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To: takenoprisoner; SampleMan
Why didn't the ambulance pull over BEFORE he got to where the car was on the side of the road?

I just watched the video again and there was more than enough time for the ambulance driver to pull over as the HP had his sirens going for a loooong time. We can see the ambulance in the video way before the HP needed to pass him. He didn't make any attempt to pull over when the other car was not an issue.

152 posted on 06/15/2009 7:21:49 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (I like Sarah Palin because all the WRONG people I despise hate her.- Dennis Miller)
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To: CAluvdubya
You have no idea when that car pulled over. It likely pulled over right in front of the ambulance thinking that it was the ambulances siren.

It would be dangerous driving indeed to try and whip a heavy truck (ambulance) onto a soft shoulder while braking hard to stop before the car.

Again, we are talking about a 5 second delay at most here! To charge the EMT with failure to yield is just the OHP having a power trip.

155 posted on 06/15/2009 7:28:48 AM PDT by SampleMan (Socialism enslaves you & kills your soul.)
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To: CAluvdubya
Why didn't the ambulance pull over BEFORE he got to where the car was on the side of the road?

And why didn't he burn a sacrificial goat to honor the OHP LEO? Such lack of respect cannot be tolerated!! Otherwise every day lowly citizens will start thinking that they have just as many rights as LEO's. Then they might start expecting LEO's to behave in a dignified manner and obeying the laws themselves. They might even stop feeling that they must submit their dignity when pulled over by an LEO.

Oh the horror of it!

159 posted on 06/15/2009 7:39:19 AM PDT by SampleMan (Socialism enslaves you & kills your soul.)
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To: CAluvdubya

“there was more than enough time for the ambulance driver to pull over “

At what point in the video do you thing the paramedics should have noticed him? And then how much time are you giving them to respond?

From the time I see the ambulance first appear on the dash cam, I count about 6 secs pass before the HP is on their rear. Two seconds later I see the ambulance manuever to the left to avoid the parked car. Then the driver immediately moves far right to give way for him with no yellow line, no oncoming, and a clear view to pass safely.

What are you seeing?


165 posted on 06/15/2009 8:32:41 AM PDT by takenoprisoner (Freedom Watch: fight for freedom with everything you have.)
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To: CAluvdubya
I put a post on one of these threads about stopping time for heavier vehicles like ambulances. It's 22% longer than for a nonambulance of the same weight and size. Lots of equipment on board, people moving around, that sort of thing.

The ambulance has a much longer safe stopping distance than you imagine. The HP should know that from his training ~ which he apparently forgot.

176 posted on 06/15/2009 2:05:23 PM PDT by muawiyah
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