Roadside assistance and vehicle recovery operators can now apply for permission to use red flashing lamps - RAC comment

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Reacting to the news that road assistance and recovery operators can now apply for permission to use red flashing lamps on their vehicles, RAC chief operating officer Dom Shorrocks said:

“This is a landmark day for the roadside assistance industry as being able to use red flashing lamps will unequivocally improve the visibility of roadside workers and help save lives.

“There have been too many tragic collisions where lives have been lost involving stationary recovery vehicles at the sides of high-speed roads where more prominent red lights might have made a difference. This is why we have long been calling for roadside assistance workers and recovery drivers, including our own, to be allowed to use red flashing lamps alongside the customary amber ones.”

The original announcement around red flashing lamps formed part of the previous government’s Plan for Drivers and was followed by an evidence review.

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