Like you said, horrible patterns, and next to nothing in side warning.
And what's wrong with a bar in the window? I've got a slicktop car with SOS interior nForce bars, and it's got some issues, but not enough light isn't one of them.
Messed up lighting seems to be the standard in ABQ. Their highway assistance trucks have terrible patterns and color combinations as well. The bright side is that install only needs a flash pattern change to significantly improve it.
Maybe they should have used smaller lights instead of those things they put in there.... Great Idea the Wing, bad Thing is drilling for wires unless you slide it down the weatherstrip of the rear windshield into the trunk valley and find a spot to run it through that wont block the flow of water and debris from escaping and start a new rust issue and leak potential.