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Hightower:
When I used to work at the Vauxhall plant in Luton, we regularly got the old police Carltons and Senators in for servicing.  Before we could go and road test them the lights on the roof had have black bags taped over them and the police authority badges on the doors covered up.
Only then could you have a blast up and down the M1, watching everybody getting out of the way (we didn't have to cover the orange flashes up)  :twisted:
So, it's not just the vehicle they're fitted to, but who is driving said vehicle as well it would seem.

Lord Shagg-Pyle:

--- Quote from: "guardian off road product" ---theres a muppet drives around here in a ford scorpio done up as a black and white yankee plod mobile he has blue barrel lights on the roof (and sheriff stickers across the bonnet), he has had several different heaps i mean copy police cars for as long as i can remember, (since i was a kid), he cannot get any agg!
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I have two words to describe him then. Sad Git.

ben_haynes:

--- Quote from: "Hightower" ---When I used to work at the Vauxhall plant in Luton, we regularly got the old police Carltons and Senators in for servicing.  Before we could go and road test them the lights on the roof had have black bags taped over them and the police authority badges on the doors covered up.
Only then could you have a blast up and down the M1, watching everybody getting out of the way (we didn't have to cover the orange flashes up)  :twisted:
So, it's not just the vehicle they're fitted to, but who is driving said vehicle as well it would seem.
--- End quote ---


why is that then? as i worked for FIAT and we serviced and repaired all of the 2 shires ambulance service, ambulances and quick response cars (Fiat, Vauxhall, Ford and Renault) we never had to but bags over the lights just as long as we never used them on the road only got stoped by one police officer who thought it had been stolen but i explained that i was road testing it, he checked with my boss and let me go with no problems (i was in my overalls) never asked why i did not have them covered up.

Llanigraham:
Hightower

I used to work for Vauxhall Demo Fleet, out of Worcester, and we often delivered Police cars. This was something that worried us, so we took it up with the Chief Constables Assoc (forgot what they are called) and we were told that the beacons did NOT need to be covered, but the vehicles had to have a notice stating "NOT IN SERVICE" displayed at one window, so we all used to sick it in the rear passenger side window!! I was only ever stopped once in 6 years, and that wqs because I was in a brand new model and the Traffic driver wanted to know all about it.

It was also interesting to know that we could be requested to stop and use the lights by a Policeman to provide "vehicle safety at an incident"

All the new drivers used to think it was great fun driving them, but after a while you realised it actually was hard work because of the reactions of the pillocks on the road who saw the stripes and then would panic! And I am "blue light trained by the Ambulance Service!

It was more fun picking up a car from the Royal Mews, because it seemed like every copper in London knew the reg no and made sure no-one got in your way.

Evilgoat:
Applieds to Red and green too.

I build units for RRVs and some private ambulance firms. Have to be carefull who they go to, hence my surprise at a guy at billing openly selling them with blue lenses too

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