From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Tue Feb 17 2004 - 12:15:24 PST
Red is the color for emergency. Amber is the internationally-recognized
color for hazard on the highway. Even home heating oil delivery trucks are
now displaying, while travelling and stopped, one yellow strobe at the rear
of the tank, because they must often park out on the unplowed road to make a
delivery. My 30 year career in the telephone company was spent in trucks
that universally had a yellow strobe(s) on the roof/boom. Red is the
emergency color, not yellow. You cannot be accused of using an emergency
light, when you are using a hazard light. It's...well...like apples and
ambers.
Bloom, A P. A hazard to navigation, even when sober.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Recovry4x4@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] amber flashing lights
> Here's some food for thought on the amber light thing. Some states may
> prohibit these things and you should probably comply with the state. On
the other
> hand, no one knows better than the MV collector that the 45/50 mph speed
can be
> hazardous on the highway. Sometimes you just can't avoid the highway too.
With
> that said the use of the light might have merit. Some cop with a bad
> disposition, because he didn't get lucky last night or whatever the
reason, could
> surely write you for the violation. I would be much more concerned with
what the
> Judge had to say than the cop. If you are genuinely concerned for the
safety of
> one's self as well as other motorists, and tell the Judge that, you most
> certainly could lessen the pain of it or have the whole darned thing
thrown out.
> Many times I've witnessed a Judge tongue lash my over zealous coworkers
for
> writing stupid violations. Understand the concerns on the emergency light
> regulations. The gov'ts involved feel that too many of these emergency
lights used
> too much desensitizes the motoring public. I concur with this and use my
> emergency lighting as little as possible. Another concern to consider
would be the
> convoy lights. You might have a harder time convincing the Judge of your
> intentions when you have these dual beam rotators telescoped up 2' above
the cab
> flashing yellow beams for all to see in the 3 county area. A discrete
amber
> flasher or strobe mounted to the rear would be more than enough and easier
to
> explain in court. If the Judge still bangs you for trying to do the right
thing,
> well lets just say things happen. I use a small rear strobe for times
when
> I'll be well under the speed limit and will continue to do so. If I get
popped
> for trying to do the right thing, I'll just have to deal with it.
>
> Kenneth Engle
> Loxahatchee FL
> 71 A.M. General M35A2
> 73 A.M. General M275A2
> 53 Fruehauf XM105E3
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>
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