In the beginning, the Swedish police used red signal lights on their cars, but since 1970 blue lights have been used.
Red light is also used in combination with blue when cars are stopped in traffic.
Now they have also introduced orange lights on the police cars.
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Orange light should help the police to be seen
The fact that the police have now started using orange lights does not mean that they will start cracking down on construction sites.
It is instead that blue light is harder than orange to see during the day. Blue light in combination with orange can thus help the police to be seen better.
– We have seen that orange light has a tendency to be seen better during the day than the blue light. We can thus combine orange and blue light to better catch people’s attention when we need a clear path, says Björn Thunbladtraffic coordinator in police region East to We Car Owners.
According to Vi Bilägare, the light can also be combined with blue light when directing traffic by, for example, “floating” to the right or left to indicate to motorists how to drive.
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That’s how you should act
According to Björn Thunblad, the primary purpose of the orange light for the police is to reinforce what you are trying to say.
He also tells Vi Bilägare that all police cars currently have not had time to be equipped with orange lights, but that they will have them within a few years. However, most police cars used in external service already have orange lights.
According to Sweden’s Radio P4 Uppland there is no risk of being fined if you do not understand what the orange light signal means. If, on the other hand, you do not stop at a red-blue light signal, you risk punishment, for example a fine of SEK 3,000.
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