HEED AND RESPECT:  Emergency vehicle lights and sirens also apply to you as a pedestrian, bicyclist, jogger, skateboarder or someone waiting for an Island trolley.

It’s hard to believe, but one of the largest aggravations – and fears – for the drivers of emergency vehicles, even those driving the largest of fire trucks, is folks not offering wide roadway berth, often hanging indifferently near or within the roadway.