Langer said his job, however, has been made a little safer after a law changed in 2023 allowing DOT-certified tow trucks to use red and blue flashing lights while on a scene.

Red and blue flashing lights are standard and we know that signifies an emergency, but if a police car has flashing yellow lights, for example, it means something else entirely.

While most of us are familiar with flashing red and blue lights, flashing yellow lights can have several meanings, so you might not know exactly what's going on until you get closer to the police ...

Q. What do the flashing blue lights off to the side of the freeway mean? They flash at the end of long poles, perhaps near construction materials. There is one at the Pacific Coast Highway exit on ...

MOTORISTS will be forced to slow down to 40km/h when passing police, ambulance or other emergency service vehicles under a State government “flashing light” trial to stop roadside carnage.

“Flashing or not, if I see red and blue lights behind me, I’m pulling over. It’s what most of us have been taught, like a natural instinct,” one Facebook user wrote.

Langer said his job, however, has been made a little safer after a law changed in 2023 allowing DOT-certified tow trucks to use red and blue flashing lights while on a scene.

Civilians can’t deck out their vehicles with exterior blue lights — those are for cops Q. Hi Honk: I can’t figure out why the Baker Street off-ramp from the southbound 55 Freeway is closed.