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minus-squarebrachypelmasmithi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·5 months agoiirc it’s so that the text will appear correctly in the side mirrors of a car ahead of the ambulance but I’m sure there’s more to it than that
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoIt’s because Leonardo da Vinci created the first ambulance.
minus-squaretherealn000b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-25 months agoNope, that’s it! Edit: picture of one https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTjvM5N7qC4Cg7Hy-RfR-ZQvtIqtmaSCpnZ4gKqJoC3EKCECigRlNkvqL6S&s=10
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoHuh, what country is this ambulance design from?
minus-squareVincent@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoAnd presumably in the rear-view mirror as well :P
minus-squareInfernal_pizza@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoUnless you’re James May and forget to mirror the letters themselves: https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/topgear/images/3/37/Top-Gear-James's_Undertaker_Ambulance.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150312140601
Why is it mirrored?
iirc it’s so that the text will appear correctly in the side mirrors of a car ahead of the ambulance but I’m sure there’s more to it than that
It’s because Leonardo da Vinci created the first ambulance.
Nope, that’s it!
Edit: picture of one https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTjvM5N7qC4Cg7Hy-RfR-ZQvtIqtmaSCpnZ4gKqJoC3EKCECigRlNkvqL6S&s=10
Huh, what country is this ambulance design from?
Australia (Victoria)
ah damn, fair enough
And presumably in the rear-view mirror as well :P
Oh wow. That makes sense
Unless you’re James May and forget to mirror the letters themselves: https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/topgear/images/3/37/Top-Gear-James's_Undertaker_Ambulance.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150312140601