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10-28-2013, 09:31 PM
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Emergency vehicles should always slow down at every intersection and proceed with caution, even though they have the absolute right-of-way. This cop didn't take his foot off the gas pedal - he blew through the intersection.  |
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10-29-2013, 02:07 AM
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Emergency vehicles do not have the right-of-way. They are responsible for safely crossing intersections when not having the right-of-way, in the US anyway. A teen girl was killed by an ambulance just up from my house a few months ago. She was turning across highway under a green arrow. The ambulance driver was charged with manslaughter due to their disregard for the red light. |
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10-30-2013, 02:45 PM
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Yea, they should have slowed at the intersection. WTF
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10-30-2013, 08:54 PM
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In response to this learned person, I submit the written law, in this case from the state of New York. It can be found at the following address for verification: www.safeny.ny.gov/emer-ndx.htm: What is an emergency vehicle? An emergency vehicle is defined as a police vehicle, ambulance or fire truck. These vehicles may have red, white or a combination of red and white lights which, when responding to an emergency, are constantly moving. (See Section 375 (41) of the Vehicle & Traffic Law.) What should I do if I am approached by an emergency vehicle with its light and sirens going? When approached (from the front or rear) by an emergency vehicle whose light and siren are activated the driver of every other vehicle must yield the right of way. In yielding the right of way, you must drive immediately to the right hand edge or curb of the roadway, parallel to the roadway, and clear of any intersection. You must stop and remain stopped until the emergency vehicle or vehicles have passed, unless otherwise directed by a police officer. (See Section 1144 of the Vehicle & Traffic Law.) So, I stand by my statement that emergency vehicles on an emergency call have the absolute right-of-way in the United States. As I also wrote in my first post, I do agree with this poster that emergency vehicles MUST enter all intersections with caution, at a slower speed, which the cop in this video failed to do. But they DO have the right-of way through lights, stop signs, intersections, etc. The ambulance driver may have blown through the intersection, like the cop in this video did. Since this video was shot in Russia, where the laws may be different from the United States, the person at fault may be perceived differently there. |
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10-31-2013, 08:38 AM
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"must yield the right of way." Means that the other driver that has the right of way but must take safe action to yield to the emergency vehicle. But unless the emergency vehicle doesn't take the precautions to let the drivers with the right of way know they are coming through, then how can the right of way be yielded? Emergency vehicle can even travel down the wrong direction of a road but that doesn't mean they can fly down a highway into oncoming traffic and expect everyone to run off the road to give them the right of way. I am sorry if I stepped of anyone's sensitive toes. I was just posting the actual law and not a perceived notion of it.  |
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11-01-2013, 10:05 AM
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Cop is entirely in the wrong there. Where I live, every cop slows down at an intersection if they are running a red light even with their siren and lights on. It's common sense: The person with the green light might not be able to see the emergency vehicle approaching, and therefore the emergency vehicle must use every precaution.
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11-01-2013, 10:56 PM
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This is not a notion. I gave you actual references. Go look it up. You, on the other hand gave us no references to your claim of "the law" as you see it. To YIELD right-of-way means to give the road you are travelling on over to the emergency vehicle until it has passed. Look the word 'yield' up in any dictionary. In fact, I will do it for you. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (web address is www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yield) defines the word 'yield' in the following way: Full Definition of YIELD transitive verb 1 archaic : recompense, reward 2 : to give or render as fitting, rightfully owed, or required 3 : to give up possession of on claim or demand: as a : to give up (as one's breath) and so die b : to surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another : hand over possession of c : to surrender or submit (oneself) to another d : to give (oneself) up to an inclination, temptation, or habit e : to relinquish one's possession of (as a position of advantage or point of superiority) <yield precedence> When an emergency vehicle (in the United States) is on an emergency call, with lights and siren utilized, it is demanding that all other vehicles YIELD to the emergency vehicle's right-of-way, so that it can proceed swiftly and unimpeded, to its destination. I retract my statement that you are a learned person. The only place where you have been correct was what I agreed with you on: The cop failed to slow down and proceed carefully through the intersection and was totally at fault in this video. Incidentally, I am not normally sensitive, unless I am attempting to discuss a subject with someone who knows nothing about the subject.  ***I apologize to all of you on DR for this lengthy and seemingly flaming post. I consider this my last response to this issue and will not add more comments.
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