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Hi,
Quick question...
Myself and a friend were stuck in a queue of traffic recently in his lowered MX5.
The traffic was queuing on both sides of a fairly narrow road and had been stationary for about 5-6 minutes due to it being rush hour on a piece of road close to two very busy junctions.
We heard the sirens of a police car coming down the road towards us from the rear. The vehicles on both sides started to mount the pavement to create a gap down the middle of the road for the emergency vehicle to get through.
Luckily for us we happened to be right by a drop-kerb, so my friend was able to drive up onto that to allow the police car to get past.
We then discussed what he could have done if his car had been on a normal part of the road without a drop kerb.
He couldn't mount the pavement like the other vehicles as he would have caused significant damage to the body work of the MX5.
If he has just sat there the police car would have had a much harder job to get past. If it had been a fire engine, it would not have been able to proceed.
What's the consensus here? Mount the kerb and damage his car, or sit tight and hope other vehicles will provide sufficient space?
Hussman
Quick question...
Myself and a friend were stuck in a queue of traffic recently in his lowered MX5.
The traffic was queuing on both sides of a fairly narrow road and had been stationary for about 5-6 minutes due to it being rush hour on a piece of road close to two very busy junctions.
We heard the sirens of a police car coming down the road towards us from the rear. The vehicles on both sides started to mount the pavement to create a gap down the middle of the road for the emergency vehicle to get through.
Luckily for us we happened to be right by a drop-kerb, so my friend was able to drive up onto that to allow the police car to get past.
We then discussed what he could have done if his car had been on a normal part of the road without a drop kerb.
He couldn't mount the pavement like the other vehicles as he would have caused significant damage to the body work of the MX5.
If he has just sat there the police car would have had a much harder job to get past. If it had been a fire engine, it would not have been able to proceed.
What's the consensus here? Mount the kerb and damage his car, or sit tight and hope other vehicles will provide sufficient space?
Hussman