2007-12-17 21:38:13 · 13 answers · asked by jeyas 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
like everyone mentioned, so you can read it in your rearview... but it also means the driver can get away with stuff other people cant, like driving through the medium, going through lights, etc.... (ok not completely true, but when you think about it, it kinda is... )
2007-12-20 19:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by firechick1721 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The letters of the word ambulance are reversely spelled so that they appeared legible when seen in mirrors. The light bounces back on the mirror and creates the inverse of the image. The image created on mirrors were virtual images. You can see the words of ambulance are written correctly. Therefore, the driver of the vehicle ahead will give way.
2013-11-18 18:22:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is written that because the drivers who are infront of the ambulance will be able to read the words by looking at the rearview mirror and give way...ofcourse the ambulances have even sirens but police and others also use the sirens. so to let the vehicles in front give way to an ambulance the word is written as a mirror image.
2007-12-18 05:46:27 · answer #3 · answered by ramarao p 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
How can the driver determine if it is an Ambulance or not? The driver can see in the mirror the horizontally inverted word "Ambulance".
2007-12-18 07:09:23 · answer #4 · answered by Kyle J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we see a word in mirror it appears in reverse manner, words may be confusing if we see in reverse, Ambulance is an emegence service, so people need it to be fast. As the driver in the front vehicle is able to read that it is ambulance, so that he gives the way clear. so to be able to get clear view of there service it is written in that manner.
2007-12-18 07:00:41 · answer #5 · answered by vr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ambulance is written that way so you can read it in your rear-vision mirror, as it speeds up behind you.
2007-12-18 06:18:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
So tht the driver of the vehicle in front of the ambulance can read it properly in his rear-view mirror and give way.
2007-12-18 05:46:41 · answer #7 · answered by Sunflower 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the reason y word ambulance is written inversely coz
we can see it in our rear mirror if its bhind us...n let is go ahead...
according to traffic rules..ambulance should be allowed to overtake...and it break even signals...
2007-12-18 05:51:12 · answer #8 · answered by ... 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So a driver seeing the ambulance in his/her rear-vision mirror can read it
2007-12-18 05:44:37 · answer #9 · answered by KeplJoey 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
its return inverse so that the driver in the vehicle ahead to it should see it correctly from his mirror . if it is written straight i will been seen in the reverse way in the mirror of the front vehicle driver.
2007-12-18 05:47:25 · answer #10 · answered by vandana 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