Strobe light bars are new members of light bars

Strobe light bars are the best available lighting for emergency vehicles and have been utilized by different departments for the purposes of emergency lighting. Strobe light bars have begun replacing strobe lights as a form of emergency lighting. Strobe lights use light-emitting diodes to work. The strobe light bars are often seen on police vehicles, ambulances and fire trucks. They are used as a visual warning to motorists of an approaching emergency vehicle, and may only be turned on when responding to an emergency. They are constantly tested to make sure that they are always in good working condition, although they rarely develop problems.

Traditionally, a light bar referred literally to a metal bar that was placed on the roof of an emergency vehicle, upon which rotating lights and steady burning lamps were fitted. Today, strobe light bars are much more complex, brighter and produce a much larger array of light patters. Some of the common strobe light bars are basically elongated domes fixed to either side of a siren that contain different kind of lights within the domes themselves. These domes may contain LED lights; steady burning lights, rotating lights or strobe lights. Modern strobe light bars may also have a second layer of lights, which may include clear halogen lights that are used to illuminate the vehicle being stopped. These lights are also known as take down lights. There are also clear lights facing the side to illuminate alleys and other dark places, or additional red or amber lights mounted towards the rear of the vehicle for scene protection.

There has been a new trend that is widely favored particularly by the police of mounting the siren on the front bumper, ensuring the strobe light bars stretch across the roof and are used only for lighting. These strobe light bars may also be made to match the specification of particular police departments. There are those made thin and aero dynamic to reduce wind resistance mostly used by police chase cars or other emergency vehicles that require speed. Undercover police request detachable strobe light bars that they can be able to conceal. There are also those that are made using multiple rotating beacons that are in a V shape in order to provide additional lighting on the side of the emergency vehicles.

Strobe light bars are the new generation of light bars and have revolutionized emergency vehicle lighting. They have replaced incandescent lights, rotating lights and halogen light bars. Newer technology is still being developed and applied to ensure that strobe light bars remain effective as emergency car lighting. They have proved to be very effective for use in case of emergencies and have saved lives as well as ensured that emergency vehicles get to their destinations on time.