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Maybe he's in law enforcement or e,emergency response. Maybe he likes flashy lights. Why are so many people on this forum so critical of others?
Because when an undercover car pulls someone over, and the person refuses to exit the car until other marked law enforcement personal show up, the officer gets mad and belligerent.
Because when an undercover car pulls someone over, and the person refuses to exit the car until other marked law enforcement personal show up, the officer gets mad and belligerent.
ok.... by that time your lawyer is probably on the way too.
OK. They had them where I lived previously since we didn't even have a full time department. Only the actual trucks had lights as far as I knew. Just the fact that they're on a 335i convertable makes me chuckle and think of Nash Bridges.
He probably lives in a municipality where they've given the local VFD the right to mount lights on their cars so that they can rush to the location that their trucks are stored, so that they can then rush to a fire; or, to rush to the scene of a fire, where they then suit up on site because a truck has brought all their equipment.
Fat lot of good that a VFD would do you if you were stuck in traffic and couldn't get there to help out...
Pretty standard 'extra lights' on nearly every VFD person's vehicle, where I live in western NC...
not any BMW verts rolling with lights, but plenty of trucks. ;>)
Not unusual at all, imo and if the guy wants those lights installed, who cares?
GL, mD
There's no way to extract yourself from looking like an utter tool in this instance, so now's the best time to stop trying.
But one way to try is to not know the plural of fireman. Seriously, as far as distasteful things done to a car this rates about a 2. It's not that noticeable. It'd be really stupid if it were just some civilian doing it, but in this case it's being done for a reason. Move along.
i thought only-blue lights were for fire rescue vehicles. Is this even legal to use for him?
It varies by state. You'd have to look up that particular state's MV laws to find out.
Of course, enforcement of said laws is sometimes another matter. IIRC, vollies are not permitted any lights at all in AL (by law), but that doesn't stop vollies and whackers around here from running them.
Those lights are illegal in most states. Only a sworn law enforcement officer is allowed to have flashing lights on their vehicle, and when you use Ed and Blue, you are really asking for trouble.
I worked on police and Fire vehicles and if we took a police vehicle for a test drive, we had to put covers over the lights with an "Out of Service" in large letters. The lights must be covered even if not turned on.
We got a request to install flashing lights on the rear of a city vehicle that made frequent stops on the street, and didn't consider the factory 4-way flashers safe enough. They were clear lights, not colored. We asked the Police Dept if we could install the flashing clear lights on ther truck for safety, and we told ir was a voilation to install flashing lifhgts of any color on a private car...
That's California, but I would guess the same rules apply in most states.
From the website selling such lights... "An emergency vehicle light can be purchased by any ordinary citizen and law does not ban his right to buy it. It is not illegal for private personnel to have an emergency vehicle light mounted on his vehicle but his right to operate it is controlled by laws.
Most countries allow volunteer firefighters, rescue workers, and emergency medical services personnel to use emergency vehicle lights on their vehicles, though the laws regarding it varies from country to country and from state to state.
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