I had read, quite some years ago, that fire trucks weren't being painted bright red any more because thats what everyone was used to - and so they blended into the background, even with lights and sirens. Thats when they went to the neon-green color. I would imagine thats why these people just casually pulled right in front of a lumbering bus - they didn't see anything that set off the 'whups, better not do that!' Hey, its just a bus.....
Course, some communities, after changing the color, went back to bright red, because, you know, how else would you know it was a firetruck?
Nothing quite like metro carnage in the morning!
ReplyDeleteI had read, quite some years ago, that fire trucks weren't being painted bright red any more because thats what everyone was used to - and so they blended into the background, even with lights and sirens. Thats when they went to the neon-green color. I would imagine thats why these people just casually pulled right in front of a lumbering bus - they didn't see anything that set off the 'whups, better not do that!' Hey, its just a bus.....
ReplyDeleteCourse, some communities, after changing the color, went back to bright red, because, you know, how else would you know it was a firetruck?