The BLUE LIGHT CHOOSE RIGHT campaign is designed to increase awareness among motorists about the courtesy of pulling over to the right to allow emergency responders to pass.  Many times motorists are not even aware or don’t understand that a blue flashing light is a volunteer emergency person responding to a call. When motorists do not pull over to the right, the response time to an emergency scene may take longer. 

Many jurisdictions permit VFD members to equip their privately owned vehicles with special emergency lights (flashing blue lights). Blue lights may be on only when engaged in an emergency operation.  Volunteers utilizing Blue flashing lights must still follow all state vehicle and traffic laws. 

Peter Savage, owner of Savage Funeral Service and also a 6 year interior firefighter with a local volunteer fire company was inspired by experience to create and launch the BLUE LIGHT CHOOSE RIGHT campaign.  The goal is to raise the awareness of a blue light alerting motorist to the emergency responder. The hope is that if a driver thinks about the possibility that it could be a member of their family in need of emergency services, those precious moments saved by pulling over to the right and letting the responder pass, and could save a life or their home. We are launching the campaign by selling BLUE LIGHT CHOOSE RIGHT bumper stickers.  The stickers will raise awareness and additional funding that will be used 100% to promote the BLUE LIGHT CHOOSE RIGHT campaign through billboard, television and print advertisements.  The initial costs for design, set up, printing, and mailing costs are being donated by Savage Funeral Service in Binghamton and Savage-DeMarco Funeral Service in Endicott. If you would like to purchase stickers, they are $3.00 each, call 724-1415.