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The Rappahannock Sheriffs Department vehicles now have blue emergency lights instead of red. The change was made in response to a law passed by the General Assembly during its last session.
The law requires that all law enforcement vehicles in Virginia be equipped with blue or a combination of red and blue flashing lights. The law went into effect on July 1, but agencies, such as the State Police, have until 1990 to comply.
According to a Virginia Department of Emergency Services press release, the law was enacted to improve law enforcement vehicle identification and uniformity since most states bordering Virginia already use the blue lights. Fire and resuce vehicles will continue to use red lights.
The Sheriff Department vehicles have the blue flashing light on top, but will continue to have red flashing lights in the cars’ grills. Sheriff John H. Woodward said that he expects the change to help his deputies stop motorists.
“Sometimes we have a hard time getting people to stop, especially if they’re from out of state, and they always say that they’re used to seeing blue lights on police vehicles,” Sheriff Woodward said.
He said that there is also a problem in the county with motorists who do pot yield the right of wray to oncoming emergency vehicles. All operators of vehicles are required by the Code of Virginia to get as close to the right hand edge of the road before stopping to allow an emergency vehicle with its
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