Flashing Orange Lights

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We all know that flashing blue lights are reserved for official vehicles, Gardai, Ambulance, Fire etc. and the Road Traffic Acts (or similar SI's) limit their use to such.

But flashing orange lights seem to be overused
County County Council Trucks, Bin Trucks, Tractors, Road Surfacing Trucks ok, but I've even seen tow trucks (not towing anything) with their lights on, I've even seen cars in normal traffic, with a single flashing orange light on the roof, maybe some police wannabe? Flashing orange is meant to signal a warning, like an indicator.

BrianD

AFAIK the use of flashing orange lights is technically illegal but tolerated. It is much over used - some guys just love the opportunity to switch them on!

Stephen

Lots of vans and the like are equipped with them for safety reasons for when they are on industrial sites etc (the kind of places with a lot of truck/forklift/foot traffic), rather than on the open road. I don't think they're illegal.

The Muppet

I always move out of the way to let cars with these orange flashing lights on the roof. Its obviously a council engineer on the way to yet another life or death emergency and I wouldn't want to be delaying them . :rolleyes:

Stephen

The point of the orange lights is not generally to get people to make way, its to warn of a hazard (wide load, slow moving vehicle, etc).

Victor

They aren't flashing, they are rotating. Legal difference

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the lighthouse argument