Re: What is the best color to paint your troll?

"Paul Keenleyside" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Mike Painter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "ED" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > I'm looking for the answer to a question that I'm
> > > sure we can all agree on: What is the best color
> > > to paint your ambulance?
> >
> > Red or red and white is what most people paint their fire engines. In
the
> US
> > that is *THE* color of a fire engine. Even in cities with lime green
rigs
> > for 20 years the kids in school paint the fire engine red.
> > Red is a horrible color at night but reflective stripes and lights have
> > eliminated this problem and the ability to identify the vehicle as a
fire
> > engine (if they see it) possibly out weighs any color advantage.
> > White or red with blue trim on ambulances has been big around here for
> years
> > and orange never caught on.
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> Then there's "Chicago Black"  colours (red below the bottom window lines,
> black above the bottom window line).
>
> White is highly visible, but except for the southern parts of the States,
> it's not very good especially in the Northwest
> where it rains alot and you always have to clean white vehicles to make
them
> look good. There's only one department
> here that has white fire engines. The rest are either red, red/white or
lime
> yellow. One however uses "Chicago Black".
>
> The "Chicago Black" scheme actually looks pretty good on a fire engine.
> Not too shabby.
>
> Fire engine Flame red stands out during the day though.
>
>
> > Have a contest and let the public decide.
> >
> > But make sure there are a lot of reflective stripes on it.
>
> Our ambulances (Ministry of Health - Emergency Health Services paramedics)
> are white with a large red diagonal reflective stripe on the sides and on
> the top that come together on the roof to make a cross. The Lifesaver
symbol
> (blue) plus the lettering, car number and EHS logo are all reflective.
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Ummm... Paul? Did you happen to take a glance at the header of the original
post by "ED"? Posted from AOL via Google. (Hint: Think outside the BOX,
man!) <g>

Jim
(Burying head in hands)