I was always lead to believe that a vehicle could only use Blue Lights if it
was an emergency vehicle, or should that be only emergency vehicles are
allowed to use flashing blue lights.

I now see motor cycles, cars and even lorries sporting blue lights.... why
is this ?

Jim G

In article ,
"the_constructor" writes:
I was always lead to believe that a vehicle could only use Blue Lights if it
was an emergency vehicle, or should that be only emergency vehicles are
allowed to use flashing blue lights.

I now see motor cycles, cars and even lorries sporting blue lights.... why
is this ?

The after-market LED things?
They're illegal, but there isn't much enforcement for this sort of thing.*
Just another form of penis extender, for men in need of one. You can't
help looking at some cars, and feeling really sorry for the driver...


* A few years ago, there was a young lad in the same garage I use who was
instructing them to remove all the blue LEDs so the car could get through
an MOT or some other test the Police had forced him to put it through
after stopping him, and afterwards to refit them all.

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Andrew Gabriel
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On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:10:54 -0000, "the_constructor"
wrote:

I was always lead to believe that a vehicle could only use Blue Lights if it
was an emergency vehicle, or should that be only emergency vehicles are
allowed to use flashing blue lights.

I now see motor cycles, cars and even lorries sporting blue lights.... why
is this ?
How many are flashing though?

G.Harman

On 31/10/2012 14:10, the_constructor wrote:
I was always lead to believe that a vehicle could only use Blue Lights if it
was an emergency vehicle, or should that be only emergency vehicles are
allowed to use flashing blue lights.

I now see motor cycles, cars and even lorries sporting blue lights.... why
is this ?

Jim G



Just before Xmas last I was driving along approaching a sharp left hand
bend. Reflected in the shop windows on the right were blue flashing lights.

Daughter being a paramedic & SIL being a copper, I'm sensitive to blue
flashing lights - they both complain that no bugger ever reacts properly.

I slowed down & kept left - only to find they were the reflections of
Xmas lights :-)



--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On 31/10/2012 15:20, The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 31/10/2012 14:10, the_constructor wrote:
I was always lead to believe that a vehicle could only use Blue Lights
if it
was an emergency vehicle, or should that be only emergency vehicles are
allowed to use flashing blue lights.

I now see motor cycles, cars and even lorries sporting blue
lights.... why
is this ?

Jim G



Just before Xmas last I was driving along approaching a sharp left hand
bend. Reflected in the shop windows on the right were blue flashing
lights.

Daughter being a paramedic & SIL being a copper, I'm sensitive to blue
flashing lights - they both complain that no bugger ever reacts properly.

I slowed down & kept left - only to find they were the reflections of
Xmas lights :-)



Blue (at least the shades that could confuse) is such an un-Christmassy
colour - makes no sense that anyone would choose them for decorative
purposes. But have seen loads.

--
Rod

"the_constructor" wrote in
o.uk:

I was always lead to believe that a vehicle could only use Blue Lights
if it was an emergency vehicle, or should that be only emergency
vehicles are allowed to use flashing blue lights.

I now see motor cycles, cars and even lorries sporting blue lights....
why is this ?

Jim G




They are to show other drivers that they are Gay.


I also find it worrying that some lorries have enormous illuminated
advertising signs in their cab - usually behind the driver. The reflections
of the windscreen must be dangerous.

Soon be time for the same lorry drivers to have illuminated Xmas trees on
the top of their dashboards.

The new refuse trucks round here are covered in amber flashing lights -
including down the sides. Of course these are only meant to be used when
actually loading refuse, but most drivers seem to switch them on when they
leave the depot and only off at the end of the shift. So when driving
between jobs, you can't distinguish them easily from the direction
indicators. I'm just waiting for a serious accident to happen. Which of
course is unlikely when they're collecting refuse, which begs the point as
to the need for these lights anyway...

--
*If they arrest the Energizer Bunny, would they charge it with battery? *

Dave Plowman London SW
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"the_constructor" wrote in message
o.uk...

I was always lead to believe that a vehicle could only use Blue Lights if
it was an emergency vehicle, or should that be only emergency vehicles are
allowed to use flashing blue lights.

I now see motor cycles, cars and even lorries sporting blue lights.... why
is this ?

Jim G

They are either a signal that the driver is gay or a warning that the
vehicle is being driven by a nincompoop depending on local trends.

Mike

On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:34:48 +0000, damduck-egg wrote:

On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:10:54 -0000, "the_constructor"
wrote:

I was always lead to believe that a vehicle could only use Blue Lights
if it was an emergency vehicle, or should that be only emergency
vehicles are allowed to use flashing blue lights.

I now see motor cycles, cars and even lorries sporting blue lights....
why is this ?
How many are flashing though?

Depends if they're viewed from the other side of a crash barrier,
probably :-)

Itf you mean the flashing ones, then there are certainly single responder
paramedics using cars and bikes about, and I'd suspect a truck heading to
perhaps clear an accidents debris could use one too.
Incidentally, a friend says some doctors are using flashing green lights,
is he colour blind or do thes exist?
Brian

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"the_constructor" wrote in message
o.uk...
I was always lead to believe that a vehicle could only use Blue Lights if
it was an emergency vehicle, or should that be only emergency vehicles are
allowed to use flashing blue lights.

I now see motor cycles, cars and even lorries sporting blue lights....
why is this ?

Jim G

"Brian Gaff" wrote:
Itf you mean the flashing ones, then there are certainly single responder
paramedics using cars and bikes about, and I'd suspect a truck heading to
perhaps clear an accidents debris could use one too.
Incidentally, a friend says some doctors are using flashing green lights,
is he colour blind or do thes exist?
Brian


Yes, our out of hours doctor service uses green lights. To get back to the
OPs question, it's only *flashing* blue lights that are illegal on
non-emergency vehicles. Steady blue is okay.

I don't like them though as they can appear to flash when seen through
crash barriers, fences, trees etc..

Tim

In article
,
Tim+ wrote:
Yes, our out of hours doctor service uses green lights. To get back to
the OPs question, it's only *flashing* blue lights that are illegal on
non-emergency vehicles. Steady blue is okay.

Depends what you mean by 'ok'. Blue is not acceptable for lights showing
to the front - they must be white. Although LED 'white' tends towards the
blue range of things. And some HID headlamps can show blue on the edge of
their beam.
Of course the police can't be bothered to prosecute all cases, but blue
replacement sidelight bulbs which are a fashion won't pass an MOT. In the
same way as faded red rear lights won't either.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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