Reply To: Escort of Harav Sternbach arrving in KJ

I believe so long as they have a police escort they can use their lights and sirens and run lights. On the other hand without such an escort I think they are violating the law. When, say, the pope is in the US he gets a major escort, but then technically he is a head of state and he has millions of followers. Point is that escorts are not out of the norm for important leaders. But they should be done to comply with the law as to minimize any chillul hashem or racism that results (i.e. if you follow the law, you are more likely to get support from political leaders and others when people criticize your behavior, which hopefully minimize any negative fallout).