Originally Posted by
PaulRivers
Police lights *are* pretty much designed to be blinding. You're supposed to pull over to the side of the road and stop when you see them - that's the point.
And people rear end cop cars with their lights on, amublances hit other amublances at intersections, etc. brighter! Brighter! BRIGHTER! Hasn't made them magically safe either.
That's foolish. It is clearly not the point to blind people with emergency lights. If it were true, anytime a police car turned on their lights in traffic, there would be instant and frequent collisions. If a police car pulled up behind you and turned on it's lights, you'd be blinded and then crash.
Why people run into emergency vehicles not because they are blinded. Why they collide *sometimes* at intersections is because they aren't seen and are not visible enough.
j.