Question for a LEO

[hollohas]

There is another safety issue that is being overlooked here. Some agencies require their officers to take the vehicle home so they can be placed "on call". Some Officers don't like having a marked unit parked at their house advertising that an Officer lives there. There is more benefit to an unmarked unit than just "generating revenue" as some have stated. Unmarked vehicles are less of a target for theft (attempting to steal the equipment from the vehicle). Better for working narcotics etc.

This could go both ways. My childhood home had a police car parked out front every single day. Many other houses on the block got vandalized over the years (close to the southern border) ours never did (minus my locked up bike getting stolen while we were out of town for a few days).

The local crooks didn't want to open that can of worms.

[SideShow Bob]

I saw that today; a white CDOT truck sporting red and blues on the sides and they were activated as they were working on an intersection.

People ignore the amber or Amber/ red strobes, and there have been too many near misses and a few accidents to the vehicles and or personell working to get the traffic signals up and working correctly.

Authorization was given from higher up as far as CDOT is concerned to run reds & blues for the on call/emergency service bucket trucks. To lower incidents involving these vehicles.

But regular maintenance vehicles still have ambers. But the move over & slow down law still applies to them.
Several local city signal maintenance vehicles have had reds & blues for a very long time, authorized through local jurisdictions.

[cstone]

People ignore the amber or Amber/ red strobes, and there have been too many near misses and a few accidents to the vehicles and or personell working to get the traffic signals up and working correctly.

Authorization was given from higher up as far as CDOT is concerned to run reds & blues for the on call/emergency service bucket trucks. To lower incidents involving these vehicles.

But regular maintenance vehicles still have ambers. But the move over & slow down law still applies to them.
Several local city signal maintenance vehicles have had reds & blues for a very long time, authorized through local jurisdictions.

Interesting. After seeing people drive headlong into a directional trailer or into temporary jersey barriers used for lane changes, I know that getting driver's attention is important and almost impossible sometimes.

[Irving]

If you can make the work trucks a Poke Stop, people will be slamming on their brakes to be next to the truck long enough to collect their Pokeballs. They will slow down the rest of the traffic as well.

[cstone]

Pokeballs?

[OneGuy67]

All goverment vehicles ,City, County and State, have a small vertical GVT to the left of the letters & numbers on the plates.
The plates used to have gray letters & numbers, but they are green now, too easy to spot I guess.

Also, with the state vehicles, their are no registration expiration stickers. They are exempt. I am not sure about the lesser governments.

Not necessarily true. The GVT plates are used as they are tax exempt. Other alternate use vehicles use UC plates and they all have expiration stickers. We (the state) have an agreement with nearby states where we swap plates for UC vehicles. One of my UC vehicles had Utah plates on it for awhile.

[osok-308]

If you can make the work trucks a Poke Stop, people will be slamming on their brakes to be next to the truck long enough to collect their Pokeballs. They will slow down the rest of the traffic as well.

[hollohas]

Interesting. After seeing people drive headlong into a directional trailer or into temporary jersey barriers used for lane changes, I know that getting driver's attention is important and almost impossible sometimes.

I'll be curious to learn how this works out for DOT worker safety. Historically one of the leading causes of on duty death for LEO's is traffic accidents, many of which are them being hit and killed on the side of the road, in and out of their car. Reds and blues didn't help those poor guys and gals. Careless/drunk/distracted drivers don't seem to care what color the lights are.

[Aloha_Shooter]

If you can make the work trucks a Poke Stop, people will be slamming on their brakes to be next to the truck long enough to collect their Pokeballs. They will slow down the rest of the traffic as well.

^This. Traffic slows down naturally near the PokeStops and amazingly, no one seems to be leaning on their horns when this happens. I was making fun of Pokemon GO last week but have to say it's the most amazing social phenomenon I've seen to date. I'd like to see what would happen if Nintendo/Google set up numerous PokeStops and gyms on the outskirts of BLM protests.

[RblDiver]

I'd like to see what would happen if Nintendo/Google set up numerous PokeStops and gyms on the outskirts of BLM protests.

"What do we want? DEAD COPS! What do we...oh wait, SNORLAX!"