I’m only a retired metro cop after 37 years, however I’ve never heard sirens that loud in my entire 59 years. I don’t carry my retirement credentials, because I got lazy & never attended state peace officer professional development hours, however after watching your neat setups, I wish I was still covering my district back at metro. We had over 5500+ patrol cars, however when I retired in September 2021, many of our cars had old halogen & antique real strobe overheads. I never saw anything beautifully equipped on our squads, however many of my brothers in blue were hit on the roads during traffic stops, primarily because we had faded old overheads and/or halogen lights. I truly feel that cops lives could have been spared , if our executive branch would have been equipped with your kind of equipment. Additionally, there were many officers that had to take a disability ,after being run over during traffic stops. Thank God your company has a street cop to consult on critical equipment that will keep these young brothers in blue safe. God Bless you son, and thank you for your service with brothers in blue.😊
I don't think one can determine to volume of a sound in real life from a video! A factor in road-side crashes may well be the confusing unsynchronized light arrays and bi-lateral unsymmetary of flash phase and colour. This is how flash arrays are usually fitted and they prevent easy visual identification and tracking by approaching motoriss. Unsynchronised lights mutually distract from each other and increase the driver workload. Small lamps give no distance indication as they become point sources at all but very small distances and increase the approaching driver workload. See my comment above.
Any research done on the effect of different tones on traffic behavior? I also wonder if siren tones have just been dreamed up to mimic mechanical sirens, rather than the sounds being designed for penetration and aural conspicuity, but I could also be wrong. I've sought research papers on the topic, but none have come to light apart from old Sireno studies of angular dispersion of sounds.
Love that siren combination. Incidentally, I retired in September 2021 w/37 years patrol division senior corporal working for a metro with over 8500 LEOs. I never understood why we’d get new cars after 2 years, however they already had over 150K miles, but we had up to 20 year old overheads & barely had only a 100watt siren. We had fleet crashes weekly, and I drove up on fleet crashes, however our fatality crash investigations unit would work our own fleet crashes. Every time I rolled up on a metro police fleet crash, the civilians would say that they never heard and/or noticed the overheads. I was in the academy in 1983, and graduated in 1984, but from then till 2021, there were hardly any metro fleet crashes, or police shootings. I truly feel that civilians never drive with the windows rolled down, and I think that civilians stay within their tunnel viewing of the road, particularly when a LEO is rolling through a red light for a 911 call. You’re equipment would actually save crashes & probable fatalities.
The antenna on the hood ruined the build in my opinion, i know that was probably a customer request but i'd just drill the hole and roof mount it if i were doing it.
Oops! Blue lights on a fire vehicle! Mistakes made! Reply to my comment with anything if you agree blue lights don’t belong on a fire vehicle and this vehicle needs rear ambers with their reds. Also, you agree these patterns are distracting and not effective.
Beautiful setup and clearly makes it clear the Boss is driving it
Thanks 👍
Beautiful wiring job! Like you said, that’s the sign of a high quality install.
Thank you!
I’m only a retired metro cop after 37 years, however I’ve never heard sirens that loud in my entire 59 years. I don’t carry my retirement credentials, because I got lazy & never attended state peace officer professional development hours, however after watching your neat setups, I wish I was still covering my district back at metro. We had over 5500+ patrol cars, however when I retired in September 2021, many of our cars had old halogen & antique real strobe overheads. I never saw anything beautifully equipped on our squads, however many of my brothers in blue were hit on the roads during traffic stops, primarily because we had faded old overheads and/or halogen lights. I truly feel that cops lives could have been spared , if our executive branch would have been equipped with your kind of equipment. Additionally, there were many officers that had to take a disability ,after being run over during traffic stops. Thank God your company has a street cop to consult on critical equipment that will keep these young brothers in blue safe. God Bless you son, and thank you for your service with brothers in blue.😊
I don't think one can determine to volume of a sound in real life from a video!
A factor in road-side crashes may well be the confusing unsynchronized light arrays and bi-lateral unsymmetary of flash phase and colour. This is how flash arrays are usually fitted and they prevent easy visual identification and tracking by approaching motoriss. Unsynchronised lights mutually distract from each other and increase the driver workload. Small lamps give no distance indication as they become point sources at all but very small distances and increase the approaching driver workload. See my comment above.
Love the look and functionality of the Whelen Core!
That is one Sharp Tahoe
Thank you!
Awesome build, cool hearing the yelp-dual have the wail/yelp/piercer tone, don't see that used enough!
Any research done on the effect of different tones on traffic behavior? I also wonder if siren tones have just been dreamed up to mimic mechanical sirens, rather than the sounds being designed for penetration and aural conspicuity, but I could also be wrong. I've sought research papers on the topic, but none have come to light apart from old Sireno studies of angular dispersion of sounds.
Never understood the concept of a undercover fire unit.... but I guess the customer is always right what ya gonna do ya know.
Doesn't the smoked lights make them less bright?
How you did that grill lights setup and pattern where it is flashing between red and white ?
So those mPower 4x2's play nice with Core?
Are the siren tones tied into steering wheel controls so the operator can switch tones without taking their hands off the wheel?
yep, that's the main reason for it. Plus on some builds it means they have less buttons used up for sirens.
Yeah are tied to the vehicle horn. Hold for air horn, push to change tones.
In slide two, does the rear flash while the front is steady?
What brand is that radio /equipment box?
with all that electronics no Halon ext. ?
how do you activate the factory headlight flasher?
Love that siren combination. Incidentally, I retired in September 2021 w/37 years patrol division senior corporal working for a metro with over 8500 LEOs. I never understood why we’d get new cars after 2 years, however they already had over 150K miles, but we had up to 20 year old overheads & barely had only a 100watt siren. We had fleet crashes weekly, and I drove up on fleet crashes, however our fatality crash investigations unit would work our own fleet crashes. Every time I rolled up on a metro police fleet crash, the civilians would say that they never heard and/or noticed the overheads. I was in the academy in 1983, and graduated in 1984, but from then till 2021, there were hardly any metro fleet crashes, or police shootings. I truly feel that civilians never drive with the windows rolled down, and I think that civilians stay within their tunnel viewing of the road, particularly when a LEO is rolling through a red light for a 911 call. You’re equipment would actually save crashes & probable fatalities.
bad ass!
Thanks
I think there's definitely to few lights on it. Needs like 3x more...
Isn’t that a Federal Signal Message?
Are the 4x2's smoked from SoundOff or is that a custom job?
I've never seen them smoked however, they have a darkened "smoked" appearance when off.
@@romeogolf4 All the ones I've seen are clear/whiteish. Never seen any look like the ones on this Tahoe.
The antenna on the hood ruined the build in my opinion, i know that was probably a customer request but i'd just drill the hole and roof mount it if i were doing it.
Yeah little out of place, but it was for clearance and car washes, since the vehicle sits so high. Has 2 shotglass antennas on the roof as well.
Whacker Express.
Oops! Blue lights on a fire vehicle! Mistakes made! Reply to my comment with anything if you agree blue lights don’t belong on a fire vehicle and this vehicle needs rear ambers with their reds. Also, you agree these patterns are distracting and not effective.