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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:10:34 PST
- Sender: Emergency Services Discussion List <EMERG-L@MARIST.BITNET>
- From: "oh well, whatever, nevermind......." <JWALTON@INTEL9.INTEL.COM>
- Subject: RE: Hazard lights on emergenc
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- After reading all of the responses, I feel the need to offer a counterpoint to
- your many 'close calls' with those who do not yield. After spending several
- years in Law enforcement, it always amazed me how many people failed to yeild
- to patrol cars. Is I personally became irritated by this I started tailing
- ambulances and fire/rescue vehicle in hopes of actually catching someone. Well
- to make a long story short, it was like fishing in a well stocked swimming
- pool. Almost all of the responses were "I did see it". Well several tickets
- later, I one day realized that I too was the idiot that didn't see a rescue
- vehicle trying to get around me on day offduty. Most people don't see you
- coming from behind anyway, but for vehicles that are tall, you may never see
- the lightbar and never hear the siren due to noise inside the vehicle (radio,
- ect...). I now run a business installing emergency equipment, and I always
- advise agencies to put warning lights at eye level (along with alternating
- headlights/lightbars). This really helps and can be done rather easily.
-
- Food for thought...
-
-
- Jeff Walton
- Intel.com
-