Garda sirens

Seanw12

Hello,I was in New York recently and I heard a lot of sirens from nypd cars,I was wondering are the siren tones wail Yelp phaser and rumbler on Garda cars if not what tones are on them?

Seanw12

Seanw12 wrote: »

Hello,I was in New York recently and I heard a lot of sirens from nypd cars,I was wondering are the siren tones wail Yelp phaser and rumbler on Garda cars if not what tones are on them?

No rumblers. Look up Garda cars on YouTube for examples of siren tones.

Rebelkid

Seanw12 wrote: »

Hello,I was in New York recently and I heard a lot of sirens from nypd cars,I was wondering are the siren tones wail Yelp phaser and rumbler on Garda cars if not what tones are on them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzIDxAVr5mE

Seanw12

there is an Toyota avensis Garda car on Yoruba the video is 23 seconds long at the start it sounds like a phaser tone or am I just imagining it

Seanw12

Seanw12 wrote: »

there is an Toyota avensis Garda car on Yoruba the video is 23 seconds long at the start it sounds like a phaser tone or am I just imagining it

The 11 reg Avensis have them alright. Great siren to have. It's a shame all the vehicles don't have them.

Mycroft H

Do the cars anymore have Two-Tones? Hi-lo sort of thing, I used to hear them about dublin but wasn't sure if it were a HSE wagon or some DFB one.

irishgti

The new cars only have 1 siren I believe it's a shame

Mycroft H wrote: »

Do the cars anymore have Two-Tones? Hi-lo sort of thing, I used to hear them about dublin but wasn't sure if it were a HSE wagon or some DFB one.

Mycroft H

Mycroft H wrote: »

Do the cars anymore have Two-Tones? Hi-lo sort of thing, I used to hear them about dublin but wasn't sure if it were a HSE wagon or some DFB one.

DFB still have the two tone but it's not used as much.

irishgti

irishgti wrote: »

The new cars only have 1 siren I believe it's a shame

The Hyundai's have the same sirens as the old Mondeo.

Mister Jingles

Think the bikes still have a two tone of some sort. There's also a 05 vectra that I see often that has two tones but its been a while since I heard it.

New sirens on the Hyundai's are the same as what's on the older mondeos etc. The new unmarked stuff have different ones though.

Mister Jingles

Mister Jingles wrote: »

Think the bikes still have a two tone of some sort. There's also a 05 vectra that I see often that has two tones but its been a while since I heard it.

Some of the bikes.

http://youtu.be/rEqxbqW_zAg

http://youtu.be/Dk7BZwWNM68

I think the new BMW bikes have a different siren.

Mister Jingles

Up until only a few years ago GMP used the old traditional two-tone and done away with it for some reason.

I love when the DFB use the two tone on their older appliances.

Mister Jingles

Mister Jingles wrote: »

Up until only a few years ago GMP used the old traditional two-tone and done away with it for some reason.

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I'm rewatching X Cars on YouTube, it's great hearing the two tones on all the vehicles!

carzony

foreign wrote: »

I'm rewatching X Cars on YouTube, it's great hearing the two tones on all the vehicles!

I recently came across X cars by accident a few weeks ago on youtube. What a great programme and really cool unmarked cars were used at the time. The series must be seriously old by now judging by cars, clothing and basic camera work.

carzony

carzony wrote: »

I recently came across X cars by accident a few weeks ago on youtube. What a great programme and really cool unmarked cars were used at the time. The series must be seriously old by now judging by cars, clothing and basic camera work.

1997 apparently. I remember watching it when I would have been better served studying for the leaving!

Terrontress

I thought that the modern view is that there should be several siren tones on ES vehicles so that other road users can distinguish that more than one is approaching.

Also, I have heard two tone sirens in the UK recently, but they are electronic tones, not air horns.

flazio

Fire engines have never sounded right without two tone air horns imo.

carzony

foreign wrote: »

1997 apparently. I remember watching it when I would have been better served studying for the leaving!

No wonder I don't remember it. I would have been in nappies at the time:o

Seanw12

So do all Garda cars have different sirens?

Seanw12

Seanw12 wrote: »

So do all Garda cars have different sirens?

Depends who kits them out.

thekopend

So where does nee naw come into all this!?

Seanw12

Who supply's the gaurds with sirens ?

Rebelkid

Seanw12 wrote: »

Who supply's the gaurds with sirens ?

Majority are haztec I believe.

looksee

Our local Patricks day parade had about five different emergency services all together - the cacophony of horns and sirens was deafening - but fun - the kids loved it.

thekopend

thekopend wrote: »

So where does nee naw come into all this!?

After many years hard service including times when only the nee worked it is enjoying it's retirement.

Bosh

foreign wrote: »

After many years hard service including times when only the nee worked it is enjoying it's retirement.

So that's where it went!! We only ever had the 'Naw'!!

Capri

Who supply's the gaurds with sirens ?

Rebelkid wrote: »

Majority are haztec I believe.

I think North Korea supplied the one on the Pearse St Transit Connect

D Trent

https://instagram.com/p/7YiE7plbaS/

Rebelkid

D Trent wrote: »

https://instagram.com/p/7YiE7plbaS/

Personally I think its a great sounding siren, very unique!

Capri

D Trent wrote: »

https://instagram.com/p/7YiE7plbaS/

That one's grand, but for some reason it's only the Connect that has a 'tinny' siren - no matter what you have tho' it's useless if the cars won't move over :mad:

Mister Jingles

Capri wrote: »

no matter what you have tho' it's useless if the cars won't move over :mad:

In fairness it can't be helped at times. Traffic is traffic at the end of the day.

Capri

Mister Jingles wrote: »

In fairness it can't be helped at times. Traffic is traffic at the end of the day.

In as far as possible it's up to the EV driver to try to predict the road ahead and make his way through - I remember seeing a Lifeline Discovery trying to push through traffic when there was an empty bus lane to his left :rolleyes:

Capri

Capri wrote: »

In as far as possible it's up to the EV driver to try to predict the road ahead and make his way through - I remember seeing a Lifeline Discovery trying to push through traffic when there was an empty bus lane to his left :rolleyes:

AGS instructors tell the lads not to use the bus lanes. I'd imagine it's the same with their instructors.

Mycroft H

[Deleted User] wrote: »

AGS instructors tell the lads not to use the bus lanes. I'd imagine it's the same with their instructors.

Funny, I've seen them use the hard shoulder on the N7 outside naas once.

Mycroft H

Mycroft H wrote: »

Funny, I've seen them use the hard shoulder on the N7 outside naas once.

Just because an instructor said it doesn't mean people will do it all the time. Sometimes it may be the best way to go.

We should teach this to drivers here;

Capri

Originally Posted by foreign
AGS instructors tell the lads not to use the bus lanes. I'd imagine it's the same with their instructors.


Funny, I've seen them use the hard shoulder on the N7 outside naas once

I regularly see one particular member use the bus lane/hard shoulder c.5pm to 'get home ?? ' (same car/similar time/same distinctive driver/..:rolleyes: ) when I'm stuck out on the motorway in bumper to bumper, but for emergency use then surely they should be trained to read the road/situation ahead - certainly if there's a line of buses in the bus lane then it's not wise to use it but if it's empty and the other lanes are blocked then it's quicker than hoping the ordinary motorist will move out of your way (buses and taxis will be more professional,know what to do, and yield quicker than other motorists)