Agreed. Most county road maint./plow trucks are red or orange, seems to stand out.FireEMSPolice said:Well, its a step in the right direction. I think they still should find another color for the truck body.
Keith K. said:Nevada law changed a few years ago to allow steady blue to the rear. It really catches your attention and you can see the blue glow through snow quite well.
Bikinjohn said:Yeah the NRS says it was added in 2003. I will say the steady burn is very visible and whatever they put on their rigs are BRIGHT. I was cruising down the freeway one night and saw what I thought was NHP on a traffic stop because of the flashing blue lights. Once I got closer I could see it was a street sweeper and was a little annoyed. I kept seeing it on the 95 around 11pm so one day I emailed NDOT and asked. They replied back saying they would have their maintenance manager check their sweepers for flashing blue lights. I haven't seen any recently but I don't cruise that area at that time anymore.
I have seen many DOT trucks and sweepers with the steady blue and it is very visible and I think emergency vehicles and other states should look in to it. If it's good enough for CHP it should be good enough for everyone!
nluszcz said:Coming from a blue = police state (NH), the CDOT (CO) trucks really threw me off. All plows in Colorado run blue, sometimes with amber. I didn't like it at all, but it is what it is!
killCARB027 said:** Also all snow plows whether publicly owned or private SHOULD NOT have their flashing lights activated unless they are actively engaged in snow plowing/salt spreading operations. One other point I think that if you are going to have Blue lights on a plow they should be mounted on the drivers side of the truck not the passengers side.
** By the way one type of vehicle that Does Not need any Amber flashing lights are private street sweepers that clean shopping center parking lots, it's ridiculous to see them driving around an empty parking lot at night with Amber lights flashing away.
FireEMSPolice said:Well, its a step in the right direction. I think they still should find another color for the truck body.