The other response hit many good points already, but I'll add this: Believe it or not, there are times, depending on roadway and traffic conditions, where having emergency equipment activated can actually do more harm than good. (Drivers sometimes do very strange things when blug lights and sirens come screaming up behind them, like slam on the brakes and staying in the lane they're in.) On an interstate where traffic is already flowing pretty smoothly (and quickly, by your own admission), it may