Strobe-lights versus zwaailichten : advies ten behoeve van de Algemene Inspectie van het Korps Rijkspolitie.

At present, police patrol cars in the Netherlands are equipped with blue flash lights consisting of two sets of three hologen-incandescent lamps each with seperate reflectors. The sets are mounted at both ends of a cross-bar on the top of the vehicle roof. For a number of reasons however it was decided to replace these incandescent lamps by two Xenon strobe-lights. These flash alternatively with a similar flash frequency as is used with the incandescent lamps. The test method is described and the results are presented.