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minus-squareKazuchijouNo@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI love the detail on the ambulance, even the word “ambulance” is mirrored
minus-squarelurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agowhen i trace things (with tracing paper) they come out like this. maybe it has been traced somehoehow
minus-squarebrachypelmasmithi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 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-squaretherealn000b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 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-up0·3 months agoHuh, what country is this ambulance design from?
minus-squareInfernal_pizza@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 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
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s because Leonardo da Vinci created the first ambulance.
minus-squareVincent@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoAnd presumably in the rear-view mirror as well :P
I love the detail on the ambulance, even the word “ambulance” is mirrored
when i trace things (with tracing paper) they come out like this. maybe it has been traced somehoehow
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
Oh wow. That makes sense
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)
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
It’s because Leonardo da Vinci created the first ambulance.
And presumably in the rear-view mirror as well :P