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DB_SamX said:
For what? Going in the bus lane or appealing the ticket?

First one: most likely no now that I know that I could get a ticket for it. I'd prob slow down or get to the end of the bus lane.

Second one: defintiely yes.
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Not sure why this would happen. Surely the emergency vehicle would be the one to move into the bus lane?? :confused:
 
therealnerd2 said:
I don't really get this. All the training in the world isn't going to make the ambulance fly.

Your responsibility, in taking your vehicle on the road, is to make all effort possible to get the out of the way.

I mean, if it's a foot high kerb and theres no way you're getting up it, fair enough. But I would have thought most cars could get up a 6inch curb fairly easily.
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Well they are trained to pass you safely without causing danger or damage. whats hard to get? I'm sure theres a section in the highway code, which states something similar.

Obviously we as drivers have the responsibility to get out of the way when it is safe to do so but not at the risk of damaging my car. Well most cars would not have a problem but some are lowered, modified etc.
 
therealnerd2 said:
Your responsibility, in taking your vehicle on the road, is to make all effort possible to get the out of the way.
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Which, as al123 posted earlier, doesn't include mounting a kerb.

al123 said:
I know the OP’s question was what would you do and not what should do but this is what the Highway Code says.

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Emergency and Incident Support vehicles. You should look and listen for ambulances, fire engines, police, doctors or other emergency vehicles using flashing blue, red or green lights and sirens or flashing headlights, or Highways Agency Traffic Officer and Incident Support vehicles using flashing amber lights. When one approaches do not panic. Consider the route of such a vehicle and take appropriate action to let it pass, while complying with all traffic signs. If necessary, pull to the side of the road and stop, but try to avoid stopping before the brow of a hill, a bend or narrow section of road. Do not endanger yourself, other road users or pedestrians and avoid mounting the kerb. Do not brake harshly on approach to a junction or roundabout, as a following vehicle may not have the same view as you.
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I've never found myself in a situation where it was the only course of action to take fortunately but would as long as it didn't damage the vehicle.
 
therealnerd2 said:
Not sure why this would happen. Surely the emergency vehicle would be the one to move into the bus lane?? :confused:
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I guess it depends on what they're trained to do. Seems a bit dangerous to me as most peoples instinct would be to pull left if they saw/heard an emergency vehicle.
 
DannyDan said:
I guess it depends on what they're trained to do. Seems a bit dangerous to me as most peoples instinct would be to pull left if they saw/heard an emergency vehicle.
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I'd be a bit concerned about this too - technically undertaking. Any ambulance drivers on here?
 
Mr Joshua said:
Which, as al123 posted earlier, doesn't include mounting a kerb.
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Whoops missed that post - i will bow to the highway code, but i would still shuffle onto the curb if necessary.

DannyDan said:
I guess it depends on what they're trained to do. Seems a bit dangerous to me as most peoples instinct would be to pull left if they saw/heard an emergency vehicle.
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True, true. Guess it would depend on the other circumstances.
 
[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.
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And what if you were the one that delayed an ambulance from getting to a patient who was suffering a heart attack?

/edit - and no, i wouldn't mount a high kerb, so kinda contradicting myself by the above response to Fox :D
 
Phil W said:
And what if you were the one that delayed an ambulance from getting to a patient who was suffering a heart attack?
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By not being willing to crash my vehicle into the scenery to make space? :p

/edit - and no, i wouldn't mount a high kerb, so kinda contradicting myself by the above response to Fox :D
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There we go then :p Frankly I hardly think this is even an issue - I must move for an ambulance several times a month yet never, ever had I needed to mount a curb so it cant be that common.
 
Read my post on page two of this thread folks, a bit of insight. :cool:

We in the Fire Service are EFAD trained, similar to the Traffic Police advanced course, but driving a slighlty heavier weight vehicle. :p

If I am driving to a persons reported house fire, I will use all my skills to get from the station to the incident as quickly as I can, but most importantly, safely.

On the way to serious incidents, I've undertook vehicles, driven along hard shoulders of motorways and went around roundabouts the wrong way, all perfectly safely.

It all comes down to the skill of the driver and his experience.

We have a tough job to do, it;s a massive responsibility to be a fire service driver of a pumping appliance. You and you alone are tasked with getting a crew of 5 to an incident which may or may not be serious if you don't get there as quickly as you possibly can.

We use our common sense though. If we get turned out to an AFA ( Automatic Fire Alarm ) that we have attended many times before, we don't break much of a sweat getting there.

If as we roll out the doors though, a turnout to a housefire is relayed to us by our control room staff as "Multiple calls" and "Persons reported" we will push that wee bit harder, but still safely drive there.

"Drive to arrive" is the buzzword in the Fire Service nowadays. :)
 
Nope, i'd pull over somewhere safe that does not cause damage to me, my car or anyone else.. as Fox said, they are trained to pass you :)
 
I did this to avoid a speeding fire engine in my Movano. Mounted a very high kerb at speed. Blew the tyre out and took a huge chuck out of the wheel. Got me 3 days off work waiting for a replacement wheel :D
 
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