the cops, the military police, and Customs... 🤷

If we follow that line of reasoning, I guess EMTs and firefighters don't get priority access either—which is hilarious, considering they actually need to move fast to save lives...

But apparently, some Customs agent gets a free pass. 🤦

And don't even get me started on the customs vehicles—they’ve got the light bars and sirens too, so they basically have the right of way just like any other emergency rig out there.

vividraven26 said:Just hang it up and retire.
"(2) Except, provided it's absolutely necessary and while keeping an eye on everyone else's safety on the road,..."

Well, obviously it's an exception. I didn't think I needed to spell that out. It’s not like people can just drive like maniacs for no reason; this applies when they're responding to an emergency or something similar...
By the way, I'm not sure where you pulled that quote from, but in the most recent version of the vehicle code, that "absolutely necessary" bit isn't even there.

Edit: looks like you were quoting the previous section regarding vehicles with right-of-way priority, which has nothing to do with what I'm talking about here...

Seriously, just go take a look at Section 149, Subsection 2 👍 😁

And honestly, Article 150 doesn't even apply to this situation. 🙏

Every single thing I put inside those quotation marks is incredibly important, and we really need to drive that point home.

Just check the local news reports from when that wreck happened near the highway interchanges to see who was actually at fault.

But look, Article 150 actually carves out an extra loophole compared to Article 149 specifically for the police, military police, and Customs—not the paramedics or firefighters, mind you. It doesn't even matter if they have lights on their vehicles or not, which is a step beyond what 149 says. Plus, it gives them the green light to ignore Article 12, Section 4, something you don't get under 149. And since Section 4 basically says you have to follow all traffic signs (and yeah, a stoplight counts as a sign), it changes things...

It’s not causing any kind of mess at all.