I am totally blown away at the damn idiots who refuse to move over for lights and sirens. I wish there was a way to ticket each and everyone of them. Thank all of you for your service. God bless.
It depends some ppl don’t check mirror’s often and have music up loud unfortunately and when ur running 35-50mph like in the video and law enforcement are running 80+ the time ppl hear it they officer is on top of them. For the most part ppl yielded too them some braked but they where in the moment of what do it do. I really didn’t see anyone be a complete dick or anything. Some of them probably thought they was getting pulled hints why they took time pulling over. Considering how much traffic it was pretty good. After seeing the wreck idk why they where running code for something that little. But ever department is definitely ems and fire was on scene and they should have slowed down alittle it wasn’t that important. I use too be in law enforcement and have experience in the field and also still on the fire department
@@triplehfarmsllc7348 I have never missed seeing an emergency vehicle in my rear view mirror, long before I hear the sirens. It just catches in my peripheral vision. Even when actual pursuits are coming up behind me. Now cross traffic is a different story. You can't usually hear them if windows up and music on, like I normally do. And you definitely can't see them until the last few seconds before they get to the intersection. But these guys have no excuse for coming up behind, as far as I'm concerned.
@@someguy7805 again you are talking about yourself who pay attention vs ppl who don’t and that aren’t defensive drivers. The excuse is they are bad drivers with very little experience or training
Agreed, some people are morons. Police cars are already fitted with number plate scanners, there should be some sort of system they can activate. Anyone obscenely failing to yeild should promt a footage review and if confirmed, should receive a hefty fine in the mail.
@@martyn975 I was about to post almost exactly the same thing. Some people treat their cars like their living rooms or bedrooms, playing music super loud, or they are on their phones, deeply into some conversation with someone, or just zoning out on an audio book, or whatever and NOT paying attention to their surroundings, so they don't even realize an officer is right behind them, with sirens and lights. And some just don't move over because their are ignorant of the law. A ticket might just be the wake up call for them.
Does no one get over anymore? Are we that entitled today? Or are we that distracted? Have all the ridiculous safety gadgets insulated us from our surroundings?
I am a former firefighter. When I drove fire equipment, I wanted vehicles to pull to the right and stop if it was safe to do so. Some times when vehicles are moving at the speed of the other traffic, it is not safe to immediately move to the right and/or stop. In areas of traffic congestion, I wanted traffic to just stop and allow my emergency vehicle to find a way through the congestion. People should frequently look in their rear view mirror for things developing behind them, and be ready to take appropriate action.
Had music up too loud one day when I was just out of highschool. Never heard or saw the Battalion Chief (in his marked SUV) come up behind me. Not sure how long he was there for but all I saw in my mirror was his grille lights, he was that close to me. Got over and 5 seconds later he was on scene. Car into utility pole, mom holding a crying kid outside the car. Since then I made it a routine that every so often I just check my rear view even if I know nothing is there, and any siren I immediately slow to the speed limit so if I need to move, im going slow enough I can do so. Rolling up on the fresh accident, knowing the chief was probably yelling at me to move, and then seeing the people kinda changes your view and thinking.
@@winchester208it is an emergency call. Wtf is he suppossed to do? Sit on his car and wait for the traffic lights? Smh some people like you do not even have any idea how hard this job is. At least let us do our jobs. A police patroling unit has to be in the scene ASAP as soon as it gets a report over the radio.
The number of completely tuned-out drivers is astonishing. Taught all my kids to drive with full "situational awareness" at all times. Hope it sticks with them.
Its only 9 mins long the previous video I watch is where a cop was lead to a national park where backup could arrive in 30 mins, that officers life could've been endangered.
As an EMT, there’s no real justification for the officer to run code 3 to an accident call where fire and EMS are already on scene. Also a lot of his driving was out of line such as passing on the right when there’s opportunity to pass on the left.
As an EMT, there’s no real justification for you to comment on a police officers driving. Your the bottom of the totem pole in the first responder world my guy.
