The federal DOT Manual on Uniform Traffic Control devices says warning dangerous road conditions ahead have to be yellow and black. So I suppose someone applied that reasoning when it came to the back of police car stripes. Makes sense to me, whether or not a speeder has been pulled over, I consider the presence of a police car a dangerous to my wallet road condition.
They also say that flourescent yellow-green shows up the best in low light and fog conditions. So I wouldn't be oversurprised if at some point police cars may be sporting that color on the bumper stripes.
They also say that flourescent yellow-green shows up the best in low light and fog conditions. So I wouldn't be oversurprised if at some point police cars may be sporting that color on the bumper stripes.
. I personally think that either design is good, compared to the bright white SPPD cars (Sun Prairie)-you can see them coming from a mile away. At least they replaced their "undercover" car with something more covert...the old car was bright blue, windows without a bit of tint, big blue rotating light on the dash, toughbook screen open, and the tell tale ten antennas...also could see that thing from a mile away. 