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Not surprising.

It's not a rumor.

Seems to be worse in Westchester than many other areas. Seems to be a lack of enforcement from the local PD's on the tow operators there for some reason.

Call you Whelen rep, they can help you in getting it repaired.

Tappan in Rockland County still runs all CF Macks

http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/otherstates/Rockland%20County/Tappan.htm

Yeah i thought they were caution too hence me not pulling over but then he turned the siren on and blew the air horn it wasn't worth it. I thought white lights were only allowed if you were an emergency vehicle?

What you experienced is nothing but intimidation.

I have been watching the lights on the Westchester trucks evolve from all amber, to amber with two red lights in the back, to all red in the back, to now all red in the back, red on the rear and front sides, and white/amber to the front. I am just waiting to see how much longer until the front of the bar is red too.

I have no idea but one of them pulled out from the shoulder after helping a motorist with what appeared to be a flat tire in the area of Readers Digest on the Saw Mill (no lie) a siren (wail, yelp what have you) and blasting an electronic air horn to get through traffic then took off in the left lane siren still blaring and got off the Saw Mill at the Chappaqua exit. When he got behind me in traffic I didn't know what to think because they have amber and white lights to the front so I didnt move (they arent emergency vehicles) then he just blasted the air horn at me until i decided whatever and moved over. I hsve no idea why help trucks have sirens or why help trucks even need to have them.

As far as Westchester is concerned I believe they have the red lights and sirens because the trucks are run by a tow truck operator who thinks all the vehicles in there fleet are emergency vehicles.

These are not emergency vehicles and should not be posing as such. I am just waiting for the day (and you know it will come) when one of these guys starts overstepping even further and decides to start doing traffic stops. Then you will see the problem get addressed.

Depends on who it was. If it was a fire chief or assistant chief, or the chief officer of an ambulance corps, or an EMT whose vehicle is DOH certified as a fly car, than no it is not illegal.

Technically not illegal if it was facing to the rear.

The site is phenominal.

I don't know why anyone would bash it but I think there are probably many more of us who think you do an outstanding job with it.

Correct, as of June 7, 2006.

http://www.nysgtsc.state.ny.us/bluelite.htm

I have one big problem with the new law. Instead of limiting it to "police vehicles", they should've expanded it to say "authorized emergency vehicles". There are very few other distinctions in NYS V&T law between a police vehicle and other emergency vehicles, and there shouldn't be here either. It's kind of absurd to think that the police can use blue lights now, but fire apparatus cannot, especially considering blue lights in NY are indelibly linked to the fire service.

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I believe the reason for that has a lot to do with that fact that the police were the ones fighting for the change to blue while the FD was lobbying against it.

They currently have two. As of now just for evaluation.