Nearly 10 minutes with aggressive driving, lights and sirens. if not, it would have taken 20-30 minutes, held up the other first responders and qued up emergency calls in this understaffed locale.
OMG, where did he go, Tennessee ???? He was the closest unit? With fire on the scene?? It would have taken just ONE car to ruin his day...My Lord !! Thanks APA
You don't know if he knew they were on scene regardless he has to respond to keep other from getting into accidents and he can also provide help. Guess you never been in a job like public safety. Most police and fire are not on same radio frequency he may have not been told they are there.
Yeah, former LEO here. Would have been chewed out for this type of driving for a traffic accident that already has fire and EMS on scene. Also my state does not allow us to dangerously blow through red lights, we must stop and fully clear it first, even when running code. The amount of lives put in danger to run code on a call that did not need you to arrive where the situation is under control. Sure step it up some but no need to run like this.
If I drove this way, and I run hot through Little Rock every day I work, I'd be fired on the spot. And I'd deserve it. That was some of the most dangerous Code 3 driving I've ever seen. The risk vs reward was ZERO.
Failing to yeild possible causes: 1) Not paying attention. 2) Is distracted. 3) Panicking / Scared. They freeze up like that Jeep. 4) Geniunely can't hear (deaf, loud volume, or car cancels out external noise too well. Especially modern cars.) 5) Can't physically get over due to other traffic. 6) Not reading the situation / Lack of awareness. 7) Genuinely does not care. 8) Purposely blocks out of spite for LEOs / EMS (rare but does happen in some places).
If you payed attention, he was using EVOC training just fine. Can't exactly only pass on the left if the cars in the left lane won't even try to yield.
@jeepthing98 Yes, that's the part I'm talking about. If the cars were to have moved towards the right (as they're suppost to) to get out of the way of the 1st police car they could have collided with this cop that decided to go his own way
@jeepthing98 You’re taught to pass on the left, because the Arkansas state handbook says to move to the right for emergency vehicles. If any of these cars would’ve turned right as he was passing on the right he could be held liable. I understand it’s frustrating but especially if fire and EMS are already on scene most the time police don’t even need to run code to certain accidents
I have over 40 years experience in driving EMS vehicles. The one rule we have internalized is NEVER pass on the right: If someone hears your siren and pulls to the right into you the MVC is ALL your fault!! Nothing is so important that you can't arrive safely!
@@facetiouslyinsolent8313 no that’s the law. That’s the truth you a 45 minute response is way better than no response because the unit crashed. Emergency vehicles have regulations they must follow. Nowhere in the us (I believe) using lights and sirens give cops the right away it simply request it. Cops firefighters and emts must operate with due regard when responding.
John R, well maybe if civilian drivers got the effort out of the way he wouldn't have needed to do it. Perhaps the USA should start prosecuting ignorant drivers?
I have seen so many horrible examples of code-3 driving from states in the south, and this is one of them! I was gritting my teeth watching this, especially when the police vehicle that was in front of this guy went to pass cars on the left hand shoulder, which was the correct way, and that forced some of the traffic further to the right just as this police vehicle passes the same traffic on the right. What exactly does this officer want all of the other drivers to do??? He or she is confusing them, and made it more dangerous for both officers as well as the many other drivers on the road trying to get out of the way but with nowhere to safely do so due to the dumbass driving this officer was doing. Looks to my experienced eyes as if Ark. is really seriously lacking in adequate emergency vehicle operator training (EVOC for short), or the officers are just blatantly ignoring not only their training but common sense. Really really BAD emergency driving here!
@@facetiouslyinsolent8313 you have no idea what you are talking about! The first and most important rule is to actually GET there or you will be of no help to anyone. By the grace of God the driver of this police vehicle did get there, but I was gritting my teeth the majority of the time due to his horrible, aggressive, throw caution and common sense to the wind driving!!! The comment you are referring to was right on, and yours was incorrect and misguided. And I can say so from my perspective as a 29-year career retired LEO who has unfortunately attended way too many officer funerals, and yes, including those due to fatal traffic collisions while responding code-3 to calls. This video is one of the best examples of how NOT to drive code-3, end of story.
