If you can't already see the flashing blue, red and amber LED lights on the rear of a NYSP car you have no business driving because your're legally blind. The problem here isn't the style or height of the lights. The problem is too many distracted drivers that simply don't care about the safety of others.

For anyone wondering it is meant to be visible over traffic, if there is a large van blocking the police car the vertical lights can still be seen while the normal ones can’t. Move over law is also a good thing, it literally is if you see a police car, fire truck, or ambulance pull over, it isn’t hard

People still won't move over. Then when they pull over 1 of the hundreds who blatantly refuse to get over the drivers cry that the city "has a quota for writing tickets" The really should give people who refuse to merge at least 600.00 per offense and have the drivers stand on the side of the road for 10 minutes so they can feel how terrifying it is with cars going 75 by them

First, you must educate people that there is a move over law and how to respond. Most people don't know it's the law or they just don't care.

Add blue lights to the front too

First, remove the rear facing amber, it overrides red and blue from a distance. Second have all red one side, all blue the other side so they don't look purple from a distance. Third have better quality, brighter lights. Lastly make sure only ambulance, fire, police only use red/blue, other agencies like tow trucks should be using amber only.

The regular modern NY Trooper car lights are so bright that you're unable to see anyone on the scene so you slow down(sensible humans). But those elevating lights have been used by the nypd and fdny for years and they are really good. You can spot the police car a lot further away and over some obstacles when those light bars are up. Good luck and be safe NYSP.

Why they not show it how looks on day and night from the back side of the car? But if I am correct the Police stay behind the car how they stopped and the parking lane is free of cars normally. So why the driver can not see the police car parking there with many lights on?

What the hell were they thinking? These aren’t going to work they need to come up with something else

Looks like a waste of taxpayers money if you can't see the normal light bar you shouldn't be driving.

Most ridiculous thing I've ever seen! 🙄 As Mr. Kimble would say, "well, maybe not the MOST ridiculous"

Seems like some value, but the random flashing is not helpful with the very distracting and confusing 'dancing' flash sequence. For best information transfer and motorist signal the bi-lateral symmetrical coordinated or sequential flash patterns are essential. They reduce the workload of the on-coming driver to assess the scene and react quickly and appropriately. See here (the ambulance in the first few seconds): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b9VjiKie28DHnps.html

They need to be dimmed at dusk too. During nighttime operations the current lights are stupid bright.

You know I can really appreciate the fact that you know people are trying to keep first responders and all that safe with these newer bars especially for the police and state troopers in that but when it comes to it things may change and things may get a little bit better but when it comes right down to it you can do all that but it should be app to the responsibility of that driver to pay attention to what's going on on the streets And if they can't then something needs to be done with that other than making vehicles more safer more easier to see when they're on the side of the road if people cannot take the responsibility and do what they're supposed to be doing when they're driving then in my opinion they have no business driving at all if they don't care they can't care they get too many distractions and their vehicles whether it's listening to the stereo Their cell phones texting whatever it is whether school buses or what if people cannot take the responsibility seriously enough to realize to get the driver's license is earned it is not gthen in my opinion they don't need it And it's the same way with me if I feel I can't respect the rules of the rules of the rules of the rules of the rules of the rules of the rules of the rules of the rules of the rules of the rules of the road and be responsible and do what I'm supposed to do then I would feel the same way I don't need to drive either and me being a type one diabetic I gotta be careful anyway but still there's just way too many people out there that just don't have a care or respect for anything

The LED lights are blinding.

He also states in it and if you just move over. They don't say anything about if it's not safe to move over. Why are they not giving this message if you can't move over don't.

And? Did it work?

NYPD and NCPD highway patrol have been using riser bars for the past 40 years. In bumper to bumper traffic these light bars are noticeable over the vehicles infont of you. And the prices difference isn't that much. NYSP is looking to put them mostly on their traffic enforcement units.

Japan's hydraulic retractable lightbars lift up way higher than this and are way, way noticeable as the lightbar it's self lifts up about 5-7ft up high under the scissorjack-lift. Not just that, due to it's simply the lightbar, no small led lights like as seen here: they are way more noticeable.

Welcome To Long Island

THEY ARE CALLED HIGHRISERS

THAT S THE WORSE LIGHTBAR I HAVE EVER SEEN THEY ARE GARBAGE FOR VISIBILITY

How about stopping people on side of the interstate for doing what you do..

See the lights, move right

This isn’t a new thing tho. NYSP has had these silly looking light bars since the 90’s

In Alberta the law is move over, if you can't move then slow down 60kph ( 40 mph ) or face double the fine

Especially Long Island

Se me ocurre que hasta ponerla en forma de triángulo, ya vez que en un accidente en la carretera no se ve si la patrulla está lejos o cerca para no estamparte sobre ella

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American emergency vehicles already look like driving carnival attractions because they are covered with lights. Pretty sure more lights is not the answer. Good qualified driver training for learner drivers is a start.

Move over laws are fine and I agree that motorists should move over whenever possible and it’s safe. However, these troopers need to use some common sense and realize that there are times when you just can’t move over when traffic is heavy and there are vehicles traveling in the next lane. I don’t think we need to create bigger hazards than we already have.

I think when it comes to the regulations on how much it cost to pay the ticket probably should be a little bit more and maybe a day or 2 in jail but it's not that people don't respect the law it's when you're really coming right down to it in spite of what that trooper said a lot of people have gotten so they just don't care and when they get pulled over or something happens they're like oh you don't have anything else better to do And in my opinion from what I saw from those new light partner I hope they're a little bit brighter because during the day especially when the sun's going down or coming up yeah it can blind drivers cause it would make it hard to see those kind of lights so I hope they make them a little brighter but it seems to me that no matter how many lights a cruiser has a fire truck has or even an ambulance They just don't get it

why can't you show us an example on the road of how these lights are better seen. Have the station's vehicle with the reporter inside drive along and show how these lights can be seen more readily with the reporter doing the voice-over...c'mon mr. producer!

Yeah even now you're in cock county Newport most people do not move over when they see whether it's emergency vehicle or a vehicle doing construction whatever it is fire department do they move now some people do but that's some it's just not enough compared to the people that don't move over or slow down

But sometimes you can't move over

Waste of money

What if traffic is extremely heavy? I guess they expect you to sideswipe the car in the lane next to you, muscle your way over, cause ANOTHER wreck to which the police will be called to the new wreck and put MORE people's lives in danger. Wash, rinse, repeat......they should footnote this story with "move over IF it's safe to do so, OTHERWISE, slow down", which is the law we have in our state which is more reasonable.

What a shitty state to live in.

Why just put a giant arrows bar like circulations team

This law is really stupid and boils down the common sense. I have seen countless people at a busy time. When they cannot move over that people have actually have locked their brakes in the middle of an expressway where the speed limit 65 and slow down the 20 to move over and almost caused other accidents. This law is stupid and is causing more accidents than it's preventing. They should state in the law or at least advise people. If you can't move over, slow down, but not to twenty in a sixty five mile an hour highway, this is causing far more accidents.

Basic driver's Ed

More lights might blind someone's view especially during the night I believe the lights they have are good enough.

Abolish traffic stops.

The fine is piddly! Peanuts! B.S.! Slap those ignoramuses with $5,000.00 and a five year suspension! Enough is ENOUGH! How smart ya gotta be to know to move over?!!!

Joke stuff. Nobody respects flashy lights anymore.

“Help” aka ticket them because we are being pimped by the state.

That move over law is going to cause a serious accident one day. If they pull someone over have them get off at the nearest exit.