Petition · past parliament · Department for Transport
Allow Coastguards & RNLI to use green lights to attend incidents.
Closed
29 signatures
What the petition asks
To allow Coastguards & RNLI to use green lights on vehicles to ease traffic and make other road users aware that they are on their way to a life dependent situation. (either directly to an incident or to a station to collect an emergency vehicle / boat)
Every day lives are dependant on Coastguard & RNLI. Currently, for example; during a rush hour it may take you 30-40 minutes to get to your station / incident when lives are at risk. Most incidents require a number of team to be on scene to carry out certain applications of rescue. Green lights would not give exemptions to traffic rules but would allow road users to know that an incident is being attended to and could therefore ease congestion en route to an incident, scene or station.
Timeline
| 11 Dec 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 11 Jun 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
29
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Transport
Opened
11 Dec 2020
Closed
11 Jun 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.