Emergency Vehicle Response

[batmanmick]

Good calm commonsense commentary, unlike some of the comments.

Guys doing a hard job, just common courtesy to let them do it. It is however sadly missing these days.

[ylen13]

Request denied. I will not get out of your way as you're not cops.

[garyco99]

First off, it is the law to pull over; second, purhaps it is your house or loved one we are in route to save..... Think about it.

[buckyVideostudios]

you should be more considerate than that, what if they are responding to a fully involved structure with intrapment, or an ambulance is responding to a cardiac arrest, knowin the guys at my department, if you dont get out of our way, we'll move you out of our way, they put those big shiny bumpers on their just for idiots like you.

[ylen13]

I hope they move me out of the way, that will result in nice lawsuit for pain and suffering. I hope your department has a good insurance.

[buckyVideostudios]

you say you wont move for an emergency vehicle because its not a cop, you have to remember we have the police dept on our side, in fact, there are many police officers in mine, and alot of other departments.were there to save lives, whats it gonna hurt losing 10 seconds of your life to move for a fire truck, or ambulance, if you would go and join a dept, you would know what a great feeling it is, i have saved a life before, theres no greater feeling than that, and the bumper thing was for fun.

[ylen13]

It's nice that you have police department on your side, but unless police officer witness the violation no citation can be issued. Understand that citation is issued to the driver of the vehicle and not the register owner.

[bigberetta]

Actually in some states (like mine) the officer DOES NOT have to see the violation. As long as the driver of the Emergency Vehicle (including a volunteer in his or her own vehicle) is willing to sign a complaint, you can be issued a citation for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.

[bigberetta]

And in case you doubt me... I have been in the emergency vehicle seen the other vehicle pass the EV, the EV driver called it in and was willing to sign. On return saw that the Sheriffs Office and State Patrol had the vehicle stopped and he was issued a citation... No Law Enforcement Officer has seen anything involved in the incident.

[ylen13]

Here is the problem with it, a driver of emergency vehicle can't make positive id. They see you maybe for 1-2 sec. Being that register owner is not required to tell cops who was driving his/her vehicle and the fact that ticket is issued to the driver and not the vehicle, as simple statement of it wasn't me driving will get ticket thrown out.

[BobZombie33]

Here's the fun part, you know those fun little radios we have in all of our rigs, we can use those to communicate with each other, oh, and also call ahead to state troopers to pull your stupid ass over. Whenever we have a call, we have troopers that follow infront of us, or behind us, or relatively close by, just to get idiots like you. You're a cops dream catch, because you're so ignorant you'd do it over, and over, and over, and over, and over again!

[MrFuckdisshit]

i agree i bet if that fucker got into an accident or his house was burning he would want us there quick now wouldnt he that fuckin errogant cocky ass son of a bitch pisses me off

[Countryboy2206]

haha dont worry we all have good insurance

[adam022695]

have a nice lonely death.

[ethicomm]

A couple of days ago I was driving along a road when an ambulance approached from the opposite direction. Even though there's a two foot high concrete divider down the middle of the road, people in front of me pulled over which they didn't have to do.

[pezzza16]

I wish there was a law in the UK that said pull over to the left and stop everyone panics and stops or races of in front

[UAL92]

there is a law for this in the uk

[kingkong0189]

needs a q. then cars will move

[krazyjk022]

It had a B&M Super Chief, it is smaller but just as loud.

[tomtomspace]

great video love it

[wis7dom]

Maybe I am wrong but if you are in the middle of the intersection and you see emergency vehicles, DO NOT MOVE!! They are highly trained and will move around you (unless you are totally blocking their path). As for oncoming cars that run "stale ambers"...it IS kind of scary!!! I've been in your situation.

The key is....DO NOT PANIC!

Awesome video. 5 stars from me too!

[maestrolamonde]

Oh sorry! I mentioned to say that this was an excellent video. Peace and stay safe.

[maestrolamonde]

I have a question...what should a car do if they are in the middle of the intersection making a left and it's gridlock and the car can't move out of the way? Should they just stay still and wait? Sorry, it's hard to explain. I have been a passenger in a car when this happened and the person driving was so panicked she was screaming. I closed my eyes and thought, I'm to young to die. I'm not easily rattled but to this day, I don't know what to do. I think I will ask our local fire dept.

[bellinghamfiredept]

I hate to disappoint anyone, but they are real lights on a real engine. Part of what you see is from a camera mounted on the dash of an ambulance responding to a call.  The segment about pulling to the right required multiple takes from different angles, so we did this as a demo on a quiet street.

[nagrom12]

Interesting how they didn't use real lights for the demo, just an effect.