For all of you wanking on about car drivers not looking

**steve_t** · 9th February 2011, 13:07

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

So let me get this right, operating a cell phone when driving is illegal, but holding onto a camera while driving is fine...

Nah I'm just fucking around. The motorcyclist needs to be hung drawn and quartered. We still do that right?

Originally Posted by auntfanny

Who is the Bellend using a video camera whilst driving?

Fanny.

Looking at the video, I'd think it is more likely to be a POV camera like a GoPro or Contour than a cell phone

**nodrog:Me** · 9th February 2011, 13:13

Originally Posted by steve_t

Looking at the video, I'd think it is more likely to be a POV camera like a GoPro or Contour than a cell phone

Oh, that makes it ok then

Fanny.

**DEATH_INC.** · 9th February 2011, 13:15

There was a firetruck in that vid? Sorry i didn't see it

**Bald Eagle** · 9th February 2011, 13:15

It was hidden behind the High Viz

**Gremlin** · 9th February 2011, 13:17

Always a good idea to play chicken with a fire truck... they carry approx 12 tonnes of water don't they?

**Laava** · 9th February 2011, 14:54

You can hear the bike coming, I guess he is one of those "loud pipes save lives" dudes!

**steve_t** · 9th February 2011, 14:58

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

So let me get this right, operating a cell phone when driving is illegal, but holding onto a camera while driving is fine...

Nah I'm just fucking around. The motorcyclist needs to be hung drawn and quartered. We still do that right?

Originally Posted by auntfanny

Who is the Bellend using a video camera whilst driving?

Fanny.

Apologies. Nah, you're right, I think it is a cell phone. Some people seem to feel a need to start recording as soon as they hear sirens. I guess we wouldn't have shows like 'amazing crap caught on camera' if they didn't.

**yungatart** · 9th February 2011, 15:14

Originally Posted by firefighter

Ha yep, and that's an older truck now, they're even brighter and louder, yet people cut off firetrucks all the time.
Even when the flashing traffic lights outside the station are going, lights, horn and siren ya get cut off and people don't stop.
Fucks knows what flouro vests are supposed to achieve on motorbikes if people are oblivious to all of this.

Exactly! They do the same to ambos under lights and sirens too!
Have to say though, it is not just bikes; cars, pedestrians, buses, trucks...all road users are represented.

**firefighter** · 9th February 2011, 15:21

Originally Posted by yungatart

Exactly! They do the same to ambos under lights and sirens too!
Have to say though, it is not just bikes; cars, pedestrians, buses, trucks...all road users are represented.

Oh absolutely, however the point is just to illustrate that there's a big mirror some people need to look in. Plus the whole hi-vis thing and how I reckon it's a waste of time......anyone who tries to legislate that needs to see that vid, or do a ride-along and see that no-matter what you do, if people are'nt looking they won't see.

**nodrog:Me** · 9th February 2011, 15:30

Originally Posted by firefighter

Oh absolutely, however the point is just to illustrate that there's a big mirror some people need to look in. Plus the whole hi-vis thing and how I reckon it's a waste of time......anyone who tries to legislate that needs to see that vid, or do a ride-along and see that no-matter what you do, if people are'nt looking they won't see.

But the Fire Engine wasnt wearing a Hi-vis vest.

Fanny.

**Berries** · 9th February 2011, 20:42

Clearly it was a false alarm as the other trucks were moving on. If they had used the radio and canceled the call out then the guys in the truck wouldn't have put themselves or other road users at risk whilst trying to rush to the scene.

Oh hang on, Mermaids is on the strip down there isn't it ?

Who needs donuts..........

**Ocean1** · 9th February 2011, 20:54

Interesting. The rider must have seen the fire engine about the time he's first seen throught the windows of the car in the foreground. What should he have done that would have been safer? Note that we've got no idea where the rig's going until well after the bike's gone.

**firefighter** · 9th February 2011, 21:30

Originally Posted by Berries

Clearly it was a false alarm as the other trucks were moving on. If they had used the radio and canceled the call out then the guys in the truck wouldn't have put themselves or other road users at risk whilst trying to rush to the scene.

Oh hang on, Mermaids is on the strip down there isn't it ?

Who needs donuts..........

Clearly you don't know the procedures and protocols, so maybe you can handout advice when you know them. How do you know it was the same call? How do you know it was a false alarm? Or should we assume when you are trapped in your vehicle it's a false alarm and just take our time?

It is specifically taught to treat all fire-calls as real until proven otherwise, to prevent boy-cries-wolf scenarios.

When it is established and proven that it's a false alarm it IS conveyed to Firecom usually via a Sit-Rep, and other appliances are turned back to station. Obviously with your expertise and sound advice you already knew all of this.

So, this said, would you prefer to have emergency calls presumed as bullshit, or to be treated as emergencies until proven otherwise? Since you seem to know-it-all.

**Berries** · 9th February 2011, 21:49

I would have thought it was fairly bloody obvious that the bike rider should have seen the fire engine and given way to it. You post on here and say you look forward to a shit storm and lose your sense of humour on the second page. Thanks for the lesson though.

**firefighter** · 9th February 2011, 21:57

Originally Posted by Berries

I would have thought it was fairly bloody obvious that the bike rider should have seen the fire engine and given way to it. You post on here and say you look forward to a shit storm and lose your sense of humour on the second page. Thanks for the lesson though.

I did'nt say I was'nt going to play......

I was pissed that you deflected the blame, the rest just kinda typed itself......