Lowered car vs emergency vehicle question

It always bugs me that people don't seem to realise if you are on a dual carriageway of traffic a good, safe way to create a path through the traffic is to create a gap between you and the car in front and the emergency vehicle to navigate safely. Often people do things like mounting the kerb for no reason.

Oh and it's really stupid for people to use the emergency vehicles that pass and cause cars to get out the way as their own way to get past a few cars. I have seen it several times where I have pulled in, the ev passes and just as I check my mirrors to pull away some moron seems to think it's acceptable to follow behind and get past a few cars as well! Infuriating!
 
I was waiting at the front of the two lane lights at the end of commercial road at aldgate two days ago. I was in left lane, 2 lorries beside me, 2 cars and a bus behind me. Ambulance behind the bus with its blues on. I move as far left as I could and slightly into the cycle stop area, person behind does similar but still not a big enough gap to get through so we're sat there for about 45 seconds with no movement. Lights go green and I pull in front of the lorries and continue into the right hand turn land (onto commercial st) still on the lookout for the ambulance incase he wanted to go in front of me... To my absolute shock he actually slowed down to a crawl alongside me and the driver started mouthing off and gesculating wildly at me - all whilst his sirens/blues were going!! Then sped off. Very bizarre and wildly unprofessional I'd say!
 
TallPaul_S said:
I see this so much, some people freeze when they hear sirens and just stop in the most stupid places, instead of driving on normally and letting them past at the right time.

Granted, it's easier on a bike to let emergency vehicles past, only issue is in heavy traffic we normally catch them back up within a minute or 2 :p
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Haha, so true. Plus it's rare for an emergency vehicle to catch me on my bike in any sort of traffic :p
 
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