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<x-charset ISO-8859-1>I absolutely can't believe that you noticed that, but you are right. However I am sure that the Transport Ministry and the Israel Standards Institute must have something to say on the matter. As pure speculation I would guess that most of these models aren't sold in Europe, and that Israel is too small a market to demand that e.g. Chevrolet produce special models just for here. Other American cars are sold here with amber indicators (e.g. Cadillacs - I notice these things too). So when these cars are sold here, the law must allow the US spec if no European spec model is available. American cars are a small proportion of the cars on the market, so the majority of cars on the road here are Euro spec. Daniel > Maybe there is none, that they just let the cars have what is issued by the car > manufacturers? I have noticed on the news (yeah, I do notice stuff like that) > that the Chevy ambulances you got there are US spec, and not Euro spec in > ligthing. > > PerL > 73 Variant L > > Daniel Baum wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > It would be interesting to know what the law is over here in Israel. While > > almost every car on the roads here has the "European" spec of amber > > indicators front and rear, some American cars and vans (but not all of them) > > such as the Chevrolet Cavalier have red indicators in the rear. This is > > presumably legal too. There aren't that many American cars on the roads here > > so it's quite confusing to see what looks like a flashing brake light up > > ahead. > > > > My 1999 Hyundai Accent has front and rear indicators that have white clear > > lenses, but flash amber. Presumably the bulbs are tinted rather than the > > lenses. > > > > Daniel Baum > > > > > > > > > > > Dave Campen wrote: > > > > > > > I've just remembered that > > > > white front and red rear turn-signals/ indicators are legal on pre '65 > > cars > > > > in the UK, although they were never common practice. > > > > > > I believe the same is true for Norway, legal on pre-67 cars which means I > > can > > > not have US spec tail lights on my 68 Bug (or my 73 for that matter). > > > > > > PerL > > > 73 Variant L > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org > > > > </x-charset>