Quite a few leaving themselves open to prosecution though. The lorry going through the red light and all those entering bus lanes. While you should do your best to facilitate the progress of emergency vehicles you are not exempt from normal traffic laws to do so. If you are prosecuted you could offer it up in mitigation but are not guaranteed to get off.
Well done - oh my there are some bad drivers around. These videos certainly help me understand better the STRESSES of blue-light drivers - keep up the great work!
I've done a blue light run a few times on that route, but I was a lot lighter than a fire engine (respect) and somewhat faster, as a Transplant Service driver. Retired now!
14:42m what can you say, pulls out of the Side road, then across the appliance to turn right, Lights, Siren & Air Horn but the car still carry on turning.....
I think the smufitt lorry caused the bigger problem. White Ford stopped so they could get up the left side but then he attempted to move left and closed 2 lanes. They stopped the siren because there was no where to go and didn't want to panic drivers into jumping a red light which is exactly was the trucker did. There's a RU-vidr called Chris Martin EMS who has some commentary for his thought process during blue light runs and he says they will turn sirens off and wait if that means drivers aren't forced into dangerous situations like through a red.
Yep ,, easy way to pick up a fine ,,, driving through a red light to let an emergency vehicle pass. Was the truck drivers fault ,, if he had stayed in the centre lane the fire appliance had plenty room to pass on the inside lane. But he instead blocks 2 lanes. 😂✌️
That's why these training exercises are so lmportant for trainees, it is where we learn to expect the unexpected reactions of drivers.. Who sometimes hear sirens and move in panic thinking the are getting out the way. Full credit to training vehicle though switching sirens off and preparing to wait for lights to change.
A mechanic who used to work with Scania told me that even fire engines are fitted with speed limiters ( 56mph), I did not believe him at first till I noticed a couple of times that if I was doing 60-65 in my car a fire engine with blues & twos never caught up with me.
Not true our Scania's are good for just over 80, the limiter only applies when blue lights are switch off, but that can be over ridden if you know how..
I suppose it depends on the service. I drive a 7.5T specialist Incident Support Unit, ours is limited to 56mph regardless of whether blues are on or not because they decided to save costs by not having the limiter removed from the base vehicle when it was converted.
Emergency vehicles no matter what country you are from don't go beyond safe driving conditions because when responding to an incident you want to not only arrive safely but you also don't want to put other people in danger with wreckless driving , fire apparatus weigh a lot and they're not easy to stop in a hurry especially our apparatuses in the US ours are double the size and weight of British emergency vehicles so they could do some serious damage if they hit something.
Why do emergency vehicles now drive so slowly, no wonder people are having to wait so long for an ambulance to arrive in an emergency. Yes speed can be dangerous , but theres clearly times in the video that the ambulance could easily go at a much faster speed and still be safe.
What were you travelling in and where were you going? At first I presumed it was an ambulance and you were going to the Royal but you didn't go there. I then expected you were going to the Busy Lizzie but you turned on to Great Western Road instead of going by the Kingston Bridge. I then expected you to go for the tunnel at Anniesland but, bugger me, you carried on. It all ended up as a magical mystery tour.
Training exercise! Reason for the camera. This video is used to train emergency workers to realise how traffic responds. They are not aiming for anywhere but you don’t know that because you would react differently if you knew. They are also perfect opportunities for trainee drivers to learn. 👍
You can tell by the speed, or rather the lack of speed, it’s a fire engine. And I’m guessing it’s the appallingly slow and cumbersome Scania dump truck variety.
@@ilovewindyskirts - "it's the law" - can you cite where it states this? You CAN be fined for going through a red light just to make way for an EMS vehicle, so it's not something you want to be doing without thought just because there's one with blues and two's on behind...
Glasgow city council should be ashamed of themselves never seen so many legal parking bays in a bus lane before so why bother painting such a thick white line in the first place and the paint for the bus lane road signage.It's either a bus lane or it isn't
Why not? If you are enjoying your learning then you're more likely to remember the knowledge being imparted. Because trust me when I say; in every single Police, Ambulance and Fire training course ever conducted the instructor is without fail the one with the most (and worst) jokes. But it makes the course fun and memorable, and if you always remember the course, you'll always remember the teaching.
We were shooting the video for driver training , with one of the senior instructors driving ; there were some passengers in the back seat who had been allowed to come along ; the purpose of the run was to get the video footage for training purposes .