Colombia Emergency_vehicle_lighting

under colombian law, emergency vehicles authorized use lights , sirens demand priority in traffic. however, rather unusually, not specified types of lights , sirens can used. since emergency vehicles imported other parts of world, 1 can see great variety of light colors , siren types in colombia. since law enforcement duties consolidated in national police, there uniformity in police vehicles. until 1990s, these police vehicles equipped yellow lights, although today equipped single red , blue led lightbar on roof, , supplementary red, white, , blue grille lights. other, more minor law enforcement vehicles (military police, cti, unp) follow same scheme.

fire trucks imported us, , therefore use red lights although european-style fire trucks blue lights can seen and, more rarely, yellow lights in spain.

like us, ambulance service in colombia contracted out private companies, , hospitals operate own ambulance services. these different services outfit vehicles differently, there little uniformity. also, many ambulances imported other countries , retain lighting schemes of country of origin. ambulances use red or red , white light combinations. however, ambulances operated national police , army equipped red , blue lights. ambulances can seen green lights, meaning imported argentina ambulances use green lights. others still can seen yellow lights, in spain.

as in of world, utility vehicles use flashing yellow/amber lights.

although emergency , utility vehicles allowed display flashing colored lights, law not enforced , common see private vehicles customized colored lights. taxis commonly display flashing blue lights decoration, although taxi drivers install sirens onto vehicles in order around traffic. many busetas (the traditional, unregulated bus systems in many urban areas) , chivas (rural, informal, public buses) display colorful flashing lights.