Re: Re: Re: Question of Legality in USA, Blue and Amber Rotating Beacon Lights Mounted on Roof of Dakota 4X4, Ontario Canada Truck

From: JAMES KNOX (knox.james@sympatico.ca)
Date: Tue Jan 04 2005 - 09:12:45 EST


Hey David! Thanks for the info, Those little LED lites are so common here
that if they enforced , there would be no time to catch criminals. Also
Krispy Kreme Donuts would lose money!

Jim Knox 91 Dak 318LA, 4x4

----- Original Message -----
From: <david.clement@verizon.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:37 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Re: Question of Legality in USA, Blue and Amber
Rotating Beacon Lights Mounted on Roof of Dakota 4X4, Ontario Canada Truck

>
> FWIW, my wife got stopped in Hanover Mass a couple of weeks ago and was
> issued
> a written warning because the little LED lited washer squirters on her PT
> Cruiser were blue. I had installed those almost a year ago and choose blue
> because it matched the color of her car. After the warning I did some
> checking
> and the regulation is only police can display a blue light.
>
> Seems kind of anal that she got stopped for the LED's, no one would ever
> mistake them for police lights but such is life. I had them wired to go on
> with
> the lights and right now they are disconnected until I install a switch
> inside
> the car.
>
> Dave Clement
> 99 SLT+ CC 4x4
>
>
> In article <010b01c4f20a$be930f40$18d5fea9@KNOX>, knox.james@sympatico.ca
> ("JAMES KNOX") writes:
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the info Bob.
>>
>> Regards
>> Jim Knox 91 Dak
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "DAKSY" <rsmith13@nycap.rr.com>
>> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 4:44 PM
>> Subject: DML: Re: Question of Legality in USA, Blue and Amber Rotating
>> Beacon Lights Mounted on Roof of Dakota 4X4, Ontario Canada Truck
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Hey, Jim!
>> >
>> > <snip> I have Blue and Amber on the Dak.
>> > If I cross the border into NY, PENN, OHIO ect am I required to remove
>> > the
>> > blue ? As it appears to me that the Police use Blue in the USA<snip>
>> >
>> > Blue is used for volunteer fire personnel in NY...
>> > Green is EMT...
>> > Law enforcement is red/yellow/white combo...
>> > Road crews/snow removal/towing/utilities use yellow...
>> >
>> > Mass. Police use blue/white/yellow combo...
>> >
>> > Can't tell ya about Pa. or Oh...
>> >
>> > As for removal of the lights, the answer may be here:
>> >
>> > http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/dmvfaqs.htm
>> >
>> > Then again it may not!
>> >
>> > HTH,
>> >
>> > Bob Smith (DAKSY2K on AIM)
>> > Averill Park, NY
>> > 2K DAK SY CC Sport + V6 4X4 5 Speed
>> >
>> > WebPage URL: http://home.nycap.rr.com/daksy/
>> >
>> >
>>
>>



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