{"id":1047,"date":"2012-01-17T18:02:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T18:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2012-08-14T19:19:36","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T19:19:36","slug":"aetna-and-asm-adopt-full-battenburg-visibility-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/aetna-and-asm-adopt-full-battenburg-visibility-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Aetna and ASM Adopt Full Battenburg Visibility Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1691\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1691\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1691 \" title=\"ASM Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg\" src=\"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mercedes-Sprinters-A-2-300x199.png\" alt=\"ASM Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mercedes-Sprinters-A-2-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mercedes-Sprinters-A-2-451x300.png 451w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mercedes-Sprinters-A-2.png 903w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ASM Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MANCHESTER &#8212; In an effort to further our use of cutting edge research in vehicle visibility design, ASM and Aetna have elected to adopt &#8220;full Battenburg&#8221; design on our newly added Mercedes Sprinter ambulances.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1141\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1141\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1141\" title=\"Aetna Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg\" src=\"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Aetna-Mercedes-Sprinter-Ambulance-1-300x218.png\" alt=\"Aetna Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aetna Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since purchasing the first Dodge Sprinters from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aev.com\/\">American Emergency Vehicles<\/a>\u00a0in 2009 we have utilized a custom-made smaller-block &#8220;Sillitoe marking&#8221;\u00a0design with 4 x 4 inch\u00a0retro-reflective blocks (as seen in the picture on our mast-head above).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Research has shown that larger blocks are even more effective in signaling their presense to the naked eye while the vehicle is in motion.<!--more-->\u00a0This is especially true in\u00a0peripheral vision of other drivers. Classic stripes are thought to blend in with the\u00a0horizon in peripheral vision.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1119\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1119\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1119\" title=\"ASM Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg\" src=\"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mercedes-Sprinter-12P-300x173.png\" alt=\"ASM Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mercedes-Sprinter-12P-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mercedes-Sprinter-12P-500x289.png 500w, https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mercedes-Sprinter-12P.png 860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ASM Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can read more about Vehicle Conspicuity on our website by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aetnaambulance.net\/sprinter.php\">clicking here<\/a>\u00a0and selecting the FEMA Conspicuity Article.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1142\" style=\"width: 3018px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1142\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1142\" title=\"Aetna Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg\" src=\"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mercedes-Sprinters-010.jpg\" alt=\"Aetna Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg\" width=\"3008\" height=\"2000\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aetna Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1129\" style=\"width: 3018px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1129\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1129\" title=\"ASM Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg\" src=\"http:\/\/asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Mercedes-Sprinters-001.jpg\" alt=\"ASM Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg\" width=\"3008\" height=\"2000\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ASM Mercedes Sprinter Ambulance in Battenburg<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aR4b9IwdXZg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANCHESTER &#8212; In an effort to further our use of cutting edge research in vehicle visibility design, ASM and Aetna have elected to adopt &#8220;full Battenburg&#8221; design on our newly added Mercedes Sprinter ambulances. 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