Damn right it should. The pucker factor when our ride along unit decided he should go parallel on the right going through heavy traffic, the way he crested that blind curve at 80 to stopped traffic when he caught up with the other unit, the huge lack of regard for safety of the motoring public in general
It took nine and a half minuets to get to that accident, and somehow no one was closer to respond, whilst driving erratically and well over the posted speed limit.
Pretty stupid driving for a MVA with injuries just to stand around and do nothing. The needed units were already the " fire-ems" . Put alot of citizens in danger .
@@alexkyte4093 I’m an EMT and that’s not true at all unless it’s a psychiatric call, a cop running emergent when fire and ems are on scene for a MVA makes no sense.
@@FUKKelowna how is the cops supposed to know what the incident is before it gets there? You don't know anything about what's going on until you get there or are called off. A vehicle accident with injuries is a vehicle accident with injuries. You don't even know if that's the car with the injuries. What if on the other side of that fire truck there was a car upside down with a baby under it. You don't know until you get there you stupid fuck. You are the reason why I stopped being a deputy sheriff, because I can't reconcile in my head protecting and serving the same fucking scum who want me to stop chasing criminals or think I'm rushing to fast to get to an injured person. Fuck you.
The comments are a mixed bag here, a ton of people praising the officer for good driving and a ton of people criticizing him for passing on the right and creating dangerous situations. In my opinion both these views are correct, yes his driving was very skillfull from a driving standpoint, however passing on the right as much as he did created some possibly dangerous situations had somebody reacted in a way he didn't expect. Considering the sheer amount of people failing to yield for the officer I don't blame him for the way he is driving, however this is definitely not standard procedure and I would only recommend driving this way if the situation 100 percent calls for it. I don't think this type of driving was necessary for this response. On a side note, people should pay attention and stop being blind while driving, so many people in this video I want to send back to driving school.
I agree that a lot of people didn’t move when needing too. My only criticism to you, is there was a few spots you were bobbing and weaving where the car in front of you got confused by where you were going and you could have been in a accident easily.. careful brother. You are a great driver though I’ll give you that. Just pick what lane your going to be on, and if you gotta change, make sure your not flying up behind a car that’s in the lane you just went to because they are trying to go to the opposite then you’re trying to get back left leaving them in the middle of the road with you coming up quick. No bueno
As former LEO, I have to ask, he ran code for that? Side note, I thought he had left his cruiser in drive for a minute when the firetruck started to back up. Caught up in the excitement i reckon.
This shows how many drives should NOT have their license. This officer is very used to driving this area and knows how people DO NOT care and DO NOT pull over. On another note there is no reason this officer needs to be driving so crazy if medics are already on scene. He is no rushing to save anyone's life. He is rushing to do an accident report 🤦♀️
traffic control, people will blind slide ems and cause secondary accidents, also maybe the patient/s are being combative and requested PD ASAP... many different reasons why
I always honk my horn 5 times as I turn on my emergency "flashers" as I pull over, a lot of other drivers will hear and see this and pull over as well. Not all, but most. This can have (thankfully) a cascading affect and cause more drivers to realize that an emergency vehicle (ambulance, fire, police) is coming at Code 3....
