Police cruise light – that’s what you need to know

Like we said Previously, the police conducted tests using the so-called “cruise light”. This means that blue light is illuminated with a weaker, steady glow. The speed light should not be confused with the strobe light that characterizes emergency vehicles.

The Swedish police took the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bcruises from the USA and Great Britain. Blue light is associated with police cars and by lighting the roof you want to mark your presence, which is meant to increase safety. No other vehicles in Sweden except police cars are allowed to use a steady, weak blue light.

Police can use Cruise lights outside the pub at closing time, during demonstrations or in “cases of social unrest”. Unlike emergency vehicles with bright blue lights and sirens, you don’t have to give way to vehicles with poor trip light. In the field below, the police tell how the public should handle the new blue light.

Using an illuminated blue light to indicate police presence is an old idea and was developed in parallel in many countries. Already in 1992, traffic police officer Göran Duesgård received permission for a blue light test in Gothenburg. The experiment goes well and the “eye servants” in traffic intensify.

But the Swedish Transport Safety Agency He said no to further attempts and despite many pressures, Göran Duesgård’s ideas were not developed. After Göran retired, the project was taken up by his son, Johan Duisgaard.

And then, all of a sudden, came the signal for a new testing period with Cruise Light from December 2014 to October 2015.

Again you can Confirm improved visibility and police presence. The brightness of weak blue light is only about one percent of the brightness used in emergency situations. At the turn of the year, a decision was made to allow the light to be used for cruises.

Blue light – for vision

We have received reports That not all road users know our new light signal on police cars, i.e. “trip light” for lack of a better Swedish word.

This occurs when the warning arc lights up with a slightly weaker steady blue glow. The idea with the new traffic light is to increase police visibility in different situations and environments, and in this way work in both crime prevention and connection creation.

The police car is the only emergency vehicle In Sweden they are allowed to use a constant blue light. Then it comes to situations where the police don’t have to have a clear path through the traffic.

It is the police who are driving who decides when you can use the “trip light”, which is a very common traffic light in police forces in other countries, such as the USA and Great Britain.

Of course, it applies as usual to leave the road clear when the blue light signal and siren are flashing.

Do you then need to give up the right of way when there is a constant dim blue light on our police cars?

Answer: No, it’s not necessary.