Would you...

jack uk · 13 May 2008 at 11:26

Pull over onto a high curve (almost certainly scratching your rims) to let an emergency services vehicle past?

Rilot · 13 May 2008 at 11:27

Toker · 13 May 2008 at 11:29

done it once before and dented my RH cups dish

Tony Williams · 13 May 2008 at 11:35

Yes, or speed up real quick where it would be safer to let the emergency vehicle pass.

therealnerd2 · 13 May 2008 at 11:37

yes, but cringe. And try and do it at a really sharp angle to not hurt the rims.

[TW]Fox · 13 May 2008 at 11:38

jack uk said:
Pull over onto a high curve (almost certainly scratching your rims) to let an emergency services vehicle past?

No. There is no need - they are trained to pass you. I'd pull over as close as I could and remain stationary.

therealnerd2 · 13 May 2008 at 11:40

[TW]Fox;11677845 said:
No. There is no need - they are trained to pass you. I'd pull over as close as I could and remain stationary.

I am assuming he means in a queue of traffic etc where there is no room to pass.

Toker · 13 May 2008 at 11:40

[TW]Fox;11677845 said:
No. There is no need - they are trained to pass you. I'd pull over as close as I could and remain stationary.

what if you're on a two lane section in a town with high curbs at each side and no other route for the emergency vehicle to get through, as was the case with me and an ambulance

paradigm · 13 May 2008 at 11:41

Toker said:
what if you're on a two lane section in a town with high curbs at each side and no other route for the emergency vehicle to get through, as was the case with me and an ambulance

I would slowly mount the kerb, tyre first. Taking an extra 10 seconds to let them through is better than not letting them through at all.

Toker · 13 May 2008 at 11:41

therealnerd2 said:
yes, but cringe. And try and do it at a really sharp angle to not hurt the rims.

thats what I did, hence denting the dish rather than curbing

[TW]Fox · 13 May 2008 at 11:41

You are not expected to damage your vehicle to let the emergency services pass on their way to, on the balance of probabilities, a lady with a sore throat or a cat stuck up a tree.

Can't say its a situation I've ever found myself in though.

EddScott · 13 May 2008 at 11:42

If you have to, you have to.

Read people trying to make claims over damaged wheels but you won't get anywhere.

therealnerd2 · 13 May 2008 at 11:42

Toker said:
thats what I did, hence denting the dish rather than curbing

Humm, I can't really imagine this damaging my rims tyre-first as paradigm says - was it a massive curb at speed?

therealnerd2 · 13 May 2008 at 11:43

[TW]Fox;11677869 said:
You are not expected to damage your vehicle to let the emergency services pass on their way to, on the balance of probabilities, a lady with a sore throat or a cat stuck up a tree.

Can't say its a situation I've ever found myself in though.

So you're gonna sit there while an ambulance is blaring its nee-naws (

)behind you?

Toker · 13 May 2008 at 11:43

paradigm said:
I would slowly mount the kerb, tyre first. Taking an extra 10 seconds to let them through is better than not letting them through at all.

when the curbs right next to you then you can't do it tyre first as such, just whatever angle is available at full lock... well you probably could get away with it with normal wheels...curse deep dishes

[TW]Fox · 13 May 2008 at 11:44

therealnerd2 said:
So you're gonna sit there while an ambulance is blaring its nee-naws ( )behind you?

Maybe we have different opinions of really high curbs but I don't drive a 4x4! I'd mount a conventional curb but not those really huge things.

therealnerd2 · 13 May 2008 at 11:44

Toker said:
when the curbs right next to you then you can't do it tyre first as such, just whatever angle is available at full lock... well you probably could get away with it with normal wheels...curse deep dishes

I think i'd pull out a bit to get a slight run at the curb - that'll allow me to get out the way more effectively anyway.

paradigm · 13 May 2008 at 11:44

Toker said:
when the curbs right next to you then you can't do it tyre first as such, just whatever angle is available at full lock... well you probably could get away with it with normal wheels...curse deep dishes

If there was no way I could get up tyre first, slowly, or if it was higher than my splitter (in the Leon, its LOW), then no, I wouldn't mount then.

Toker · 13 May 2008 at 11:44

therealnerd2 said:
Humm, I can't really imagine this damaging my rims tyre-first as paradigm says - was it a massive curb at speed?

yea i'm talkin...maybe an 8inch curb give or take an inch and with an ambulance screaming up your ass you tend to do it at speed rather than slowly and methodically creeping up it

therealnerd2 · 13 May 2008 at 11:46

Toker said:
yea i'm talkin...maybe an 8inch curb give or take an inch and with an ambulance screaming up your ass you tend to do it at speed rather than slowly and methodically creeping up it

hummm, that is a big one