There Is a Reason Why Police Cars Are Black and White
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- When you hear a police siren blaring around the corner, you’re already expecting to see a sedan painted in certain colors rushing past you. But have you ever wondered why exactly police cars are painted in colors they use? In fact, there are plenty of reasons for that in any given country.
Let’s take the USA and Canada for example. When first North American police cars appeared in the early 1900s, pretty much all automobiles were painted black, and law enforcers weren’t any exception. Later, most authorities across the US thought it prudent to make police cars easily recognizable to the public. And so they worked out a color palette that would be both symbolic and affordable for the budget.
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Police of the USA and Canada 🚔 0:21
The British traffic police car (aka “jam sandwich”) 2:09
What the Battenburg markings are 2:37
The Czech Republic 4:14
Dubai (the most visible police cars!) 5:07
More subtle differences in police cars from regular ones 5:46
Vehicles designed for pursuit 6:24
👉 The only real advantage of the police cars 👈 7:28
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SUMMARY:
- A monochrome design proved to be very efficient: people would instantly recognize a police car as such, and it was also not hard to give it another paint job in case it was given to a detective or an undercover officer.
- With the appearance of vinyl decals, however, it became increasingly easy to paint a car in whatever colors you wanted.
- Originally, most police cars in Europe and the UK were white with distinct markings on them in either black, blue, or red.
- But then, in the 1990s, the revolution came: the Battenburg markings. Developed in the UK, this distinct pattern became a standard for the British, Australian, and many of the European police cars.
- The markings look like alternating squares of two different colors - kinda like a chess board.
- The reason for such a radical redesign is simple enough: making the emergency services highly visible.
- Only the emergency services are allowed to bear them, which makes these vehicles immediately recognizable even in the heavy traffic.
- In the Czech Republic, for example, most police vehicles have striped decals running along the bottom of the side of the car.
- When light-reflecting stripes are put lower on the body of a car, they always get enough light to be seen for what they are.
- But probably the most visible police cars ever reside in Dubai. The police force in that wealthy city has perhaps the most expensive set of vehicles in the world.
- Dubai creates a picture of the richest and most luxurious city in the world, and having their police officers drive around in Lamborghinis and Ferraris does a lot to add to this image.
- Police vehicles are generally more powerful than those available to the public. All around the world, governments place special orders for their police cars.
- There’s one thing the police have that makes almost every car chase a success: communication. And that’s the only real advantage of the police cars.
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Hey there! How do police cars look in your country?
White, blue and red for highway and gray and yellow for Sherrief and city police
Blue and white or blue and yellow
They are white with police written on them that's it no stripe nothing but just siren and lights on the roof.
Aw I feel so bad u only have 4 comments and 1 like I gave u another like :)
Combination of all nation
Who all wants to see crown vics back
Me, Crown Vics are awesome
Vics can’t catch up to newer cars
@@Jerms995 yep. They were considered slow even when they were new but the ruggedness is what made them such a success.
I do, as well as Chevy Impalas and Caprices.
@@brianlee5649 impalas and caprices are still in service they are just extremely rare like the ford torus which is rare becuase it was only made for one year (2013) but lots of police departments have loads of them
Me: I got black I got white what you want
Cops: both on my car
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If a police officer pull me over and say “papers” l will say “scissors” I win and ride off
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Good luck your username says “Dubai” and they have a lot of police super cars
NAJAM Dubai I hand him my rolling papers! 😂
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Well -slips cuffs on and throws in cell- that’s what you get
Honestly though why am I watching this late at night
joanna hernandez same here i was like i gotta go to bed 😂
Lol same bro it’s 11:58PM
DUH, because ur awake 😂😂
It's 5:22am
3:04 Aus highway patrol markings (normally diferent) / Irish police (some places(thx for feedback)) / AUS SES car 3:05 Aus standard markings (modified in states) 3:06 UK standard markings
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The police cars in my town are either black, white, blue or silver. They were black and white, blue and white or just white or blue before 2003, but the solid color was being used even as early as 2001. The black/white and blue/white were slowly phased out from 2004-2010. Reflective markings became the norm in the mid-2000s.
The Australian SES is usually used in, natural disasters, searches for missing people and others. The Aussie police deals with basic things and they have blue with white stripes and the police logo on the lights, and bottom of the doors
TIMESTAMPS:
Police of the USA and Canada 🚔 0:21
The British traffic police car (aka “jam sandwich”) 2:09
What the Battenburg markings are 2:37
The Czech Republic 4:14
Dubai (the most visible police cars!) 5:07
More subtle differences in police cars from regular ones 5:46
Vehicles designed for pursuit 6:24
👉 The only real advantage of the police cars 👈 7:28
Hi, ve videu máš drobnou chybu. česká policie co jsi ukázal je town police. Oni mají jiný účel, hlídají veřejný pořádek, dávají pokuty za parkování, přechody pro chodce. A jejich šéf je starosta.
