I guess it is my time to chime in....
#1 It was what the customer "Asked For".... the LIN3s were my idea. I wanted to put good DIRECTIONAL lightheads rather than simply using a Hide-A-Way.
#2 Traffic Advisors WORK! It is all in how one USES it that changes how they are preceived by the public. My Take-Home CVPI is also a slicktop. Rear warning consists of NOTHING but a Custom Made Flush Mount Edge Frame with EIGHT 400 Series 6x6 Super-LEDs configured R/B/R/B/R/B/R/B. It is mounted on the package tray. When mounted, it is only about 1.5" taller than a Inner-Edge, and IMHO, it is FAR superior in light output. It SOLEY runs off a TACTDL1 controller. It is activated when the rear lights button is actuated on the console. The only other rear lighting I have are a pair of clear pop-in strobe tubes in the reverse lights. The REASON people don't react to Traffic Advisors is simply this.... Too many signals going on all at once. When I am on a Traffic Stop, I set the Controller to "Left". The signals are RED and BLUE, so there is no question that the car is an LEO. My bar isn't "Blurred" by a plethora of other lights diluting the signal. It says ONE THING.... GO LEFT FUCKERS! And oddly enough? They DO! It was mentioned that people KNOW how to follow the big construction Arrow Boards.... well DUH! It doesn't have a fully popped Liberty sitting on top of it blinking it ass off. The message is simple, and people "Get It" Same with my crusier. The other units in our fleet have Freedoms (with the split Arrow in the rear....) Pointless while the rear LEDs are in operation. I pull up behind other officers on traffic stops, and even I cannot distinguish that the Arrow is on, let alone actually trying to TELL me something. How can we expect the public to do any better? :weird: Simply put... LESS is MORE when it comes to Traffic Advisors.
#3 This Charger is for the Depts LT. The only time this car sees duty is when he is working STEP on the highway, so the height of the traffic advisor is not a factor. The distances are too great for the height to make a difference. It will get the job done. :thumbsup:
Just my $00.02