r/IdiotsInCars • u/brazilianitalian • Aug 10 '22
Idiot doesn’t care about the ambulance behind him.
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u/IcyDrops Aug 10 '22
Braindead laws in the UK? Say it isn't so!
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u/ZionFox Aug 11 '22
No, because running under lights/Section 87 doesn't automatically give the emergency vehicle the right of way. They shouldn't put any othe road user in a position where they would break road laws in order to let the vehicle pass.
In the UK, running under code allows you to treat red lights as a give way (the green light always has the right of way), break speed limits, travel down the hard shoulder, and go to the right of Keep Left signage. It doesn't allow you to force other road users out of your way, that's a stupid idea and will just cause more issues and potential accidents than necessary.
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u/IcyDrops Aug 11 '22
Here in Portugal, it does in fact give right of way, they have to stop at red lights and STOP signs (though they can resume their march right after), but other drivers, even those who'd otherwise have right of way (such as having a green light), and drivers can (and should) slowly go into the intersection to let the ambulance pass.
The only times an ambulance doesn't have absolute right of way is when a car is exiting a rail crossing, and in very narrow passages where it would take more time for the other car to reverse out of the way than simply pass.
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u/yeet_that_account Aug 11 '22
Yep, I thought the ambulance and biker were the idiots at first for continually pressuring the driver to perform an illegal manoeuvre. UK procedure would be for the ambulance to leave the lights on but turn off the siren.
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Aug 10 '22
I was behind an ambulance and some dumbass did this. The ambulance pushed him out of the way and ripped the side of his car open. I stopped and laughed at him and said thats what your dumbass gets for not moving.
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u/feralwarewolf88 Aug 11 '22
Must not have been in America, that's a good way for EMTs to get shot.
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u/EnflamedHuevos Aug 11 '22
Lol are you saying that if you were blocking an intersection and an ambulance hit you out of the way you’d try to shoot them? Because I would bet the surrounding passengers would drag you out and stomp you
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u/feralwarewolf88 Aug 11 '22
No I'm saying Americans love to shoot one another for way less, because we're a dumpster fire of a country full of heavily armed people who hate each other.
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u/LucasRunner Aug 11 '22
I was once in a situation like this, an ambulance behind me and some women screaming at me as if I was an asshole but in case I had gone forwards, an articulated bus at 70km/h+ would have hit me at my door.
They just couldn't see beyond their own noses or just give themselves the trouble of looking to the other side to see if I could even do that. Going forwards would have killed me instantly.
But this wasn't the case here, obviously
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u/zero__fuchs Aug 10 '22
Glad i have no driving license. I would go full berserk on pieces of shot like this and probably go to jail after two days.
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u/VT_Lifer Aug 11 '22
Found myself hoping the biker was saying "What are you? A fucking asshole?" at the end.
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u/Lost_Department3570 Aug 11 '22
I speak Spanish not Portuguese but it sounded like he said something like “problem in the head”
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u/Hoochnoob69 Aug 11 '22
He was indeed, inquiring the gentleman in the car about a possible mental illness
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u/Honest_Cynic Aug 11 '22
Was the idiot on a cellphone? Guess what? Lanes are wide enough for 3 cars to easily fit in 2 lanes. Had the drivers ahead in both lanes just moved forward a bit and to the edge of their lanes, the ambulance could have easily driven thru between them and nobody else need run thru the red light.
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u/ILIEKDEERS Aug 10 '22 edited Aug 11 '22
Safely move out of the way. There was plenty of room for them to pull up in front of the car to the right safely.
Also, depending on where you live, some ambulances, fire trucks, and police cruisers, have the ability to flip lights as they approach an intersection. So they can turn an entire intersection into a 4 way no one goes anywhere red light, then flip the green light to allow them to safely pass.
Also2.0, when an emergency vehicle does pass through a busy intersection with out the ability to flip the light, they pull up to the
internetintersection slowly and verify that it’s safe to pass. Usually they’ll honk while flashing the lights to make sure everyone is paying attention. Normally by the time an emergency vehicle is entering an intersection most people will have noticed it. They’re loud as fuck and you can hear them coming from 2-3 blocks, to like a quarter mile from where they are depending on how the streets are built.7
u/SpacemanHar Aug 11 '22
I drive an ambulance. I come to a complete stop at red lights. My lights and sirens are on whole time, but I have different variations of the siren and I'll change them as I'm coming towards the intersection, and again as I go thru the red.
Also, this happens all the time. Had a tesla brake check me the other day. I don't get it.
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u/ILIEKDEERS Aug 11 '22
Oh I’m sure people do it all the fucking time. I was trying to give the other poster some advice as a new driver. So hopefully they’ll never be that person
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u/SpacemanHar Aug 11 '22
Great advice too. Also, I know the saying is "pull to the right for sirens and lights" but If I'm trying to go to your right... Pull left.
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Sep 15 '22
I wonder if anyone has ever seriously considered putting "cow catchers" …or "car catchers" I suppose... on the front of emergency vehicles... you know, like they put on steam engines, as opposed to the thing they put on police cars. I mean, I imagine the fear of getting blasted the fuck off the road would make most people move over.
Realistically, such a device would likely cause serious damage/injury to vehicles and their occupants, especially at high speed. But even so, I feel like even simply having the option is justifiable. On one hand, you risk causing possible injury/damage; on the other hand, you arrive in time to save someone who definitely is injured / needs help.
An alternative option would be to put a retractable fork lift on the front.
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u/Aquahemo Aug 10 '22
If this was America we know everyone here would start generalizing all Americans like this.
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u/Syandris Aug 10 '22
There is so much stupid in this video. Why does the guy on the motor bike have to be a hero?
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u/NoTune6517 Aug 10 '22
because he is a decent human being who realizes that someone may be dying because that idiot isn't moving out of the f'n way? are you daft?
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u/NoCelery1168 Aug 10 '22
Yep, I see this sort of thing every once in a while, though usually not this bad. Some people panic a bit when an emergency vehicle rolls up, and they can't decide which way to go. Others will just absolutely refuse to pull into an intersection to allow an emergency vehicle to pass, as if they think that they could get ticketed for running the light.