hello
i know for a fact that in Nevada, to have amber warning beacons on a
vehicle you must acquire a permit for operation of these lights and they
do not grant these to anyone must have a valid reason like towing,
service truck for fleets, garbage and other such vehicles i don't
remember the nevada code well enough to know if you can get HMV's
included
Rich Burrell
MVPA #20227
MVCC
'71 M35A2 w/w
'51 M104
Jaime A Ponce de Leon wrote:
>
> > While flashing warning lights in my opinion are a great idea, remember to
> > check your states motor vehicle laws regarding flashing lights of any color.
> > Many states prohibit warning lights on non emergency vehicles whether they
> > add to everyones safety or not.
>
> A. All 50 states allow use of a rotating or strobe amber beacon facing all
> directions on vehicles to allow for more visability.
> B. 46 States require low visability vehicles, wide load's, tow trucks, slow
> moving trucks over 2 tons, or with more then 3 axles to have a amber
> beaconfacing rearward, and 31 of those states also must have it foward.
> C. All states except for New York and New Jersey allow for extra amber
> flashing lights facing rearward sequentially. New Mexico, Nevada, Texas,
> Montana, Minnisota, California, Oregon, and Arizona allow sequential
> flashing amber lights to the rear, but prohibit alternating flashers of any
> colour.
>
> > I think this is good idea - I have one on my 151 but would like to relate
> > this -- I have a good friend that has a towing service and when I am at his
> > place I read his towing magazines, There was an article few weeks back --
> > tow truck was on side of road recovering vehicle from ditch -- was not in
> > driving lane was well off driving lanes -- it was night and in addition to
> > rotation beacon he had other flashers on and a car drove into him -- the
> > other party sued and collected based on theory advanced by procession lawyer
> > that driver was attracted to flashing lights
>
> It is a known fact that red lights attract drunk drivers. However, amber
> usually does not. The fire trucks in El Paso County have switched their
> secondary flashers to a blue/amber combo because of several incedents
> involving drunk or fatigued drivers hitting our rigs stationary on scenes
> with red flashers.
>
> It the case you mentioned was one of two I am thinking of:
> The first one, the truck was on a recovery from a ditch, It was not in a
> driving lane, but on the shoulder, and it was perpendicular to traffic. The
> other driver clipped the end of the truck, and sent it into the operator,
> killing him. MOney damages were awarded, but overturned on appeal.
> The second case, a tow truck driver had pulled off the road, and had his
> running lights on, but had not turned on the rotating beacon, and a car hit
> him from behind. MOney damages were awarded in that case, because the car
> was following the tow truck, and was attracted by the lights.
>
> --
> Jaime Ponce de Leon
> Webmaster, MadRabbitt Internet
> http://webmaster.mrip.com
>
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