Ask Trooper Steve: Can emergency vehicles change traffic lights?

[drevildruid]

It's known as a Preemption device. It's integrated into the lightbar electronics and mounted inside the lightbar frame. It sends out an electronic signal to the traffic light. It's illegal for anyone other than piolice, fire or EMS to own or operate.

[PhirePhlame]

I remember when someone tried to break up that company's monopoly on this and was treated like a criminal instead of a capitalist.

[JGorilla]

Wait wait this been known for years, why they act like they never heard it? Hmmm most ambulance and firetruck have those and they can call traffic lights control to fix the lights . This been going on for years! Lol yall behide its ok

[zyruhjn]

anyone else blast fire truck sirens to turn the light green

[emergencyresponsevideosand]

Can fire trucks be bought with everything equipped on it like with lights and sirens and the department name

[septasmlphilliesfan]

Where i’m from the emergency vehicles just freeze all 4 traffic lights to red. Then they go through the intersection.

[KenI]

I just follow the fire trucks till I get close to where I’m going

[TheJakeman]

These emergency vehicles are gonna cause another accident, or kill more people driving the way they do.