Red Light Bar on Taxi

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Ausrob
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Red Light Bar on Taxi

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I thought I read documentation that red/blue was limited to Emergency vehicles only?

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Yeah and there's a taxi with a green lightbar...you'll probably find that light bar is rigged to the brakes lights and indicators and as such the red lights will be a steady on when braking. I do however think it's going a bit overboard.
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Post by jmmw »

Clearly marked as a taxi and does look very much like brake lights and indicators.

Good find but i see no issue.
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Post by Ludacris »

Could you make your picture abit bigger I can't quite see it LOL....
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Post by trekker »

I have actually been stuck behind this one on the road. The amber sections at the ends are linked to the indicators, and the red sections are linked to the brake lights.

I agree it is overkill, and it looks a bit stupid....
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Post by Tom »

Probably find it's got alley lights mounted in the unit.
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Post by yorky »

It just looks like an over sized version of the old white plastic ones that where on the roof of the old ford's mainly, had the brake light and indicators along with the alley lights for looking for house numbers.
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Post by dazla »

Just acting in a gut feeling.........but it COULD be Taxi 419..
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Taxi

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At a glance this photo was taken in kelmscott, carpark of Foxys indoor sports stadium ?
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Post by Tom »

Tyranus,

I got some camera phone pics of Taxi535 yesterday arvo on my way home.

Hothouse Green VY Series I SS with a green light-bar!! :evil:
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Post by Ausrob »

crewman wrote:At a glance this photo was taken in kelmscott, carpark of Foxys indoor sports stadium ?
Good work :D

The light bar is an actual light bar and not a new version of the old "bars" that taxis had with the indicators etc. The light bar is the same all around so obviously an attempt to do things on the cheap.
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Post by Toottoot »

The FPA has emergency bars with orange on one side and red on the other.
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