[quote name='apb2148' post='41939' date='Oct 9 2006, 09:42 ']I imagine that this has been asked before, but what is the green light stand for, on the front of the rig?
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The red and green lights date from the late teens or early 20's when the Chicago Fire Commissioner was a man with a maritime background. On planes and boats red and green are used to denote port and starboard. Red is port and green is starboard. He thought that it would be go for use on the department vehicles so they started placing red and green lenses over the headlights shortly afterwards. This has continued to today not only in Chicago but in many of the Chicago suburbs where it is far more common to see red and green in a light bar or on the face of the truck than red and blue.
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The red and green lights date from the late teens or early 20's when the Chicago Fire Commissioner was a man with a maritime background. On planes and boats red and green are used to denote port and starboard. Red is port and green is starboard. He thought that it would be go for use on the department vehicles so they started placing red and green lenses over the headlights shortly afterwards. This has continued to today not only in Chicago but in many of the Chicago suburbs where it is far more common to see red and green in a light bar or on the face of the truck than red and blue.
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