Ale máme i regural policii ( dopravní policie) a ti už mají bězné barvy :)
Podívej se v google : traffic policie czech
@@lubos.horacek Sice si nemyslím že tomu rozumí, ale nevadí :D
@@Koopatrol2 no chybicka se vloudila :D psal jsem to pres prekladac a z kopiroval spatnou stranu :D ( proto to je i tak cesky kostrbate aby prekladalo jak chci)
@@lubos.horacek :D
@@lubos.horacek Napsal si mu tam zbytečně moc nedůležitých věcí, jednodušší by bylo tam napsat normálně státní policie a odkaz na správnou fotku, místo toho vysvětlovat mu jak u nás fungujou měšťáci.
Oni ty slavný policejní sbory jako je NYPD nebo LAPD jsou když to vezmu podle našeho zákona o obecní policii taky měšťákama, protože státní policajti v americe jsou ti co hlídají na dálnicích, State troopers a Highway Patrol jsou státní.
Tvoje angličtina za moc nestojí.
Our cops recently went back to black and white, they said they found it was still the most recognizable pattern to being a cop car. They have other colors for certain cars but the routine patrol cars are back to black and white, I have to admit I like it, they are easy to spot.
I live in Atlanta where the police cars are mostly blue with a bit of red and a smidge of white.
He’s talking about Los Ángeles 😇 Miami Beach 🏖 and San Francisco 🌉
I was a medic for 25 years and this bouncing sound you talk about is why alot of counties and even some states banned the use of Hi-lo siren tones.
As a former officer the Federal Govt gave police dept's federal grant money to paint their cars black and white. Most dept's now stay with B/W paint scheme same reason for red(emergency) blue(police) lights. All police cars today have same exact engine specs as a taxi, just more electrical power to run lights,siren,strobes,computer,radios,etc.
The Michigan State Police is the only agency (in the US at least) that has the color of their cruisers as an actual _factory color_ called _”Michigan State Police Blue”_ This is only available to the agency when ordering new cars... not available to the public; however retired cruisers sold at auction to the public will still don the color.
Dutch police cars have small reflective cubes all along the profile of the car
Thank for dis video 🚓🚔🇨🇦🇺🇸
Also before A\C was "cheap" the white roof reflected the sun's heart.
Oh yeah true
Black and white looks cool, in the UK our police cars are yellow and blue squares which is not so cool 🚔
Warner Robins used to be white with the yellow and blue stripes before they went with the gray and blue letterings, there's even one that has gray and pink lettering, and occasionally, there's even a pink car with black lettering, the Sheriff's Office is black with the gold lettering, but some of the units still have the gray and black lettering, and finally, Georgia State Patrol has the Blue and Gray with the orange lettering. The military police is usually white with blue lettering with the badge of the United States Air Force Security Forces, I've seen a Dodge Ram that is painted blue with silver lettering.
The black & white color pallet for squad cars came about before they started ordering air conditioning in squad cars. The idea was to paint the roof and doors white to keep the passenger compartment as cool as possible while the hood and trunk painted black to reduce glare from the sun. With tinted glass and AC, it isn't as popular as it used to be but it is still around in a lot of areas.
Battenburg has one major dis-advantage: it's less easy to spot what direction an emergency vehicle is headed in the dark. Diagonal stripes however divert surrounding traffic.
You tell direction by colour of lights: White headlights opposite direction, red tail / brake lights same direction. If it's on a parallel road to see from the side, you'll probably not see it long enough to need know.
Yes I have been in this kind of situations
"Police car with its rotating lights on..."? Even now? Since when do they still have those? Didn't strobes replace those long ago?
Rotators can only be a certain distance too, @betatalk357. If they're so much "better" just because of their rotation, then why would anyone have switched to to strobes?
NYPD cars have rotating lights.
They're looking out for the epileptic drivers out there by not using strobe lights.
Hello Kitty Lover Man! PA, USA still use rollers so as to not set off epileptic people into seizures.
LVMPD uses em here in Vegas
It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.
There used to be a saying back in the day here in the US. You can outrun the police but you can't outrun Motorola
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The is one problem, in the Netherlands emergency vehicals don't have Battenburg markings. The vehicals have red and blue striping, the stripes are retro reflective. So not only the easy europans have stipes on ther vehicals. Greetings from the Netherlands.
shout out to Saudi Arabia with their green and white cop cars
Did you know that sometimes you can buy old police cars??
Not as interesting though, because the take off all the equipment, such as the lights and radio, and take off the stickers.
Please keep making more videos. I love your videos
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"but there's one thing that make a car chase a success, communication"
My city: *immediately pit manouver*
I’m English and just want to say that when you used a British ambulance with red and blue lights that’s wrong they flash just blue same with the other emergency vehicles here.
