Charles E Snyder II
PCS Member
I know that different states and sometimes different municipalities have their own requirements for lighting on hearses. Style of light, color, placement etc.
There was a question posed by someone as to why their funeral director's current hearse has purple strobes mounted behind the grill. He wanted to know if this was something new... Mounting lights behind the grill.
I was once told a story and would like to know if I remember it correctly... A past PCS president had two late 60s hearses that were both out of California. Both of his hearses had lights and a siren mounted behind the grill. The reason that I was told was that at the time California had regulations in place that required hearses to be equipped with emergency lighting and sirens and would be called in to use in times of natural disasters. They would be used as transportation for the people with non-life threatening injuries.
It has been many years (10 years? 15 years?) since I have seen or talked to this gentleman and I am wondering if I remembered the information correctly.
Was this true at one point?
Did California (or other places) require emergency lighting on hearses at one point in time?
With today's emergency services, is there anywhere today that still requires anything similar?
There was a question posed by someone as to why their funeral director's current hearse has purple strobes mounted behind the grill. He wanted to know if this was something new... Mounting lights behind the grill.
I was once told a story and would like to know if I remember it correctly... A past PCS president had two late 60s hearses that were both out of California. Both of his hearses had lights and a siren mounted behind the grill. The reason that I was told was that at the time California had regulations in place that required hearses to be equipped with emergency lighting and sirens and would be called in to use in times of natural disasters. They would be used as transportation for the people with non-life threatening injuries.
It has been many years (10 years? 15 years?) since I have seen or talked to this gentleman and I am wondering if I remembered the information correctly.
Was this true at one point?
Did California (or other places) require emergency lighting on hearses at one point in time?
With today's emergency services, is there anywhere today that still requires anything similar?