This happened to me once back in 2006, and I was only 1 at the time and me and my family was my family and I were driving home after we got done shopping and my grandfather thought it was a good idea to block traffic and he stayed in the middle of the road and my mom was yelling "move the car, move the car, move the car, move the car" and he didn't listen, he just stayed in the same spot, and she kept on yelling move the car move the car move the car, and he still didn't and as she kept yelling that over and over and over, she was looking out of the window and saw a car coming right at us going 45 - 50 mph, and she kept yelling, screaming and crying saying "move the car, move the car, move the car, move the car" and he still didn't listen and she kept on crying and begging and he still didn't listen and just moment's later that car that my mom was looking at, smashed right into us, at 45 - 50 mph, and it totaled our car, tearing the entire bottom of our car right off, rolling our car over and over until it landed on the wheels and we where all trapped in the car what felt likes hours, and as we were all trapped, I was out of conscious and I wasn't waking up, and as we were getting untrapped by the fire department and loaded into the ambulance and me and my family were all rushed to the hospital, and for me, I was in the ICU in a medically reduced coma for almost a year, as i was recovering and as i went through a MRI scan, it turned out, i was suffering from a brain injury and I was in the ICU in the hospital while in a medically reduced come for almost a year, and i spent most of my time there, recovering and I was released almost a year later and I was brought home to rest and to recover some more, and that brain injury I had, the doctor's came into my parent's hospital room and they said, I might not have a chance to make it, and that I was fighting through it, and there is a small chance to recover from it, but since i was fighting through it, I fully recovered from it, and doing a whole lot better now, and it's been 18 years ago sine it all happened and I remember it till this day
I do not mean to critique, but this is not how you should respond to an accident. That type of speed should only be used in critical situations. Police have the responsibility of helping to secure the scene, complete any necessary investigation etc. In my time in law enforcement (albeit I have been out for almost 20 years), the situation did not call for that. Also one post thought, you do not pass another responding vehicle like this officer did. It demonstrated the officers state of mind that he wanted to race to the scene. I hope his supervisor put a formal warning on his file.
This officer broke all the "Code 3" response protocols with the crazy driving. Passed vehicles on both side, weaved in and out of traffic, weaved around cars with another police car to the left running code....confuses drivers badly doing this, overall quite reckless tossing safety out the window. About the only thing they did right was slow down at intersections where they had the red light. This officer needs to understand the most important thing it to "get on scene." If you crash responding by driving like your pants are on fire you will do nobody any good and cause others to respond to the original call and now your accident. Glad they made it....but luck does run out too. Driving like they were put everyone at risk and the lawsuit would have been high. 10 minutes is a unusually long code run, they must have very limited police coverage.
You are spot on with your observations. And in today's world with in-car cameras recording officers driving like the one in this video was doing, that will inevitably, at some point, become the primary evidence resulting in a lawsuit that costs potentially millions of dollars and could be career ending for the officer... if he or she survives that long after driving so aggressively like they are John Wayne on steroids.
Okay I too was a former career firefighter and what are you as a patrol officer going to do when you arrive. Put out a flare pattern, save lives or what? There was no reason for driving the way you did, i.e. on the right shoulder? This is a sad video of what not to do. If someone would have merged to the right as told and you hit them, what was your department going to say?
Hence why it is important to carry, the police will come, but will it be a homicide investigation or your murder investigation? They can only drive so fast.
I live pretty close to Hinson and I remember hearing the sirens coming for awhile trying to figure out where they were going. It seemed like it went on forever.
Haven’t found regulations for Law Enforcement, but NFPA 1710 governs fire department response. They recommend the first unit of a career department to be on scene in under four minutes, 90% of the time. In the time it took this one officer to arrive, the NFPA recommended the entire alarm assignment to be on scene (average four apparatus).
Half of the video is this poor cop waiting on the stupid drivers to wake up and get out of the way, IF they do move over… the amount of air heads that just stay there is ridiculous
I’m driving school I was taught to check my mirrors every three seconds. That seems excessive, but often you see emergency vehicles before you hear them.
