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minus-squareKazuchijouNo@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·1 year agoI love the detail on the ambulance, even the word “ambulance” is mirrored
minus-squarebrachypelmasmithi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year 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-up9·1 year agoIt’s because Leonardo da Vinci created the first ambulance.
minus-squareInfernal_pizza@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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-squareVincent@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAnd presumably in the rear-view mirror as well :P
minus-squaretherealn000b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 year 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-up2·1 year agoHuh, what country is this ambulance design from?
minus-squareKazuchijouNo@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIs this literally the picture that the artist used as reference? Everything matches, even the blue and red on the side
minus-squarelurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 year agodeleted by creator
I love the detail on the ambulance, even the word “ambulance” is mirrored
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.
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
And presumably in the rear-view mirror as well :P
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)
Is this literally the picture that the artist used as reference? Everything matches, even the blue and red on the side
ah damn, fair enough
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