UK Police cars with fluorescent yellow or orange spot markings?

lightbulb · 20 Jul 2007 at 15:02

Does anyone know what the fluorescent yellow or orange spots on UK police vehicles mean/represnt? They are usually on the rear quarter panel on the driver and passenger sides of the car and seem to be around 15 cm in diameter, also there is a larger one on the roof, presumably for helicopters and the worlds tallest man.

I remember searching a while back and found something saying it related to whether there were firearms onboard or not. However, i can't find this or any other articles/sites which say anything about it.

Anyone here know what they mean?

[edit] heres a pic of a car I painted up in Forza where I included a yellow spot on the bootlid, quarter panels and roof (not visible in pic!) to give you an idea of what I'm on about.

Mr_White · 20 Jul 2007 at 15:11

I thought it was a yellow triangle in the rear window that denoted it was a firearms unit?

TheVoice · 20 Jul 2007 at 15:44

MPS (Met Police) ARVs will often have circular stickers at the corners of the front and rear windows, but not all services do this. All ARVs have a * on the roof though, regardless of which service they belong to. Dog Units will sometimes have a triangle on the roof (although there's plenty that don't), and the rest just have spots on the roof.

Jono · 20 Jul 2007 at 15:54

Mr_White said:
I thought it was a yellow triangle in the rear window that denoted it was a firearms unit?

Nah, that's baby on board.

lightbulb · 20 Jul 2007 at 18:32

Excellent info, any idea on what an orange spot represents?

Luke · 20 Jul 2007 at 19:06

They ran out of yellow spots?