Because they always have been red.
Police lights are the red and blue lights that use in an emergency. It was invented by a Superintendent of Signals for the Police Department of Detroit in 1920.
red and blue
Locally to me, the blue bar on the top of the car flashes (in some other states, I believe police use red lights, or red and blue) the headlights flash and the tail lights flash.
Police lights in the UK are blue only, unlike in the USA where they are blue on one side of the car and red on the other.
They are "Confirmation Lights" which are the WHITE or BLUE light located directly above a Traffic Signal and are utilised by the Police to detect "Red Light Runners".It is "lit" when the lights are on Red.This allows the Police to see if anyone has run the red light.
Red and Blue for law enforcement vehicles.
Typically, the strobes are blue and red.
Blue
You can only have red lights on the rear of your car. And blue lights are illegal to use on any car on the street they are only for emergency vehicles blue lights are for police only
red lights, lasers, vacuum tubes, some TV tubes, etc.
the lights you use to heat food ( like the red lights that heat the chicken they sell at Walmart,) the TV remote and a cat scan.
No, this is not permited in Canada for sure!