Who the hell elses radios would it mean?? Who else would need to be warned about an approaching emergency vehicle??
Sometimes Hm681!!!...............
New ambulance siren
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in the tunnel they re-transmit most of the commercial radio stations, so you can continue to listen as you pass underground. i guess the warning system would just plug into that.TheDoc wrote:the polly pipe has an emergency warning system that transmits warnings over your car radio no matter what station ur listening to
Siren Frequency
Would anyone happen to know the frequency of a ambulance siren??
I know this is a odd question, but I cant seem to find this information anywhere!!
I know this is a odd question, but I cant seem to find this information anywhere!!
Re: Siren Frequency
The frequency of sirens vary from state to state, for instance in Victoria MIRC have a higher frequency to overcome city noise, Rural Ambulance Service operate on a low frequency.jinx wrote:Would anyone happen to know the frequency of a ambulance siren??
Range 500 to 3000hz
hope this helps
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hey , i know this was posted a long time ago but, and im not disagreeing with you at all, but im confused.auntys_eyes wrote:Coincidently i experienced such ignorance yesterday. (Sun 4-3 @ 12:10pm)HEKTIK wrote:Not a matter of respect, just some people have no brains and dont deserve a car license. How hard could it be to pull over near the curb and remain stationary for 20 seconds till the emergency vehicle passes.
Travelling west on Gt Eastern Hwy towards Roe Hwy was passed by an SJA Merc under P1. By the time i got to lights at cnr GEH and Roe, the ambo was held up by cars 3 deep in all 3 lanes. I pulled up behind ambo leaving 2-3 car lengths, and glad i did. After what seemed like an eternity of being stationary with lights and sirens blaring and no one moving, the ambo was forced to reverse up to me and drive over the medium strip into the opposing lanes. (The mercs don't seem to handle the big kerbs very well either.)
But that's not all!!!!!
Having made it this far the traffic (inc trucks) travelling south/north on Roe Hwy (@80 kmh) refused to yield and the ambo was forced to slam on his brakes 3 TIMES in the process of moving across the intersection, skillfully, yet miraculously, avoiding any further incidents.
I can only guess at the level of stress and frustration being experienced by that crew (and patient!!!). In over 20 years as a professional driver i have never witnessed such a pathetically ignorant reaction to an emergency vehicle.
i dont want to have an accident my self(im just learning at the moent) if you have an ambulance up your bum on P1 and your at a red light , what do you do to let the ambulance through?
Let them get around you if your at Red Traffic lights.... - People shouldn't run a red light to let WAPOL, FRS or SJA - as you can get fined for it even though your doing the right thing...
I've seen some cars though pull to one side - so the Emergency vehicle can just squeeze through...
I've seen some cars though pull to one side - so the Emergency vehicle can just squeeze through...
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ok sorry if this seems like a silly question...
I noticed that the headlights flash intermittently when on P1 during the day....
my question is, when driving at night under L+S is this intermittent flashing deactivated when the headlights are turned on? or do the highbeams flash on and off at night time?
I havnt really payed attention to all the smaller details of ambos.
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I noticed that the headlights flash intermittently when on P1 during the day....
my question is, when driving at night under L+S is this intermittent flashing deactivated when the headlights are turned on? or do the highbeams flash on and off at night time?
I havnt really payed attention to all the smaller details of ambos.
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as an emergency vehicle driver, I would prefer stopped people to stay stopped and people who are driving to keep a steady speed and merge left.
None of this random braking and moving round.
Yes lights turn off when headlights are on.
MKVI mercs will not have headlight flashing function due to different wiring??
as an emergency vehicle driver, I would prefer stopped people to stay stopped and people who are driving to keep a steady speed and merge left.
None of this random braking and moving round.
Yes lights turn off when headlights are on.
MKVI mercs will not have headlight flashing function due to different wiring??
Correct.
The new mercs will now have the headlights on at all times instead.
Just curious if all the new mercs will be fitted with the phaser as well.
As soon as i managed to get around sorting the video to dvd problem i'll post up some mark IV on P1 both the "your dead" siren and the one current being used.
The new mercs will now have the headlights on at all times instead.
Just curious if all the new mercs will be fitted with the phaser as well.
As soon as i managed to get around sorting the video to dvd problem i'll post up some mark IV on P1 both the "your dead" siren and the one current being used.
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When I was a youngn' you could tell the difference between ambulances, fire trucks and police by the tone of the siren. Ambos had a simple two-tone siren and firies had a rising-falling siren. They were also damn loud unlike the wimpy electronic sirens they use nowMarkmywords wrote: As soon as i managed to get around sorting the video to dvd problem i'll post up some mark IV on P1 both the "your dead" siren and the one current being used.
Our ambos used to sound like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnvhE9XyFa0
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This is exactly the same siren system as in ambulance 91, now the BAriatric TRuck.
used to love the peer
This is exactly the same siren system as in ambulance 91, now the BAriatric TRuck.
used to love the peer