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[waspy]

------------ Just don't use them on the road, once they have you they'll hound you for a long time.

Wise words Phil.

Phil :-?

Well.. it began with P at least! 

 

Sorry Pete

I was strangely preoccupied by the thought of PhilRich at the time.  Which, in the cold light of day, greatly concerns me.

When in a hole, it is advisable to stop digging

[OMEEEGAH]

they are great 

we had a xr3i in diamond white oo say about 1989 and it had a alarm on a toggle switch (remember them  ) if you switched it on while the car was driving it sounded the alarm which funnily enough was a dead ringer for a police siren    oh how i used to enjoy getting right up behind people and switching the alarm on (by accident  ) and watching them move away or slow down.

regards them flashing blues i could not have them on my car for fear of getting done as the temptation to flick them on would be too great

[beemerdevil]

ooohhh yyyeeaaaa .... want some o' them 

[M20LSY]

I fitted them to a friends car, he drives about with them on constantly. Even past the panda police! 

[TheBoy]

Broomies Mate - calm the language please.

OP - check the legality before using the car on the road.

[Broomies Mate]

Broomies Mate - calm the language please.

Sorry for that.  Just slightly annoyed that this type of thing is permitted here seeing as it is highly illegal to fit any form of blue light, let alone flashing ones when used on the public highway.

[Dishevelled Den]

Perhaps the OP should read the following before being tempted to flick the switch;

http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/information/bluelightuse.htm

Relevant legislation is noted at the end of the piece.

[Broomies Mate]

Perhaps the OP should read the following before being tempted to flick the switch;

http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/information/bluelightuse.htm

Relevant legislation is noted at the end of the piece.

Forget flicking the switch    If they are fitted, the driver is in serious trouble.

[M20LSY]

Perhaps the OP should read the following before being tempted to flick the switch;

http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/information/bluelightuse.htm

Relevant legislation is noted at the end of the piece.

Forget flicking the switch    If they are fitted, the driver is in serious trouble.

Without sounding cheeky, you've expressed your opinion, now if you don't like it, why do you keep coming back? Plenty of other peaople seem to like it and want a set for themselfs.

[Entwood]

Perhaps the OP should read the following before being tempted to flick the switch;

http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/information/bluelightuse.htm

Relevant legislation is noted at the end of the piece.

Forget flicking the switch    If they are fitted, the driver is in serious trouble.

Without sounding cheeky, you've expressed your opinion, now if you don't like it, why do you keep coming back? Plenty of other peaople seem to like it and want a set for themselfs.

Methinks he is trying to actively save folks from SERIOUS trouble. If you are caught with these lights on your vehicle it is quite possible to be charged with "impersonating a police officer" as well as several Road Traffic Offences.

To fit them is dangerous, stupid, illegal.

Personally speaking, any vehicle with these fitted should be crushed without a seconds notice. Mights stop idiots trying to be clever.

And yes... I choose my words deliberately, as there is no point in fitting these lights unless they are intended to be used. The only use they have is "pretending" to be police.

An idiotic and illegal practice.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Remember all, it is not illegal to have such items fitted but, it is illegal to use them on the public highway.

Hence if somebody wishes to fit them that is fine and thier own free choice.

[Entwood]

Remember all, it is not illegal to have such items fitted but, it is illegal to use them on the public highway.

Hence if somebody wishes to fit them that is fine and thier own free choice.

With due respect Mark .. I think you are wrong ... blue lights, even fitted and not working, are, I believe, illegal.....  if the vehicle is on the public highway.

The wording of the law is quite plain..

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1796/regulation/11/made

........   a lamp which is capable ...... 

I won't quote the whole Statutory Instrument ... but blue lights are specifically for certain vehicles only .. the light does not have to be on to be illegal .. just being present and "capable"  (and I'm told that the possibility of reflected light and/or sunlight shining through means it is capable of showing blue)

There has been much coverage of this since an enthusiast was "done" for having a covered light bar fitted ... the lights must now be removed completely not just covered..

There is also the regulation

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1796/regulation/16/made

which is pretty specific

Restrictions on fitting blue warning beacons, special warning lamps and similar devices

16.  No vehicle, other than an emergency vehicle, shall be fitted with–

(a)a blue warning beacon or special warning lamp, or

(b)a device which resembles a blue warning beacon or a special warning lamp, whether the same is in working order or not.

My highlight.

[M20LSY]

Well everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Pointless or otherwise, it's up to the individual who has the lights to be aware and be prepared for the consequences if he/she gets caught using them on the road. As for using them off-road, it's perfectly legal.

[Entwood]

Well everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Pointless or otherwise, it's up to the individual who has the lights to be aware and be prepared for the consequences if he/she gets caught using them on the road. As for using them off-road, it's perfectly legal.

As you say ... entirely your choice but I suggest you think "having" them rather than "using" them .. ... if you bothered to read the information and links I posted ...

and to get to most "off road" places you have to go "on road" .. and I doubt you will be using a trailer, or removing/refitting the lights every time ... so you will, at some point be breaking the law ...

as you say .. your choice ...

and as you also say .. I'm entitled to my opinions ..... 

one of which is that you are deliberately using this thread as an advert for your goods ...

[Lizzie_Zoom]

To add my 2d penny worth, Entwood is exactly right.

A police patrol, who I was with at Folkestone last year, had need to remind the owner of a real American police car, that was in a company car park next to the police station, that he must cover up all its blue/red police lights, cover the police signs, and never use the two's on the highway.  Although the view was taken it was unlikely that the English public would be fooled by an American police car in Folkestone, the law still had to be maintained and enforced.

There was a case as well last year of a car, just like the OP's, that was used to fool motorists into pulling over and parting with cash. They were caught. The OP takes the risk of being tarred with this brush and being accused of far more than impersonating a police officer!

Finally, remember, there is far more to being a police officer than running around with the blue's and two's on.  It is only the childish who think they can be 'just like the police'.  Just imagine the constant responsibility involved, and if you were mistaken for real police at an incident you would certainly 'feel' that responsibility for a short while, until the real police arrested you!!