RE: Legal ?'s on EMERGENCY STROBE LIGHTS

From: The Man From Utopia (tmfu@home.com)
Date: Sat Feb 05 2000 - 14:51:35 EST


If it's an old meatgrinder, that'll work perfectly(and really put your
neighbors in a panic :-). They have a low current draw. The electronic
sirens are the ones that have a high current draw.

Greg
95 DSCC v6 5spd
Rahway NJ

> Benn away for awhile and am now just getting caught-up on all the new
> news.... as for using a police/emergency vehicle siren instead of your
> standard alarm siren is no prob....thats what i have hooked into my
> clifford system....got it off one of our retired fire engines and it
> wails....had the electrition who works on our trucks to do the
> swap...not sure what hed did exactly....but my battery has taken no
> extra wear...as for strobes.....get em if you can....just don't get
> caught driving with em'..i know they are definately illegal here in
> canada except on vehicles registered as an emergency
> vehicle....i have a
> set but havent figured how and where to put them.....definately very
> cool though.
>
> Dean
> 99 White Sport CC V6
> Flowmaster cat-back, k&n, accel super coil, armourguard
> spray-on liner,
> Alpine CDA-7840, Clifford Cyber 5, JL Audio 6-1/2" in all corners,
> custom tonneau, tons of stainless dress-ups, eagle alloys, 31-10.5X15
> Wrangler at/s, tow package, skid plates, piaa fogs, 9007 ultra white
> piaa's, and still more too come......lol
>
>
> The Man From Utopia wrote:
> >
> > > >What about sirens? Everyone ignores regular car alarms. I
> > > was thinking
> > > >about ordering a police siren and hooking that bad boy
> into my alarm.
> > > >People LOOK when they hear those sirens.
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >Dave
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't know if it's legal or not, but I figure if it was,
> > > alarms would
> > > come with them. I think official sirens are not to be
> > > duplicated and put
> > > in regular non-emergency vehicles. After a while of hearing
> > > the siren,
> > > people will disregard a true official thinking it's just
> a car alarm.
> > >
> > > Just my opinion/observation, who knows, maybe it is legal.
> >
> > A siren box isn't a good idea anyway. The current draw is
> extremely high and
> > will trash a battery in no time, it's even worse if you are
> running strobes
> > or flashing your headlights. You could get ticketed for
> noise pollution(and
> > yes those laws do exist, and in some communities can be
> very costly!).
> >
> > Greg
> > 95 DSCC v6 5spd
> > Rahway NJ



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