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Late last night driving through Grays I noticed in my mirror some blue lights approaching, after pulling over I noticed the lights were still approaching but at more less walking pace then about a minute later a fire engine passed. Pulling out behind it I was then rather held up be at it’s rather leisurely pace I became amused as to why such a slow response at 1am on empty dry roads…..
All was soon answered, someone had torched a Gatso
All was soon answered, someone had torched a Gatso
I guess they wanted to arrive just after the nick of time, lol.
Seriously though, how come you pulled over? Emergency services sometimes don't go that fast (though they still lane-hog in the case of ambulances!). I tend to keep going at my own pace until they're getting close enough that it's obvious I'm going to hold them up before pulling over. Sometimes they don't catch up at all.
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Seriously though, how come you pulled over? Emergency services sometimes don't go that fast (though they still lane-hog in the case of ambulances!). I tend to keep going at my own pace until they're getting close enough that it's obvious I'm going to hold them up before pulling over. Sometimes they don't catch up at all.
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supermono said:
I tend to keep going at my own pace until they're getting close enough that it's obvious I'm going to hold them up before pulling over. Sometimes they don't catch up at all.
I do that, and friends are sometimes horrified (mostly Ambulances), if I do notice them gaining decent ground, I drop a cog and find a decent place to pull over, but then usually still get stuck behind them.505diff said:
Late last night driving through Grays I noticed in my mirror some blue lights approaching, after pulling over I noticed the lights were still approaching but at more less walking pace then about a minute later a fire engine passed. Pulling out behind it I was then rather held up be at it’s rather leisurely pace I became amused as to why such a slow response at 1am on empty dry roads…..
All was soon answered, someone had torched a Gatso
shame they had to attend at all really, lighting scameras is a public service.All was soon answered, someone had torched a Gatso
Mattt said:
supermono said:
I tend to keep going at my own pace until they're getting close enough that it's obvious I'm going to hold them up before pulling over. Sometimes they don't catch up at all.
I do that, and friends are sometimes horrified (mostly Ambulances), if I do notice them gaining decent ground, I drop a cog and find a decent place to pull over, but then usually still get stuck behind them.Mattt said:
Bing o said:
Gaz1234 said:
me too. i've actually let one past then re-overtaken it!
That's illegal.Best wishes all,
Dave.
Mattt said:
Bing o said:
I was under the impression that overtaking an emergency vehicle on a call is against the law (sure we had this debate on here a while back to do with EV's using the OSL of motorways?)
Got to be boocks, an Ambulance doing 30mph with a patient onboard will be overtaken.Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff