Moving out of the way for emergency vehicles

[Peoplesoft bloke]

The fire engine drivers have all started to use their air horns in addition to the sirens since there's been so much US telly on.

[BrilloPad]

"Examples of obstruction might include parking where an emergency vehicle cannot get by and refusing to move, or damaging an emergency vehicle or equipment."

"When one approaches do not panic. Consider the route of such a vehicle and take appropriate action to let it pass, while complying with all traffic signs."

So you are wrong if you move and wrong if you dont.......

[NickFitz]

"Examples of obstruction might include parking where an emergency vehicle cannot get by and refusing to move, or damaging an emergency vehicle or equipment."

"When one approaches do not panic. Consider the route of such a vehicle and take appropriate action to let it pass, while complying with all traffic signs."

So you are wrong if you move and wrong if you dont.......

"Parking" and "Stopping at a red light" are not the same thing.

[BrilloPad]

"Parking" and "Stopping at a red light" are not the same thing.

Depends on how the law is interpretted :-

Examples of obstruction might include "parking where an emergency vehicle cannot get by and refusing to move"

OR

Examples of obstruction might include
1. parking where an emergency vehicle cannot get by and
2. refusing to move, or
3. damaging an emergency vehicle or equipment.

[ladymuck]

My dad got nicked for 'jumping' a red light to move out the way of an ambulance. He didn't block the junction, just moved forward a few feet to pull further over to the left to allow more room. He appealed and it was rejected. I think that cost him £60 and 3 points.

[NickFitz]

Depends on how the law is interpretted :-

Not really, given that stopping at a red light isn't parking - that's why Dom Joly's gag in Trigger Happy TV of dressing up as a traffic warden and threatening to give parking tickets to people stopped at red lights worked.

[BrilloPad]

Not really, given that stopping at a red light isn't parking - that's why Dom Joly's gag in Trigger Happy TV of dressing up as a traffic warden and threatening to give parking tickets to people stopped at red lights worked.

Examples of obstruction might include
1. parking where an emergency vehicle cannot get by and
2. refusing to move, or
3. damaging an emergency vehicle or equipment.

Now I appreciate that interpretation is unlikely. But not impossible.

[Bagpuss]

Should be in the things that annoy you thread:

People behind who go to overtake you when you have pulled over to give way to an ambulance.

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[DaveB]

Depends on how the law is interpretted :-

Examples of obstruction might include "parking where an emergency vehicle cannot get by and refusing to move"

OR

Examples of obstruction might include
1. parking where an emergency vehicle cannot get by and
2. refusing to move, or
3. damaging an emergency vehicle or equipment.

No, it depends on the way it is written, not the interpretation.

To get the meaning you are after it would need to be :

"parking where an emergency vehicle cannot get by, or refusing to move, or damaging an emergency vehicle or equipment."

The comma is needed to seperate the two actions and the 'or' to make it a selection from the list. This is not how it is written and the meaning of the original sentance is perfectly clear imo.

Given that there are multiple instances of people being penalised for crossing red lights to get out of the way of an emergancy vehicle, I'd say the interpretation has been pretty well understood by the courts and applied correctly.