fire truck running hard on a red light and cross traffic

engine responding to mva on the freeway we get canceld on top of the accident no injuries hard running Q,air horn & sirens.

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[thisisbullcrap101]

just like a lawyer chasing an ambulance.

[thisisbullcrap101]

m.v.a. = motor vehicle accident... have you been drinking?

[thisisbullcrap101]

yup, i agree , i was not driver.

[jville533]

I'm a fire fighter and also a professional truck driver, yes its hard to hear when your behind the wheel of a semi, B U T.... running red lights DOES NOT....DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT OF WAY at a red light or stop sign.....it's A S K I N G for the right of way. My fire chief would have that driver out from behind the wheel and in the backseats

[thisisbullcrap101]

@jville533 yup i concur,i was not driver.

[ffx422photo]

Yall need to look up the word(s) "due regard". Means proceed with caution. In EVOC classes they actually teach new drivers this technique because you never know who isnt going to listen an just plow through an intersection. Therefore drivers, still in priority 1 (lights an siren), still need to proceed with caution.

[SlickSpencer8live]

Here we go with the arguing and flame wars with the the nerdy fire guys! Facepalm. This video is a great example of why people shouldn't upload and put on YouTube cause it can get a lot of people in trouble....

[EnjoyFirefighting]

@AmericanNinja85 ahh okay. we just let the siren run and never use the horn. Well the martin horn is actually a two tone air horn. Works perfectly

[AmericanNinja85]

@EnjoyFirefighting We dont make a complete stop either unless we see traffic isnt stoping we yield slow down look both ways Sound the Air Horn and continue on we dont have to make a complete stop as long as we do those things its good enough

[EnjoyFirefighting]

@AmericanNinja85 I think if we stop at each intersection / red light, then we wouldn't be able to keep in the max. response time of 10 minutes - from one single station to any corner of the city. Of course if necessary we slow down, but I can't remember a single time where we came to a complete stop ^^

[AmericanNinja85]

@EnjoyFirefighting

well we can run fast and safe also if we see the cross traffic has stopped but we still dont 1. because here its illegal and two we just slow down and yield anyways to be extra safe and if we just blast it we could get in a huge amount of trouble !

[EnjoyFirefighting]

@AmericanNinja85 true. I have to say that we go both fast and safe: e.g. we can blast through red lights and intersection without slowing down, of course only when we see that cross traffic stopped. Also driving in the oncoming traffic lane is quite normal

[AmericanNinja85]

@EnjoyFirefighting I know it is a little different region to region but either way should still drive with due reguard and drive responslbly

[EnjoyFirefighting]

@AmericanNinja85 that's the difference from region to region and country to country: Here we do have the legal right of way when responding with lights and sirens (the driver can switch the siren off on his own responsibility)

[AmericanNinja85]

@jville533

I am a Firefigther also i couldnt agree more ! Yes we are just asking for the Right away we dont legally have the right a way