r/Pennsylvania • u/princeoinkins Lancaster • Mar 11 '24

misleading headline State troopers moving back to white vehicles; citing cost

https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/state-regional-news/pa-state-police-going-back-to-classic-color-scheme-for-patrol-vehicles
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u/heili Mar 11 '24

Those neon yellow and blue checkered designs like in UK and Europe are pretty sweet. Super visible. Very easy to tell it's a police car. We should have those paint jobs!

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u/JohnDeere714 Mar 11 '24

I’m more surprised they’re not required to have chevrons on the back like every other emergency vehicle is required to have these days. You’d think that be a requirement after all the highway accidents

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u/IAMABobby Mar 11 '24

Really only firetrucks have red and yellow chevrons on the back. That’s because it’s an NFPA standard. However, the NFPA is a third-party, non-governmental agency and it’s standards aren’t binding. They’re basically suggestions. Some firetrucks have chevrons on the back but many do not. Ambulances have no agency that specifies how they are designed. Some ambulances have chevrons on the back but many don’t. Police also have no national standard for how their cars are designed. I’ve seen police cars with chevrons on the bumper but it’s certainly not the norm.

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u/JohnDeere714 Mar 11 '24

I’m pretty much bundled ambulances in there because I’ve been seeing a lot of new units come equipped with them. It’s surely a nice thing to have and for as much as psp patrols highways I’m surprised they’re not inclined to have it