Originally Posted by sporch

Motorists, while often stupid, do not often crash into police cars and ambulances because they have confusing light colors. These light arrays are designed to attract the most attention possible and do so with busy, alternating, and varied lights. I really don't feel that most drivers here are competent and coherent enough to process the light color to determine which direction I'm traveling. Drivers here often slow down and gawk for every type of blinking light - I feel that this is an advantage.