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2:49 Melbourne? I live in Melbourne! Ive seen that type of Australian Police car before!
In Australia its blue and white checker board design
The car from Australia you showed was a fire department car
I live from the Philippines but I’m from Dubai for my vacation and I stay there for 3 years because I don’t have enough money for the airport.
Good luck Clive.
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In Ontariostan MOST police cars are just regular cars. So NOT to be visible. And The ones that are marked are White with subtle markings. And some so subtle the almost blend in to the white paint. To make it easier to rip you off!
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Is Dubai so rich that their fire department uses bottled water?
Coke and Mentos. Chilled.
I remember it as, "so long as it's black".
1:35 hold up..THATS BEAMNG DRIVES POLICE DEPARTMENT!!!
its actually washington DC's paintjob, BEAMNG just stole it for their belasco city police cars
1:48 who else a Fremont fam
In Australia there are blue police cars white police cars and Camo police cars and they are holdens and kia’s
In Brazil where I live , the police cars usually are blue or black , but it can vary
My one is like the highlight yellow blue and white
In my country they are dark blue
I was told once the black was to hide in the dark since no one sees the side of them unless you are up along side of them, and the white was to stand out in dark if they were parked in a middle of a roadway
My police car in my country, indonesia, are coloured commonly grey and blue and yellow pallets and the cars are mostly sedans
"That's Why Police Cars Are Black and White
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4:09 the blue car is ford ecosport
Crown Vics in USA 🇺🇸 are the boss of all police cars ever! Period. Greetings from Los Angeles California.
I have the Battern burg markings the yellow and blue police car! I’m Europe
It depends
Btw Czech state police has sliver cars with green and blue markings. This was a city police
I thought police cars were black and white to help colorblind people determine that its a cop car
In NYC the cars are all white with blue letters and for troopers it’s all dark blue with yellow
The real question, why are so many departments mostly all white???
Why wouldn't they be?
Common and popular enough to sell on at best price once decommissioned. Easy to see / keep clean.
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I'm be curious to fact check this video with my PO tomorrow. I said it gives me a head start, but he says cuz fashion. 🤣 j/k
in norway the batenburg patern is ower the whole car
Dubai has a Bugatti veyron i’ve seen a picture
Me too i live in philippines but in 2018 i saw ferraris and lamborghinis and buggatis
im filipino
@ 2:51 Melbourne, Australia is not a Police car but SES - State Emergency Services. (Rescue and Road crash rescue)
Also @ 3:04 Australian Police use blue markings not orange.
White with floral yellow or green with blue light
Yes
3:44 No I have not that is why they have different sirens
But in the UK they have blue and yellow like you just talked about
In my country police cars are white and a bit of blue
Usually police cars are painted grey in Indonesia, but there are some painted in white, blue and red
Informative
In our country they are dark blue hilux
Does the bright side back the blue ?
dubai took it to the next level 😂😅🙌🏼🔥
My city uses black and white however the county sheriffs department uses white and no, They use suvs mostly like explorers and tahoes now.
So that they blend in with a field of Belted Galloways
In Norway the color is white and yellow
Exept for new york and the UK police cars
New york cars are often blue and white
And uk cops are most often with red and yellow stripes at the back with blue and yellow on side and front
Not all police cars are black and white, in the UK, we have white body paint with blue and yellow cheques
Forgetting to mention that the Ford Crown Victoria was previously the most seen policle vehicle in the US, is unforgivable. It is a landmark car. If you think American police, this is the car.
And these days they gave up the Crown Victoria for all kinds of cars, but a lot of SUV's, not all sedans
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But study after study is proven the most effective colour for a police car is yellow and blue
Yeah I go with you
I like them!, because, they are brave! 😎
City of Fremont! That’s us!
i dont know why american police forces arent adapting reflective markings. they have loads of lights, i get it, so do europeans, but reflective markings are PASSIVE, they can be seen even when the officer is not near the vehicle, the vehicle is parked or something, traffic wont hit the police car. you cant run the lights allll the time.
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They want the old black and white generation to be back
The cameras have too much colour for them
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Some police cars, this days some of them are just like normal cars and doesn’t have any police logos at the cars as soon when they turn on lights, the normal cars has become a police car, sometimes when we on the road careful because some police cars just like regular cars they doesn’t have police logos but they are a actual police cars for some of them just careful some regulars cars could be an real actual police cars with real officers too.
But down here the cars are all white and the state police cars are brown and black
in sweden we have cars like UK, Yellow, white and blue....
Blue and white
Dutch police cars are white with red of orange stripes going upwards with blue lights the fire service are red with blue and white stripes and ambulances are yellow with blue and red stripes and the coast guard cars and jeeps are orange with blue and white stripes and the military police are the same as normal police cars but from the back on they are dark blue
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Yep