Why do traffic police patrols drive with flashing lights, but no siren
- February 16, 2023
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Almost every day, many motorists watch how a traffic police patrol car with the “chandelier” on the roof, quietly drives into a stream of other cars without a
Almost every day, many motorists watch how a traffic police patrol car with the “chandelier” on the roof, quietly drives into a stream of other cars without a special signal turned on. Sometimes the question arises: why do traffic cops drive with a flashing light? The AvtoVzglyad portal explains the reasons for this police behavior.
According to the traffic rules, only one red-blue flashing light, devoid of “sound”, does not give traffic police personnel any advantage on the road. But the cops don’t seem to care. There could be several explanations for this.
First, they simply forgot to turn off the “chandelier”. Something glitters on the roof – and God bless him, does not interfere with life. The second version has a more meaningful “base”. The fact is that most car owners do not really remember the rules for passing special vehicles and, just in case, are ready to give way to a car with a “flashing light”, even in complete silence.
It is useful for law enforcement. You do not need to re-tighten and steer – other cars themselves give way to the “owners of the track”. Driving with a special light signal, but without a siren turned on, is practiced by the traffic police, even in the event that the crew really rushes with an urgent matter.
The “trick” here is that not all rulers of the striped wand like the siren continuously yell above their heads. To spare their eardrums, they don’t turn it on, they just fly forward. And only when they “rest” against the back of the car of an ordinary car owner, do they supplement the already working “flashing lights” with the supply of short croaking sounds from their car’s speaker.
Or turn on the siren briefly to chase the “citizen” out of the lane it is occupying. But this way sometimes plays an unkind joke with the police officers. Skipping in the silence of an intersection at a red light, such a crew risks getting into an accident and colliding with a “civilian” car. If afterwards it turns out that the special sound signal was not working at the time of the accident (thanks to the video recorders that have become widespread!), the driver in uniform is usually recognized as the “author” of the incident.
Listing the reasons for the silent use of “flashing lights” by the traffic police, we can mention cases of military personnel riding the public transport lane. The included special signal guarantees that their superiors will not later have any disciplinary questions to the steering crew: strictly speaking, without working “light music” on the “divorced” traffic officers are prohibited. So at such times they turn on the “chandelier”, but do not use the “sound” to spare their ears. Indeed, on the pictures of the automatic recording cameras, the non-working siren is not marked in any way. In contrast to the sparkling flashing lights, perfectly recognizable by the “photo”.
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According to the traffic rules, only one red-blue flashing light, devoid of “sound”, does not give traffic police personnel any advantage on the road. But the cops don’t seem to care. There could be several explanations for this.
First, they simply forgot to turn off the “chandelier”. Something glitters on the roof – and God bless him, does not interfere with life. The second version has a more meaningful “base”. The fact is that most car owners do not really remember the rules for passing special vehicles and, just in case, are ready to give way to a car with a “flashing light”, even in complete silence.
It is useful for law enforcement. You do not need to re-tighten and steer – other cars themselves give way to the “owners of the track”. Driving with a special light signal, but without a siren turned on, is practiced by the traffic police, even in the event that the crew really rushes with an urgent matter.
The “trick” here is that not all rulers of the striped wand like the siren continuously yell above their heads. To spare their eardrums, they don’t turn it on, they just fly forward. And only when they “rest” against the back of the car of an ordinary car owner, do they supplement the already working “flashing lights” with the supply of short croaking sounds from their car’s speaker.
Or turn on the siren briefly to chase the “citizen” out of the lane it is occupying. But this way sometimes plays an unkind joke with the police officers. Skipping in the silence of an intersection at a red light, such a crew risks getting into an accident and colliding with a “civilian” car. If afterwards it turns out that the special sound signal was not working at the time of the accident (thanks to the video recorders that have become widespread!), the driver in uniform is usually recognized as the “author” of the incident.
Listing the reasons for the silent use of “flashing lights” by the traffic police, we can mention cases of military personnel riding the public transport lane. The included special signal guarantees that their superiors will not later have any disciplinary questions to the steering crew: strictly speaking, without working “light music”, traffic officers are prohibited from interfering with the “separate job”. So at such times they turn on the “chandelier”, but do not use the “sound” to spare their ears. Indeed, on the pictures of the automatic recording cameras, the non-working siren is not marked in any way. In contrast to the sparkling flashing lights, perfectly recognizable by the “photo”.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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