A petition has been started locally that calls for vehicles to move to the side when approached by the flashing green lights of volunteer firefighters.
Many Communities base their Emergency Services on a "Volunteer" Basis. These men and women dedicate their time, gas, vehicles and energy to responding to Fire and Emergency calls.
We've all see this "Green Flashing Light" on personal vehicles and some don't know what it means.
"If the light is flashing it means that the driver is responding to an Emergency call within the Community. The flashing green light has been around for at least 20 years when it was inserted into the Highway Traffic Act in Ontario," say petition organizers Nicholas Brazeau from East Ferris and Timothy Brazeau from Muskoka-Parry Sound.
"However, there is no law stating that when you are approached by a vehicle with a 'Green Flashing Light' that we need to move to the right or when we approaching a stopped 'Green Flashing Light' that we move to the left, says Brazeau.
Ontario introduced the "Move-Over and Slow-Down Law" that covers tow trucks but doesn't include volunteer Emergency Vehicles.
"I propose that our Government Leaders expand the Move-Over and Slow-Down laws to cover "Volunteer Vehicles" that are responding to or are at the scene of an Emergency. We need to ensure that our Volunteers can arrive fast and safely to the Emergency, by Moving-Over and Slowing-Down as we do now with Police, Tow Trucks, Fire Trucks and Ambulances."
Here is the direct link to the petition that will be given to various members of provincial and federal members of parliament:
https://www.change.org/p/
