Karl McCartney – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karl McCartney on 2016-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to allow the road rescue industry to use red lights when recovering broken down vehicles.

Andrew Jones

There are no plans currently to allow the road rescue industry to use red lights when recovering broken down vehicles. There are a range of existing measures available to make rescue vehicles visible and warn others of their presence such as the use of roof mounted amber beacons and retro-reflective material to the side and rear.