Why you might not recognize these emergency vehicles on Oahu

[@charkswitlazers]

Why was this recommended to me

[@SpencerMn]

Same

[@eastcoastrailproductions5559]

same

[@wilsoniothegreat6162]

Because it was duh

[@1nfinitebean]

What kind of videos do you watch ? Anything police related?

[@charlesrodriguez7984]

I’m wondering the same thing

[@HHh-ej4rl]

Here's a video from Hawaii from almost 5 years ago. KZbin Let's recommend it to everyone, everywhere all of a sudden.

[@kolby2270]

Same thing I noticed... From NY

[@steverb1413]

I hate your pfp it makes me want to remove it literally

[@steverb1413]

It makes me cringe

[@MNDashcam]

Any flashing lights, move the **** over! I can not tell you how many times I have felt the wind off cars rushing next to me on the side of the freeway. Doesn't matter what color, they are there to grab attention and tell you to keep a safe speed and distance. In the rare chance that somebody important there reads this, What I noticed helped move people over more than red lights was a traffic advisor or arrow stick. That pattern seemed to be a night and day difference in grabbing attention. My service trucks that have those get cars to give them a buffer lane. My trucks that have red lights just flashing don't always have the same respect from drivers.

[@ffandrewd2986]

Exactly

[@MrWhite-pn7ui]

Are they required to drive Toyotas?

[@fuhwurd]

no they just use their own vehicles

[@matthewwindisch9449]

Toyota 4 Runners & Tacoma’s are by far some of the best vehicles you can buy today!

[@fishtacoma]

@@matthewwindisch9449 Very true!

[@bryanitza-chulopez1658]

@@matthewwindisch9449 Tacomas have great resale value as well.

[@matthewwindisch9449]

@@bryanitza-chulopez1658 I traded my 2004 Tacoma for my 2014 4R.. it was 10 years old and had 160,000 miles on it and they still gave me just under $10,000 for it..

[@jsmustang03]

Yo DeWitte, if you get out, see if their hiring.

[@SIGINT007]

Probably no Sarjint to holler for out there

[@AsgardTheFatcel]

Motor One!

[@SakariNy]

"officer, officer, these are not blue light!"

[@buzman1985]

*they’re (they are). Their is possessive. Their KZbin account, their bad grammar.

[@LOL2YOU]

Why am I seeing this in colorado...

[@mattdalton6573]

same man same

[@greasemonkey6667]

SAME

[@e.g.o.m.e]

So that's how they pick recommendations, I'm also from Colorado

[@LOL2YOU]

@@e.g.o.m.e that's wild man. They know what we want.

[@re57k]

I'm from Indonesia and it's getting recommended to me too

[@lewmar321sco]

Here in Scotland fire, police, ambulance and coastguard all use blue lights on emergency vehicles

[@D-M-J]

where i live,the fire,ambulances,police,use red white and blue lighting,the ambulances uses red.white,blue,yellow lighting,(in the back of the ambulances they have red and yellow,and in the front they have red,white,blue.)

[@Madafakaa187]

@Jared Basic uk probably has same as most of europe centralized structure of law enforcement agencies...different cities have same standards and whatnot while in US agencies have nothing to do with each other, thats why stuff like that dont happen in europe... Its would be dope, some of US cars and liveries are so good

[@PlanetXtreme]

Well, when I have my impossibly expensive travel plans to Hawaii enacted, I'll be sure to remember this.

[@James-dx4qd]

Well where I'm from all red on a vehicle its usually fire department vehicle or a vounlenteer personal car and police are red and blue or all blue

[@James68W]

Unless you're in new york when police and fire are mostly red and white lol

[@kimifan06]

Some states run red and blue of fire/ambulances, usually in the midwest. I think it looks bizzare

[@joojoo68]

cops here in TN. use blue/white ambulance uses red/white fire Depts. use red and Red/White and mostly the emergency Managements use Red/blue.

[@LSUFaithful7]

joojoo68 “cops here on TN use blue/white” that would imply all police in TN and that is incorrect. Knoxville police use red / blue lights.

[@fermitupoupon1754]

Over here in the EU, all emergency vehicles use blue lights and nothing else. And having blue lights on a vehicle that isn't permitted to have them, is something the cops care about quite a lot.

[@johnpettersen9492]

tobagotb10 that's because in most places in canada the snow plow driver is also the police chief, mayor, doctor, and buther. 🤣😂

[@LOL2YOU]

Shit NM highway patrol uses red and white. Shit blew my mind. Our Ambulance in Colorado uses Red and Blue which is rare...and get this town trucks in Missouri use red and blue (I think just approved companies on rotation of course).

[@yungjj5884]

aye you from TN too

[@marknc9616]

Color of lights aside, city police vehicles are built for use in a city. They have enhanced electrical systems to handle long periods of being parked with their flashing lights on. They have enhanced cooling systems for long periods of idling. There are other enhancements too. Privately owned vehicles use for volunteer duties won't have these enhancements.

