Cops/Ambos/Fire people. Does this piss you off?

[Bass]

I've been caught the other way.
Every bike I have ever ridden with the exception of Dick Hubbard's Beemer has a huge blind spot immediately behind, especially when carrying a pillion. Worse, given that a full face helmet knocks out some of your peripheral vision, it can be impossible to turn your head enough to see into the region that the mirrors don't cover. On top of that, at highway speeds, the wind noise can mask a siren to the extent, that it is hard to hear and impossible to determine its direction.

I have had a cop slip up behind me on the motorway and sit about half a meter from my back wheel. I could hear him - just, but I couldn't see him, no matter what I did. It took me a few seconds to work out where he was and get out of his way.

If he had been 5 meters further back, I would have had no problem.
My body language must have demonstrated pretty graphically that I was trying to locate him but he didn't get the hint.

He probably though I was a complete plonker.


He might be right

[Riff Raff]

Once upon a time White Trash asked me if he could come out in the ambulance with me so he could see what it was like to do a P1 drive. After I pointed out to him that he might see some blood he quickly changed his mind. So the next best thing was me putting my phone on speaker so he could 'experience' a P1 drive. He said he'd never heard such filthy language coming from a beautiful woman's mouth as he did that day. It almost caused our relationship to end before it started, all because a lot of dickheads wouldn't get out of the way.

[steveb64]

"At the rise of the hand by policeman, stop rapidly. Do not pass him by or otherwise disrespect him."

fine advice

I wasn't disrespecting him! I waved back! Nice to see friendly cops...

[Harry the Barstard]

I wasn't disrespecting him! I waved back! Nice to see friendly cops...

Thats the spirit. We need more good people out on the roads like you. Cnat beat a good old wave.

[marty]

long time ago i was driving to auckland on my daily 150km commute. through ohinewai (i told you it was a long time ago!) i came up behand a camper van. he @ 80, me @ 110k. just as i got close, he pulled left. 'that's considerate' i thought, and i moved right to overtake. caught a flash of red in my mirror, checked properly to see a black and white V3000 trailing tyre smoke weaving all over the road. camper had pulled over to let him past - i didn't see him! T/O gave me the evils as he went past, then at the crash scene up at long swamp, as i drove through with big bore burbling (old school 6 cylinder skyline turbo) way too loud, he again gave me the filthy look.

12 months later (and a career change) i was working with the same cop, attending serious crashes on that very piece of road, and ended up being his boss! he always gave me stick about that day though, and reckoned he should have locked me up.

[RT527]

I have been a volly firey for 5 yrs and a paid fireman for three.

I think being in a fire truck helps. I used to get pissed off and fill their rear vision mirror with the red of my truck. Having a big ass horn helps too.

Im totaly hearing what donor is saying though. Sometimes it just freaks people out and dear i say it, they get more stupid. If i was being honest it would depend what mood your in and the severity of the call your attending.

Idiots are eveywhere........beware

Yup I drive the truck to calls often , have been for the last 13 yrs of my 15 yrs in the volly`s, it pays not to stress, just relax sit back a bit and let them get out of the way,And yes we have taken registration numbers of people Tailing us past the people that have pulled over for us, and when we catch them up at the accident a few k`s up the road , they get asked to sit there and wait till a policeman comes to talk to them ....small petrol spil on road is all thats needed.....sec 28 , scuse me sir theres a risk of fire right where your parked , these 4 burly fireman are going to forcibly insist on saving your life .....Sir.

The driver of an emergency vehicle is deemed responsible for any action/inaction taken that results in damage or injury to passengers or public. no one can tell you to go faster/tailgate/push someone off the road or drive stupidly ....but they can tell you to slow down/pullover, and get the f**k outta the drivers seat cause we wanna live.


I ve had ppl do some whacked out stuff while driving to calls, had this lady in a merc cruising down the highway at around 75 with us behind her, sirens horn and high beam flashing at her...she saw us and didnt do any thing....she thought she didnt need to and we would go round her...despite the fact that every time i tried she would accelerate a little , just enough for us to not be able to get past....Glad to say the cop behind us was calling us asking what was wrong( when we had sheared channels with the police) and when we told him he shot past us and pulled her over....cop wouldnt say what happened...But he did give us a wry thoughtful smile , that indicated to me that she got a ticket.

Any ways if you see a fire truck and your in your car thanks in advance for pulling over for us...oh and if you do , please slow down a little too as we need a lot of room to go past and if your going a little slower than us , then we can get past safer.

New zealand has the safest fire service in the world, we havnt killed any of our firefighters in an operational capacity whilest fighting fires...(which used to be our core business now we have changed and rescue is being incorporated into our core business now.) we have lost firefighters lives whilest travelling to a call/back from a call, and training. Lol just had to edit here....That last sentance is of course nationally , not just the station where I am.

[McDuck]

Well i slam on the brakes (not to hard) when the truck is just out of my 'line' passing. Tat way the truck is past me very quickly. veyr very quickly.

[notme]

Haha its not hard if you have any ounce of sense... Was at the front of some red lights with another car beside me, heard some sirens, and lights went green... both of us just sat there chilling out for a while, sure enough cop comes along, see's us both stopped, waves and continues on his way, and then so do we. All is well in the world.

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