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    There was no need for that.

    There was No Need for That.

    So I'm tootling down Beechnut; I'm on my way to Whole Foods to pick up Lupo. I'm actually doing the speed limit (for once!) and the vehicle in front of me is a good 20 feet (if not slightly further) ahead. As I'm going on, this black vehicle's driver think's he can slide is car between the other and I.

    I slam on the breaks and lean on the horn and Hope that I don't wind up smashing head on into the idiot. I have a nearly 1000 mile drive to make this weekend! The driver (some guy) looks at me as if I was in HIS driving Space! WTF?!

    It did strike me as funny that there was a ambulance where the black car had come from. How convenient.



    ATTENTION HOUSTON DRIVERS!

    When you see an Ambulance with his sirens going and his lights a flashing, that means you need to get the hell out of the way! Either get out of the lane he's in or pull over! MY GOD, what if it was YOU in that thing?! Wouldn't YOU want to get to the hospital as FAST as POSSIBLE?!
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    Quoth Evil Queen View Post
    There was No Need for That.


    ATTENTION HOUSTON DRIVERS!

    When you see an Ambulance with his sirens going and his lights a flashing, that means you need to get the hell out of the way! Either get out of the lane he's in or pull over! MY GOD, what if it was YOU in that thing?! Wouldn't YOU want to get to the hospital as FAST as POSSIBLE?!
    Im not sure about other states but I know in Michigan that it's a BIG fine if you do not get out of the way of any emergency vehicle. My friend is an EMT and she said that if the EMT not driving is up front and sees people not giving right-of-way then they take down the plate number and the cops send a nice warning letter to the owner of the car.

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    • #3
      Quoth traylk View Post
      Im not sure about other states but I know in Michigan that it's a BIG fine if you do not get out of the way of any emergency vehicle. My friend is an EMT and she said that if the EMT not driving is up front and sees people not giving right-of-way then they take down the plate number and the cops send a nice warning letter to the owner of the car.
      We have huge fines here in North Carolina for that sort of thing as well, especially due to the fact that we've actually had collisions occur involving either ambulances or fire trucks because some moron didn't pull over and get out of the way.

      There was one tragic accident that comes to mind that happened back in the early to mid 1980's at an intersection not far from me. A lady didn't get out of the way of a fire truck who was racing to get to a call (lights and siren were working - no way she couldn't have heard or seen) at the light and they collided - the woman died.

      But still, some folks here only take getting out of the way as a mere suggestion.
      Human Resources - the adult version of "I'm telling Mom." - Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (NCIS)

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      • #4
        It IS bad in NC. Down by Concord Mills (super mall) one time I saw an ambulence trying to get through, and witnessed people coming off the highway turning IN FRONT of the ambulence. Geez.
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