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Old 12-29-2008, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by captain1202 View Post
Well, some are white and on the bottom. As I understand it they are to assist color blind drivers to indicate for sure that the red light was illuminated as red is the most frequent problem with color blindness I'm told. The indicator lights around TV don't look like the types of light indicators I've had experiences with as an emergency vehicle driver. I don't notice them anywhere else in the area except TV. Higher incidence of color blindness here maybe?
Color blind drivers know the red light is always the top light and green the bottom. If horizontal it is left and right. Or is it the other way around? Anyway, they know which is which.
It is nice to hear the various answers and they all seem to add up to "we don't have to concern ourselves with it unless we drive an emergency vehicle".