Is Europe moving towards a common Police livery?

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 05/02/2020 at 10:39 • Filed to: None

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Germany and Poland seem to display rather similar graphics on their Police cars.

My adoptive country on the other hand, keeps it rather utilitarian.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 05/02/2020 at 10:50

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That Mercedes....mmmmmm.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 05/02/2020 at 10:51

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nope

or..we just arent playing along...coz we are dutch..and special

The Snowman > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 05/02/2020 at 10:54

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The Italian cops at least use Alfa Romeos.

Svend > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 05/02/2020 at 10:58

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Not sure.

British

Irish

Swedish

Svend > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 05/02/2020 at 11:14

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Ambulance and fire vehicles seem to share the U.K. ‘Battenburg’ livery more.

U.K.

Irish

Swedish

some Belgian

Czechia 

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Svend 05/02/2020 at 11:19

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Now that's a revolting lively. 

My bird IS the word > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 05/02/2020 at 11:20

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Mmmm surplus kia stinger police car...

Cé hé sin > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 05/02/2020 at 11:40

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To answer in one word:

No

DipodomysDeserti > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 05/02/2020 at 11:47

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That’s comforting. A nation drifting towards totalitarianism and a nation who was into it before it was cool taking fashion cues from one another.

ClassicDatsunDebate > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 05/02/2020 at 11:49

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It’s Big Police globalizing their supply chain.

Svend > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 05/02/2020 at 11:49

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Called Batte nbu rg, after the Battenberg cake.

It’s becoming more common around the world.

Staffordshire police have a new livery

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Svend 05/02/2020 at 11:54

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I meant that specific one with yellow,  green and radioactive yellow. Terrible combination. 

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Svend 05/02/2020 at 12:07

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Idiots wrote their name backwards!

(Kidding)

Svend > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 05/02/2020 at 12:08

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Yellow, is the predominant colour for ambulances in several countries.

The tape livery is highly reflective. 

Svend > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 05/02/2020 at 12:17

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Lol.

These ones misspelled it.

Kidding. Welsh ambul ances have Welsh on one side and English on the other.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Svend 05/02/2020 at 12:18

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Wou ldnt it make more sense to put both on both sides?

Svend > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 05/02/2020 at 12:29

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It’s a lot of wording.

The police do both on the front and back, but sometimes alternate on sides if not both.

Scotland does the same.

FSI > Svend 05/02/2020 at 12:48

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The standard Bavarian emergency vehicles  have adapted the Battenburg design two or three years ago for higher visibility.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Svend 05/02/2020 at 12:52

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I guess that is less wording after all. That just isn't a problem that is common in the US so I guess I never think about it.

By the way, I saw this yesterday and wondered what you would think of it. Ford F4 50 chassis cab with bucket lift upfit.

Sometimes they use much larger ones like this Ford F6 50:

Just a random thought.

Svend > FSI 05/02/2020 at 13:09

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Out of the polic e, fire and ambulance services, it’s the fire services that have adopted it the most.

Svend > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 05/02/2020 at 13:24

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An F650 looks oversize in the cab area than it needs to be. 

Some can be small, some large for us.

The van type is the most common though.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Svend 05/02/2020 at 13:56

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How did I just know it would be vans? I just don’t get it. Wouldn’t that make it much taller than it needs to be without much of a storage gain? It just doesn't seem compact at all.

Much like for the D efender bucket truck though.

That off-road Mercedes thing looks absurd, but yet very useful in a very specific set of circumstances. I wonder what those circumstances are?

The F650 uses the same cab as 250, the 350 etc but just with a bigger h ood and a more robust chassis. It can seat three across which is about all you would need.

Svend > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 05/02/2020 at 14:12

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You should know by know, vans play a large part of European life. 

I t’s about a foot and a half taller than a usual van. The interior of the van is quite large and would often just carry barriers, road signs, cables, tools, etc...

The Mercedes Unimog would come into it’s own for rural areas from tree surgery to powerlines.