Fire engines
Japanese fire engines are red. The thing is that they are yellow supreises my younger son about fire engines in the USA.
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posted by Lucy @ 2:04 AM
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January 14, 2007
Japanese fire engines are red. The thing is that they are yellow supreises my younger son about fire engines in the USA.
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Fire engines SHOULD be RED, for God's sake! (just kidding :)) - but they are red here in Hungary, too! Being them red is like the icecream being cold and flowers smelling nice and so on... It is a must. I totally see you son's point, Lucy.
Fire Engines are red here in Australia too.
Your son definitely has it right.
Much like that Mercedes Benz safety study in the early 80's, yellow fire engines are more visible than red ones.
So that's the likely reason.
Szélső Fa,
I think red's image is strong. Anyway I am afraid of fire and earthquake..
Rebecca,
Thank you. But I think yellow fire engines might be cool..
LanternLight,
In western countries, buses and trucks are made by Mercedes Benz.
I have ever seen them in Japan.
I doubt yellow being more visible than red...
Oh wow - I never saw a yellow fire engine either!
But yes, apparently, lanternlight is correct - yellow is meant to be the safest colour vehicle to own!
Oh wow - I never saw a yellow fire engine either!
But yes, apparently, lanternlight is correct - yellow is meant to be the safest colour vehicle to own!
They are usually red here too. But, some cities have yellow ones. I don't know why.
Same thing with police cars. Most cities have black and white police cars. But, some cities have white cars with blue (or some other color) stripes and letters.
szelsofa,
Yes,
But I found LEGO "Airport Firetruck"
http://shop.lego.com/product/?p=7891&LangId=2057&ShipTo=AU
muse-ic,
Why are fire engines red in Japan?
They said first imported fire engin
was red in Japan..
Jay,
I think the USA has indipedent mind contry. We can't miss Yellow fire engins at night.
Wow, I never did see a yellow fire engine ever..that is a first for me. TAxi's are yellow here, a very safe color I must say.
I'm not sure why fire engines are red in Japan - they are red in the UK also.
I think it is maybe because red is a colour associated with danger and fire?
muse-ic,
I checked web sights in Japanese.
They said we can imagin fire. And we are careful with fire, when we see red fire engines....
aahh...i was on the right lines then.
thanks for looking!
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