(We are a radio and vehicle upfit shop as well ) It is a problem. Most of the emergency equipment out there can also be dimmed, but no one ever does. The newer 'smart' control systems that take all sorts of inputs are better-situated to handle this, but none of our departments want to pay for whiz-bang feature sets. Plus dimming lights when not appropriate opens up liability questions that people don't want to think about.
Tech like this will help, as vehicles sync amongst themselves (but only works when you have the high-end control system from a single vendor... plus it's super cool). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO8aQQbNTuM The newer stuff from multiple manufacturers can read the canbus inputs so you can trigger changes based on doors opening, park vs drive (not new, but don't have to find the park-sense wire anymore), vehicle speed, brake pressed, etc... Complain to the local EMS company/FD/or whomever operates the ambulances in question. They CAN set up things for dimming and such. Regs on ambulances used to have a number of fixtures specified (or surface area, or something... i don't recall now what their requirement is)... not sure if that is state specific or federally specified. Ryan On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 6:21 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 18:06:24 -0600 > From: Nate Burke <[email protected]> > To: Animal Farm <[email protected]> > Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Emergency Vehicle LEDs > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Am I the only one who thinks that the new LED's that all the emergency > vehicles have now are dangerous? I was about 1/2 mile behind an > ambulance and the flashing LED's were so bright in front of me that I > could barely make out the traffic light I was stopped at. And why does > the ambulance need to have approximately 200,000 LED Fixtures on it? I > get it, I see you, I can't not see you, now I can't see anything else. > They saw an open piece of sheet metal and were like, 'We could put > another strobe there' It's even worse when there are multiple vehicles > together at an accident scene. I understand having them bright during > the day, but they are just blinding at night. It's like they need to > have a day/night mode. Who do I write a strongly worded letter to > expressing my displeasure? > > End of AF Digest, Vol 31, Issue 33 > ********************************** >
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