**Pilot project on ‘courtesy light’ for fire volunteers on the way**
**A pilot project around the “courtesy light” for fire volunteers is coming. Traffic institute Vias has been commissioned by Minister of Mobility Georges Gilkinet (Ecolo) to set up that project. That is what Jasper Pillen, member of parliament for Open Vld, reported on Friday. The fire department volunteer can use the courtesy light to drive to the barracks in an emergency.**
It is a non blue colored flashing light, without a sound horn. It should give the firefighter volunteer who is on the road with his/her vehicle to provide emergency assistance at a fire or accident recognizability in traffic.
“Other road users are thus given the opportunity to give free way to the volunteers and be extra courteous towards them,” says Pillen, who himself submitted a bill on this subject. A vehicle with a courtesy light does not become a priority vehicle, as it does not have a siren. Concerned volunteers still have to follow the highway code. “It’s about recognizability,” Pillen said.
In Canada, such a tool already exists. There, a green light is used. Traffic institute Vias will now set up a pilot project in our country. Pillen advocates extensive research at various locations in our country, to check the impact of the courtesy light on other road users and traffic in general.
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**Pilot project on ‘courtesy light’ for fire volunteers on the way**
**A pilot project around the “courtesy light” for fire volunteers is coming. Traffic institute Vias has been commissioned by Minister of Mobility Georges Gilkinet (Ecolo) to set up that project. That is what Jasper Pillen, member of parliament for Open Vld, reported on Friday. The fire department volunteer can use the courtesy light to drive to the barracks in an emergency.**
It is a non blue colored flashing light, without a sound horn. It should give the firefighter volunteer who is on the road with his/her vehicle to provide emergency assistance at a fire or accident recognizability in traffic.
“Other road users are thus given the opportunity to give free way to the volunteers and be extra courteous towards them,” says Pillen, who himself submitted a bill on this subject. A vehicle with a courtesy light does not become a priority vehicle, as it does not have a siren. Concerned volunteers still have to follow the highway code. “It’s about recognizability,” Pillen said.
In Canada, such a tool already exists. There, a green light is used. Traffic institute Vias will now set up a pilot project in our country. Pillen advocates extensive research at various locations in our country, to check the impact of the courtesy light on other road users and traffic in general.
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Here in Harelbeke this exists already for years.It’s like a small stroboscope on the dashboard.I let them pass every time i see one.