So long story short it depends.
Police car red and blue lights.
Restrictions on use of lights.
In wisconsin emergency light allows police to use red and blue lighting.
However such as in the state of florida state law says police may have red and blue lights where as blue is authorized to sheriff s deparments.
Lights on police cars have actually been around for quite a while which is why everyone knows what the flashing red and blue lights mean when they are visible.
Want to know why these laws are in place.
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Blue lights define police presence and can be spotted easily from a great distance.
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In fact laws have been passed preventing private citizens from installing these police lights on their own cars to make it easy for others to distinguish between a hobbyist and a true.
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In california emergency vehicles must display at least one forward facing steady burn red light.
No other vehicles in wisconsin are permitted to use red or blue police lights on department or personal vehicles.
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Some exceptions are occasionally made for individual vehicles.
In any other case police cars are only allowed to use blue lights such as a blue light bar and florida s laws make it very clear that use of blue lighting on any non designated vehicle is prohibited.
Red lights signify an immediate emergency.
Red white or blue lights.
Effective september 1 2018 section 547 305 of the transportation code is amended to limit security patrol vehicles to green amber or white lights see hb 2812 85th leg.
White lights are used by night shift officers to brighten dark areas or to shine on suspects who are traveling on foot or being interviewed.
