Can amber lights be installed on civilian vehicles?
Led amber beacon lights not install in Civil vehicles. Emergency beacon lights are special equipment for national specific units, and non-special vehicles are not allowed to install and use warning lights or sirens.
If civilian vehicles can allow to use amber warning beacon, it will cause the warning beacon to overflow. And will cause pedestrians to be unable to distinguish whether the emergency vehicle is performing an emergency task, so as to can’t achieve good avoidance.
Are amber lights legal in California?
California has a special law to regulate the use of emergency vehicle lights. For public safety and road uniformity, the civilian should understand these laws to know what will happen. And can take corresponding actions when encountering vehicles with emergency lights.
In California, the following three types of vehicles can use amber led beacons, police, fire trucks and ambulances. In addition, public vehicles and private vehicles that approve by the committee and serve the above three emergency situations also allow to install amber beacon light.