Strobe light cars can also be used by civilians

The focus of this article is to look at the strobe light bar, and its advantages and disadvantages. This article will help understand why strobe bars are so popular as well as discover the draw back of a strobe light bar. This understanding will help one to choose for themselves if they would like to use the strobe light bar or continue using the more traditional light bars such as strobe and halogen.


One advantage of strobe light bars is that they last long. This is mainly because strobe lights do not use a filament, and so cannot burn out. This is very valuable to officers and other emergency vehicle operators as a brunt out light bar can be a nightmare while responding to an emergency. This also makes it cheaper in the long run as strobe light bars do not require constant replacing. These light bars also use very little energy, which means they can be turned on for long periods of time without draining the car battery. This proves to be essential when an emergency vehicle needs to be at the scene of an incident for a long time.

Secondly, strobe light bars produce a very bright flashing light that can be seen from long distances. Emergency vehicles travel at very high speeds when responding to emergencies and it is essential that motorists see the vehicle approaching from far in order for them to react on time. Strobe light bars have proven to be most effective at this as they are the brightest available lights to date. The color of the light produced by the strobe light bars is an intrinsic property of the light itself, and so do not require colored domes. The fact that they do not use colored domes improves the quality of the light produced as well as its intensity.

Strobe light bars today are not reserved for emergency vehicles only. Civilians can also place them on their cars and trucks to make them look slick. The bulbs on this particular type are however not made to flash bright. Some of the common places where strobe light bars are installed on vehicles are front grilles, rear bumper, inside the trunk of the car or even around the rims of the vehicles. Those placed inside the trunk are made much like those used in nightclubs although much smaller, and may also be synchronized with the beat of the music.