[@ylastchance]

Pretty sure those Yota are gonna be alright

[@Taurineg]

They get paid using it and they get to customize it.

[@vicmaxabc]

Bro, it's a Toyoda, it's gonna be fine

[@Viking_6_3]

Theres really not not much difference between a civilian car and a police car. The enhanced cooling system is false. They are no different. Enhanced electrical? 😂😂😂😂 No. Its the same alternator.

[@justanotheraviator2357]

​​@@Viking_6_3 enhanced electric usually consists of a second battery like a heavy duty truck would have. and Ford PIU for example, has a different suspension, brakes, cooling arrangement, and interior features you don't find in the civilian version.

[@christopherAwaite]

This is a great idea. I wish we had it here

[@vicmaxabc]

I own a 4runner... but why was this recommended to me? 😆

[@TheRandomDead]

I do too.. that’s why I think it WAS recommended.. kinda creepy in a way actually

[@arislopes1924]

Yess we recently bought a new 4runner I think that’s why it shows up lol I’m just happy to see they use 4runner instead of crappy fords

[@000Responses]

These are just like RTA Traffic Commanders in Sydney blocking roads, white SUVs etc except the traffic commanders here are paid and they have both red and blue lights

[@dingle849]

A magenta light bar could be an option for them. Similar to what the RMS service vehicles have.

[@000Responses]

dingle true, but if you use magneta, the civilians would think you were a tradie or a private operator, not an actual emergency.

[@HX56Music]

@@000Responses Green works too, I've seen lightbars that come in a lime green colour - aimed at this sort of department.

[@coachanderson2704]

Jeremy Dewitt's dream job!!! Jeremy would say:...mahahaha I get RED LIGHTS!!!! Motor one on the move to a wash out bridge!!!

[@Waynes-xt9gr]

just do your emergency assignment and not be like ONSCENE TV with their video camera doing newshound work!

[@bromodz2309]

$500... I thought they were volunteers ? 🥴

[@mikewolf5367]

They are. The city pays for the light, not the person themselves for their time, so that falls under “volunteer”.

[@bromodz2309]

@@mikewolf5367 ok well they didn’t make that clear

[@Waynes-xt9gr]

@@mikewolf5367 them red WHELEN rectangular bars aint cheap $$$$$$$$$$$$$

[@Waynes-xt9gr]

What i heard a while back, when Honolulu REACT and OAHU ALERT (both volunteer CB groups back in the 60s to 70s) doing the same thing, was that in order to join the city, you would have to learn first aid, traffic control, other things and I think also.....be a licensed ham radio operator.

[@boredmemer7430]

I saw these same cars but they had blue lights, most likely being Police. This was last summer, in 2019

[@SouthernGospelMusic]

yes! on the big island they use them, most cops use their personal vehicles with a small blue beacon on top

[@Waynes-xt9gr]

its called "subsidized vehicles" referring to the privately owned police vehicles.......not the blue and white ones.

[@edcronin5409]

Is this a cert program

[@mikewolf5367]

I do this here in New Jersey but ours are blue lights and we buy the lights ourselves.

[@Erik-pr2rf]

many times all over the place people dont move for police with red/blue/white or red/blue or all blue lights, Fire with all red or red/white, ambulance with red/white or all red .... people need to listen and look and if you hear or see an emergency vehicle MOVE OVER use some common curtesy it can save a life ....maybe even of someone you know

[@americanwaffle]

Good to know here in Washington...

[@McdonaldsInFallujah]

Green would look cool

[@princessmarlena1359]

“Be careful with my car, ‘CUZ!”

[@awfdwsrgthbtstgr]

I am in Australia.......

[@ComradeTomatoTurtle]

Red is cops, blue is fire and green is EMS in NY.

[@Cryptonymicus]

Blue is for volunteer firefighters in their personal vehicles. Fire trucks and ambulances use mostly red.

[@billwilmington8284]

@@Cryptonymicus It varies in every single state

[@imtheboss8414]

Wtf ahahahahahah

[@ELPJM09]

Toyota’s are the best vehicles to drive for a Natural disaster, they will never let you down so the city management must be smart in their choices.

[@jrmills2468]

They literally said in the video that these a person vesicles. Meaning that city management had no say in purchasing them.

[@fwacfred]

I love my Higlander to death. Best car I have ever owned/driven.

[@waterfall3]

Those new 4runners are no joke. Very good vehicled

[@xdkfpjacob]

Why am I seeing this in Pennsylvania

[@slaygurlqween]

Same

[@robmoney4life]

Same lol

[@SouthernGospelMusic]

at least it’s not speedtech

[@Noviceedc_]

I would like to volunteer.

[@Waynes-xt9gr]

I was thinking of doing that one day, but my brother's good friend who passed, Melvin......told me it requires alot more than just easy questions.

[@FF5754]

Something else to add too, just like here in Florida when we had reds to take our pov to a call instead of the station. If you get in a wreck, or while at a scene someone damages your vehicle on purpose or accident, your personal insurance will give you a very hard time and doesn't want to cover your claim. Seen it a few times. The insurance scumbags are out for money, not paying a claim. Then they claim that you didn't have under or un insured motorist covered and try to fuck you that way too.

