i love how happy the guy on the bike looks :D

An old Lotus Esprit with what looks like an all blue and white FS Vector:

Edited September 14, 201411 yr by taximan5

Just found the Holy Grail of strange police cars..  A California Police car with a blue lightbar. 

 

I Assume it meets California law by having a steady red light somewhere, but pretty interesting how it has an all blue colored bar 

Just found the Holy Grail of strange police cars..  A California Police car with a blue lightbar. 

 

 

I Assume it meets California law by having a steady red light somewhere, but pretty interesting how it has an all blue colored bar 

I can't see any red lights.

Whats the purpose of the steady red light law?

I can't see any red lights.

Whats the purpose of the steady red light law?

jeremy-clarkson-spotted-driving-a-porsche-ambulance-for-next-top-gear-season_1.jpg

 

 

California Vehicle Code section 25252 provides: 

"Every authorized emergency vehicle shall be equipped with at least one steady burning red warning lamp visible from at least 1000 feet to the front of the vehicle to be used as provided in this code. 

In addition, authorized emergency vehicles may display revolving, flashing, or steady red warning lights to the front, sides or rear of the vehicles." 

just a law don't know what started it or caused it 

just a law don't know what started it or caused it 

 

That law has been since the 70s?

I have seen it on Squad 51 in Emergency!

 

That law has been since the 70s?

I have seen it on Squad 51 in Emergency!

 

Quite before the 70s actually. The first California police car that I know of that had a light (let alone with a red one) was the LAPD in late 1947/early 1948. They just had a red steady burn spotlight like most CHP cars that you commonly see in the 50s/60s/70s

 

 

EDIT: After looking, it looks like the CHP used cars with red spotlights way before the 40s. It looks like this 1927 Hudson has a red spotlight.

 

Edited September 15, 201411 yr by Ringo4493

its a pointless law. "O you mean to tell me you didnt notice all the other lights?"

They probably didn't. DARE cars tend to be vehicles seized from people convicted of drug crimes; the cops got it for free.

 

That is also a photoshopped image from a Tesla promotional photograph.

 

Just to avoid any confusion between that car being fake or not, it's a fake.

its a pointless law. "O you mean to tell me you didnt notice all the other lights?"

 

Specially since they were flashing halogens, and the modern strobes and LEDs. Which are bright.

 

That law has been since the 70s?

I have seen it on Squad 51 in Emergency!

 

 

Funny, I JUST finished watching an episode of Emergency! on Netflix...

That law has been since the 70s?

I have seen it on Squad 51 in Emergency!

 

well its in the real world lol it's a generally well known fact among Law Enforcement Enthusiast's / LEO's in america

Just found the Holy Grail of strange police cars..  A California Police car with a blue lightbar. 

 

<snip>

 

I Assume it meets California law by having a steady red light somewhere, but pretty interesting how it has an all blue colored bar 

 

Yup. Those Mountain View cars are certainly oddities. They run all blue and amber lighting, save for a single steady red in the middle/front of the lightbar. If memory serves me correctly, there's also a single steady red light just above the rear view mirror as well. The rest of the lights are blue, with a TA in the back of the lightbar and A/B hideaways in the reverse lights. 

 

Go figure.

just a law don't know what started it or caused it 

 

I think its because the red (the red radiactions photons) has a high visible spectrum, ie, red is not the brightest color (strong) plus the color that can be seen from afar. So it is used in front of cars emergency is also best to see these lights in the rearview. 

 

90% of emergency vehicles in Brazil are red lightbar.

VancouverBC069.jpg

You can't be serious....

How is this strange or interesting?

How is this strange or interesting?

Siren only turns off while lights are on when you get out?

How is this strange or interesting?

How ISN'T it strange or interesting? In my opinion it's an ugly piece of garbage.