Wildcat1963

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Can find anything saying yes or no. What are the rules with running amber warning beacons in the uk in the same way tractors etc do to show there is a slow moving vehicle. Can i just run them at all times?
 
Flashing amber lights on :
  • Road clearance vehicle
  • Bin lorry
  • Breakdown vehicle
  • Vehicle with a 25 mph top speed
  • Vehicle wider than 2.9 metres
  • Roadworks vehicle
  • Escort vehicle
  • Revenue and Customs vehicle
  • Surveying vehicle
  • Clamping or tow truck vehicle
  • Airport vehicles
  • Any other specially authorised vehicle
Any flashing warning beacon that rotates must be mounted 1.2 metres above the ground.

So that'll be a 'No' then.
 
Flashing amber beacons should only be used when necessary, ie to alert others to unusual activity. A lot of people seem to think they can use them to look important.. eg recovery truck on a job etc. that isn't what they are for
Edit: to clarify, i mean driving at normal speeds in a regular flatbed
 
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Not having hazard warning lights I carry a battery one just in case. Iā€™d only use it if I broke down in a dangerous place like round a blind bend and probably only at night.
It gives me the advantage of moving it away from the heap pre warning approaching idiots.
 
2 places I used amber lights, but one was a flash on off (Airport no rotating beams) and roadworks rotating beams, and on both, once of the public highway you have to turn them off, I worked on film also on props and SFX and drove "Police cars" and you have to cover the blue lights and cover the police markings
 
Made me larf when taking my PSV. One of the practice videos was a long straight road going down a dip and up the other side with a bin wagon at the top of the hill with its beacons on.
I hit the mouse immediately. The instructor scolded me for pressing too soon at the hazard telling me I had to wait until the bin man stepped out in front of me.

Some hazard perception šŸ™„
 
2 places I used amber lights, but one was a flash on off (Airport no rotating beams) and roadworks rotating beams, and on both, once of the public highway you have to turn them off, I worked on film also on props and SFX and drove "Police cars" and you have to cover the blue lights and cover the police markings
You occasionally see ex-police classic cars driving around. Technically you are supposed to cover the police markings/blue lights, but when it's obviously not a current police vehicle, sometimes people don't bother and the real police turn a blind eye as long as you aren't doing anything stupid. There was an old Crown Victoria based in Surrey in full NYPD livery, but again it's obviously a foreign vehicle and not the real police!
 
You occasionally see ex-police classic cars driving around. Technically you are supposed to cover the police markings/blue lights, but when it's obviously not a current police vehicle, sometimes people don't bother and the real police turn a blind eye as long as you aren't doing anything stupid. There was an old Crown Victoria based in Surrey in full NYPD livery, but again it's obviously a foreign vehicle and not the real police!
You mean like the CV i saw on the M6 years ago fully lit up and the sirens wailing.. was epic
 
Flashing amber lights on :
  • Road clearance vehicle
  • Bin lorry
  • Breakdown vehicle
  • Vehicle with a 25 mph top speed
  • Vehicle wider than 2.9 metres
  • Roadworks vehicle
  • Escort vehicle
  • Revenue and Customs vehicle
  • Surveying vehicle
  • Clamping or tow truck vehicle
  • Airport vehicles
  • Any other specially authorised vehicle
Any flashing warning beacon that rotates must be mounted 1.2 metres above the ground.

So that'll be a 'No' then.
Stick a coffin in the back then you can have a flashing purple beacon......
 

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