Blue Lights are really something!

Blue lights are really something.

Blue lights should only be used on initial Red Calls, or emergencies, and on calls deemed to be time critical for transport to hospital, in other words, where delays could cost the life or wellbeing of the patient. But......

They also have multiple other functions it appears.

The first is to seemingly cloak the vehicle, so that the thundering flying object known as the ambulance cannot be seen by the average motorist. Merrily we wail and flash our lights whilst Joe in his car sits there oblivious, stereo on full, wending his way to wherever. Then as the car in front pulls over, evidently out of the range of the cloaking device, Joe pulls out and nearly causes himself to be our next customer. Please, whoever sits in government these days, make car companies reduce the volume that stereos go up to! Either that or give us a radio zapping device!

Second function. We know we are medical. Blue lights are for emergency service users. Green lights are for doctors. We are not doctors. Why is it then that some people look the driver of a blue light vehicle straight in the eye then pull out into traffic in front of you? Is it that, given the choice of which vehicle to pull out in front of, they prefer the one which can save them should their attempted suicide fail?

Third function. To amuse the crew. On a dark night, when the rain is falling, or better still, snow, the blue lights have an almost hypnotic effect when looking out of the cab side windows, often resulting in a trance like, completely chilled out crew member attending the next job! Luckily, it is not apparent when looking through the windscreen, or we might not make it to the job!

I am sure that this list is not exhaustive!