[@pakopepefdez185]

volunteers? is there no market for community safety in Hawai?

[@Waynes-xt9gr]

there is.....just that they are busy eating manapua....:0 and sorry to say only volunteer neighbors with reflective vests do the patrols

[@lonelypigeon7562]

Dept of Emergency Management, otherwise known formerly as Oahu Civil Defense or State Civil Defense....you would publicly see them in the Honolulu City Lights parades in the past. I agree totally with Mr. Cummings, about the use of "orange caution light bars".....people dont take them serious enough! So I feel if they are volunteering their time and costs to help out HPD, HFD, EMS, Lifeguards, and even National Guard (on crisis), they SHOULD be officially noted as part of an "emergency response vehicle". And due to the past Lisa Au case, absolutely NO ONE should be equipped with blue lights in any place on their vehicles.....and beleive me, I DO SEE a few cars, SUVs and trucks with them on...making them look "cool".......not gonna be cool when you hear a siren BURP and HPD speakers tell you to pull over!

[@ahrred3127]

Yoo Test drive unlimited vibe

[@arislopes1924]

Lowkey sponsored by Toyota

[@kevinsorare]

What do I do with this information if I live in the mainland....

[@Daniel-jv1zs]

Maybe one day these vehicles will come to Germany, thanks KZbin then

[@franciscogarcia130]

Clinton is that you

[@rishisolanki783]

TOYOTA

[@04smallmj]

SKODA

[@shahimagesyt]

Lets go places

[@officerzarius9958]

Jeremy DeWitt anyone?

[@SCOHunter]

SARRRGENT!

[@brianberthold3118]

and when people see red lights on face emergency vehicles people will stop caring about red lights ...

[@ryanjacobsen9557]

Toyota power

[@dominickschirripa4802]

What the fuck? I'm in New York.

[@anjelyee9677]

0:43 i thought he said roblox lol

[@imtheboss8414]

Road blocks

[@anjelyee9677]

@@imtheboss8414 Yeah i know

[@midnapoonovabuslfsfan541]

LOL I WAS GONNA PUT THE SAME THING! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@uhmmjxckson8755]

Lol this was in my reccomended

[@sebby324]

E

[@YukariAkiyama]

But.... who decided to recommend this to me?

[@ryanoptekar7654]

Toy yoda 4 runnners

[@SebastianVG85]

Today (Nov/15/2020) KZbin Recommend this video, and not the day that this video was posted (Mar/10/2016). Seriously KZbin... WTF?

[@keshonjoseph6023]

Um....why is this in my recommendation?

[@anorthcanadianfriend6027]

ffs here comes authority abuse

[@humphreysimataa3288]

Am just a 15 year old boy. I was driving and all of a sudden a presidential escort came past me and I was really shocked

[@pmaynge6965]

AKA, WHACKERS

[@Dylan_Sterling]

Straight whacker!

[@TheMW2informer]

They should drive American vehicles

[@Cryptonymicus]

They do. Toyotas are made in the US (and Canada too). And a lot of so-called "US" brands are made in Mexico.

[@TheMW2informer]

Cryptonymicus American makes are what all the cops use hear in the mainland, which is what they should use.

[@bouchee2007]

@@TheMW2informer care to elaborate on why? a reliable vehicle is all that matters, and the volunteers are not police, so your argument is invalid.

[@TheMW2informer]

Eboucher from what it says on the screen at 1:30 , you would be right, it doesn’t matter the make if it’s just any vehicle that will pass inspection. That could be any make or type of vehicle per the criteria shown on screen.

[@johnnymarinara3797]

Those are their personal vehicles, which means that they were able to choose something reliable.

[@Solocat1]

What a joke. Frustrated "Want to bs".

[@TriColorMonk]

Not really...

[@ChathamFireDeptfan]

They explained they save the city money by not being paid, if “want to bs” save money for the city and are sanctioned by the city to use lights then someone with a 3rd grade knowledge could conclude they are actual assists to the community not “want to bs”

[@chrislorentz843]

Wannabes by what metric? People get salty over the dumbest shit lmao

[@buzman1985]

They need Ambers.

[@fuhwurd]

they just said that amber lights look like vehicles from the DOT

[@buzman1985]

@Derek Nah, they still need ambers. They’re fucking Volly’s and they don’t need fucking reds.

[@buzman1985]

@@fuhwurd Oh well, dude that named his KZbin account of an a Motorola business class radio.

[@buzman1985]

@@baddriversofthenorcalarea500 Amber would still do fine. Fucking Volly’s don’t need red.

[@Waynes-xt9gr]

@@buzman1985 nope! IF the bridge at north shore is washed out and a volunteer with amber lights flashing warns them, you think a tourist or 4x4 will cooperate?? F NO! But if you have RED lights, next to HFD or EMS, that WILL mean something! Long time ago, Honolulu REACT and OAHU ALERT (both CB radio volunteer grps) used to do the same thing.....