ODOT making snow plowing safer with green lights

Yellow safety lights may turn green on ODOT snow plows.

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[407pilot]

@sparkplug61 Yea, it's different wherever you go state to state, province to province. Should be standardized all across North America. Red for emergency vehicles, red/green for emergency volunteers, amber (yellow, orange) for DOT and construction, blue/amber for snowplows. We've found the blue is very effective in snowy conditions, especially when paired with amber.

[sparkplug61]

@407pilot  Blue is for police use only. Red for fire, and Yellow(forward faceing) /Red (for tailights) strobing for constuction and road department.

[phaze500]

@thost hahah you are right thost,,,,,,,,,,,,,thats why i still have one, too bad its a vert though lol nothing like her old battlewagons lol

[thost]

@phaze500 In the seventies your mom's car weighed as much as a plow truck. All cars made today have no chance of standing up to weather like the old cars. Now they are made as cheap as possible and with out any care to quality.

[407pilot]

We use blue lights in Ontario, Canada, and they are very effective in snow. Green is reserved for Volunteer Firefighters. Most of our snowplows use an amber-blue combination, and it really stands out well in all conditions. ODOT should consider blue instead of green, it will conform better to other states and the Province of Ontario, and is already proven to work well.

[phaze500]

theyre willing to spend every dime they have in theyre budget and then some, is what theyre willing to do,

how about teaching the dumbasses how to drive in winter and buying 1/2 as many trucks, and stop spraying the liquid rust so our cars actually can make it thru a winter?

in the seventies my mom drove a wagon, on her behalf she could drive, she made it everywhere she wanted to go, snow up to the hood no problem gas pedal is on the right,