Westwood2006

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And I wonder what those 3 buttons underneath do

spanner monkey

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Think it's for siren & blues, ambulances have something similar.

Green button = coffee machine
white button = doughnut machine
yellow button = seat mounted **** stimulator

mikef04

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Maybe its incase there asked for there phone number incase of emergencies??

SteveScooby

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999 Button will activate blue lights, flashing headlights and siren together

The 3 buttons below activate them individually

Westwood2006

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I prefer the SM's answer

SteveScooby

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I don't drink coffee

billythekid

LOL

Could they get a bigger 999 button!?

Not all cars have it TBH. Round my way (on those that do) the 999 button puts on the light bar on all round, flashing headlamps and front blues. It does not put the audible warning on, which is armed from a separate button and activated by the horn on the steering wheel.

Pandas tend to have just basic controls though, blue, rear red, flash h/l and interior light. Siren is as above.

Traffic cars have all sorts of controls, they have 3 stage light bars, rear matrix signs, alley lights, take down lights, rear reds, various siren settings etc etc.

There is no national standard, everyone seems to use their own layout and no one traffic car is ever the same IME.

The Rig

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Had a demo car at my kids fete,as said above, each button does something different,1 will do the lights, the lights and siren and siren etc (maybe not in that orderfeature but similair features)

Leslie

I bet they press it if they want help from the slow reaction force!

Les

ALi-B

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I bet its a nightmare to wire that lot in these days without messing up the CAN bus system.

spanner monkey

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http://www.carnationdesigns.co.uk/news.php

ratboy

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love it

Jamz3k

its to remind them they aren't just traffic wardens/

paulwrxboro

You press the 999 button 2 hours later 2 street wardens (dogshlt wardens) turnup

rookymatt

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I work on police cars, and years back, when we first did them. One of the guys in the workshop pressed a very similar button, and within 2 minutes, armed response turned up.
Apparently it's a silent distress button the cops can use if they are in a very serious pickle, and need hard back up, pronto.
Needless to say, the tech that pushed the button got a spanked bottom!!

Bonehead

I was using a shiney brand new patrol car t'other day and I pressed the (somewhat smaller) 999 button as I was doing the pre-shift checks and this posh female voice boomed out "999 MODE ACTIVATED. DRIVE SAFELY"

God did I laugh

Shame the lights cancel button didn't work so I took it back to workshops..............

billythekid

Sounds like a laugh, I think I would have to key it over the radio every now and then

Westwood2006

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There is more fuzz on Scoobynet than I realised

Wish

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There watching you .......

Miniman

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It's for when they have to call in emergency help themselves. These guys turn up

http://2fm.rte.ie/blogs/colm_jim_jim...C12150175.jpeg

Coffin Dodger

Just there to remind them what number to ring if they want to get in contact with the station

Bubba po

One spelling fits all, on SN

Coffin Dodger

Why the comma?

Bubba po

It's called an Oxford comma and it's there to reduce ambiguity. Without it, the phrase could mean "it's 'one spelling fits all' on SN" or it could mean "one spelling fits everybody on SN". I sincerely hope this helps.

Westwood2006

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A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.

'Why?' asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

'Well, I'm a panda,' he says, at the door. 'Look it up.'

The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. 'Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.'

Wish

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Coffin Dodger

Thanks for clearing that up. English was never my strong point, much better at maths and science, but I do try

Leslie

Jolly clever of you to notice it!

Les

Bubba po

Les, to me it's like getting punched in the eye.

Leslie

Well it does stick out a bit. I get more irritated by the general use of different words instead of the original English words especially when the replacements are incorrect anyway.

Les