Trooper1854
The Brit Pack
"I didn't see it officer!"
We walked away from this one, bit saggy in the pants, but we walked away!
We walked away from this one, bit saggy in the pants, but we walked away!
I had a woman run into the back of my bus, a double decker Routemaster while I was at a bus stop. She said, "I didn't see you." I blinked and said, "You didn't see a bloody great bus?"
Some of the drivers here has a nasty habit of tail-gaiting any ambulance responding to a call, especially with the beacon lights activated, seems to think we are clearing the outermost lane for them.
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I'm glad you and your colleagues weren't hurt by bonehead that hit your van.
"I didn't see it officer!"
We walked away from this one, bit saggy in the pants, but we walked away!
Happens a lot here too. Very infuriating as it is extremely dangerous.
Drivers move out of the way for the ambulance and then want to pull back into traffic ASAP, not expecting another vehicle to be there.
If we are folllowing another ambulance, Police, or fire engine which is also on blues & twos, we are taught to leave a large space between us to allow for the suicidal way drivers throw themselves back into traffic once the first vehicle passes by.
These bumper huggers risk a hell of a lot to do it!
A guy in my area was caught doing it and was given six months for dangerous driving! As well as loosing his license and being made to re-test to get it back.
Also pedestrians dashing across the road infront of an ambulance on an emergencyy call is very annoying! Like they can't wait the few seconds it takes for us to go by, either that or they think it doesn't hurt to get hit by the ambulance!
Some of the drivers here has a nasty habit of tail-gaiting any ambulance responding to a call, especially with the beacon lights activated, seems to think we are clearing the outermost lane for them.
This is not something to joke about and I hope everyone was okay from the picture crash above, but this comment paired with the cartoon ...omg, I am laughing my butt off over here!
I can't tell you how many times I've seen crazy things here in Houston involving ambulances!
***Side note: the traffic/drivers here are terrible. I almost got hit yesterday, instead the car avoided hitting me just to pull into the next lane and make the person behind him crash! I was the one that called 911 and I'm really hoping that the car that got hit also got a ticket and HIS insurance had to pay because he was driving recklessly and the driver that struck him was not at fault!***
LMBO!Well, Maam... you know how Texans are with automobiles, some just cannot get over the fact that they are not riding horses anymore- sounding the car horn is not the same as the sound coming from a Colt .45! and stomping on the brakes does not have the same effect as pulling the reins of horses...
Well, Maam... you know how Texans are with automobiles, some just cannot get over the fact that they are not riding horses anymore- sounding the car horn is not the same as the sound coming from a Colt .45! and stomping on the brakes does not have the same effect as pulling the reins of horses...
The first ever serious trauma incident I attended was to a Traffic Officer.
She was dealing with a minor shunt on a local motorway, and was within the coned off "safety area" when a driver ploughed into he at 70mph.
He wasn't even rubber necking, just trying to get pass the rubber neckers.
She had both legs so badly broken that when we arrived on scene, they were folded up under her body so it looked like she had no legs.
Her right arm was nearly amputated and she had both lungs punctured by rib fractures.
She was conscious, and actually appologised to me fo being a nuisance!
She survived, but her injuries ended her Police career.
The driver was twice over the legal drink drive limit. He had to be sent to another county's lock up for his own safety. He got 18months for nearly killing her!
The driver who caused the initial shunt was on his mobile phone, not hands free, at the time.
I have always hated working on motorways/dual carrigeways since and have had so many near misses its frightening.
Another Traffic Officer I know says that if the concept of the automobile was invented now, in the 20th/21st century, it wouldn't be allowed as the authorities would not trust people to use it as it is so dangerous!
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