[Mackman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIb6xuMO098

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

Ex Swift drivers who became firefighters .

[marylandkw]

The truck coming at you would have received the ticket. He clearly had a red light and even fire trucks have to at least yield at a red light.

[Roadhog]

All first responders, in any emergency vehicle, even their own with lights and sirens, must obey the laws. They can not plow through an intersection. They have to "clear the intersection" first. Which means, they have to stop and proceed cautiously once they are certain oncoming traffic has yeilded...with even a green light for that matter. So, basically BOTH emergency vehicles should have paused at that intersection, enough to know it was clear!!

The lights and sirens for that matter are only "requesting" other drivers to yield the right of way to them. They also both looked like they were going a bit fast as well, considering the highly congested location. That also was a construction zone, and pedestrians were visible on the sidewalks.

If this were a 4-6 lane intersection, they must clear each lane. You would see the value in that, if there were several occupied lanes. Anyway...in this scenario...I fault BOTH.

[Jackrabbit379]

Man, that's nutz. Crap.
Yeah, always look before your cross the street.

[marylandkw]

Originally Posted by Jackrabbit379

Man, that's nutz. Crap.
Yeah, always look before your cross the street.

How does that saying go about the difference between common sense and logic...

Logic tells you to look one way when crossing a one way street

Common sense tells you to look both ways