Tag Archives: hybrid markings

NSW Police highway patrol cars sacrifice officer safety with billboard graphics

Posted on October 13, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

The October three-day weekend holiday in Australia has just passed and earlier in the week the New South Wales Police launched their “Operation Slowdown” safe driving campaign with a display of new vehicles and sobering interviews for the gathered media. This year the … Continue reading →

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Evaluating new trends in emergency vehicle markings

Posted on September 3, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

This is the second part of three articles written for the Colorado EMSAC Star. The first article in the series discussed the Ambulance Visibility ten-point toolkit for applying markings to emergency vehicles. This second article looks at advertising agency visibility, Battenburg … Continue reading →

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Confusing high-visibility conspicuity pattern launched for motorways around Zurich

Posted on July 16, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

Earlier this year Leonardo Ferrazzi from Italy sent me this booklet titled Road Safety Inspectorate Signage. It outlines the details of a new conspicuity pattern now being used on the German high-speed motorways around Zurich. The booklet describes how the Canton of Zurich engineering department designed … Continue reading →

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The difference between Battenburg high-visibility markings and Sillitoe chequers on Police, Fire & Ambulance vehicles

Posted on April 27, 2012 by John Killeen (Ambulance Visibility)

Almost every passing week sees another police, fire or EMS agency boasting at a vehicle launch that their response vehicles are now displaying a new world’s best practise Battenburg high-visibility markings. The agency chief always adds that the latest change to the HiVis markings has only taken place after a lengthy consultation period with … Continue reading →