Flashers

Flashers and flys and mag spoons doing best.

People get nervous with the lack of visibility and drive slowly with their flashers on.

Alberta's transportation ministry says some improvements have been made, including safety and traffic-calming measures, citing the installation of red-light flashers, rumble strips and "stop sign ahead" signs, as well as painted messaging on the road.

They're told they need the biggest guns, the biggest, fastest vehicles, the brightest, loudest flashers and sirens.

I’ve upgraded to larger portables and Vexilar flashers with more bells and whistles — first an FL-18 and later an FLX-28 — but I still have both my old Fish Trap and that bare-bones FL-8.

But in its article the said these leading flashers were “blundering”.

The crosswalk from the recreation centre to the east parking area was chosen for its high pedestrian traffic and enhanced lighting that includes flashers.

These days the flashers on the roof are so low profile as to be unnoticeable except when flashing and the only signage that can be seen is from the side.

Funeral service vehicles may be equipped with light bars and special flashers to increase their visibility on the roads.