Was that type of response really necessary tho? A single vehicle into a pole, low speed. I mean, the air bags probably didn't even deploy, it wasn't a high volume roadway, that didn't require a response that, let's be honest, put others at risk. The driver of an emergency vehicle exercising a privilege granted by law, must drive with due regard for safety, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature, condition and use of the highway; the amount of traffic that is on, or might reasonably be expected to be on, the highway; the nature of the use being made of the emergency vehicle at the time. Emergency vehicle operations have always been dangerous, but it’s more of a threat today than ever before. Congested roads, distracted drivers, cars built to keep drivers from hearing the very noise we make to alert them to our presence, and technology within our vehicles all make the simple task of driving a complex and stressful one. Responding with emergency lights and siren does not relieve personnel of the duty to continue to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons. You don’t automatically have the right-of-way just because you’re running lights and sirens or driving an emergency vehicle. You are simply requesting the right-of-way from other drivers. You don’t have the right-of-way until those other drivers are aware of your presence and have yielded to you. That’s why you need to try to make your presence and intended actions known to other drivers, and drive defensively so when other drivers do something unexpected, you have time to react. You have a duty to serve the public, to travel and arrive safely at the scene of an incident, and to do “the most good for the most people.” Never forget your number-one priority: everyone goes home safe! Drive as if your life depends on it, because it does. This also applies to the lives of your crew and the public you serve. Keep in mind some people are hearing impaired, some people are vision impaired, and these people can be crossing at intersections, children can be running after puppies - things happen that you need to prepare for and there is not emergency important enough to risk the lives of innocent members of the public.
Terrible response, we’ll see how long it takes him to get in an accident responding when he’s passing people on the right where they are trained to pull to.
I am amazed that you could get away with reckless driving like that. Hasn't anybody ever taught you that you do not pass on the right when rolling code? Several times we saw people try to merge to the right to get out of your way only to find out you were already there. You never pass on the right when rolling lights and siren. It goes straight down the center line and if they don't move you sit on their ass until they do move. And what for? So you could put traffic cones out of an incident that was already clearing? In my jurisdiction we have a policy not to exceed the speed limit by more than 10 mph. You were flying! Why? To put out traffic cones of an incident that was already clearing? You were moving like we move when an officer needs help call.
I'm a retired Fire Fighter , I can't remember how many Times we Beat Our Brothers in Blue to the Scene... We need to stop the BS about Defunding our policeman and Hire a whole lot more... this officer did a great job with Traffic, Still took much to Long
One lesson we can take is when there are multiple units going code 3 responding to a non-violent call (e.g. not a pursuit), a training for the cops may be needed to stay on one side (either left or right). Drivers will be confused when they see a cop on the left, slowly making room by going to the right, and another car is on the right.
That was some pretty aggressive driving by that officer for such a long distance response. And the idiot drivers who don't move over or get out of the way when they hear sirens and see red and blue lights didn't help.
@@peggys2546 Let's be fair... cars made since the 90's have so much noise reduction technology in them it can be hard to hear sirens when the windows are up. Then add in music or any other noise, plus the fact no one pays attention... it is a surprise that there are not more crashes with 1st responders
100% agreed, and for what? A low speed, single vehicle into a pole. If I was this persons boss, or even a taxpaying citizen of that area, I think I would question this response and maybe raise a stink. Was it worth the risk? The risk to thousand of members of the public? I do not think so.
What a bunch of hick-cowboys these AK officers/troopers really are.... I've watched enough of them they really are out of control. Putting far more lives in danger than necessary. At about the 3:30 mark splitting the lane because his colleague took the left side and wanted to get to the scene before him. Whomever is in this camera car is a fool (What? No officer name, no GPS?). All this crazy driving just to interview someone already in an ambulance? Take some lessons from Pinellas County FL and their pursuit policy, and listen to the question/answer at about the 16.40 mark in a YT video "Pinellas Co. sheriff shares details into deadly crash involving 3 teens and a stolen Maserati"
2:45 Those cars are terrible, didn't even move over just stayed in their lanes you had to use the shoulder. Stupid people. Should have been in the middle.
Great video, but what part of Arkansas is this where people are not yielding right of way for law enforcement on emergency mode and portholes the size of a tire?
Hmm, Arkansas must not have an EVAP requirement...first rule is NEVER pass traffic on the right. Made me cringe each time I saw it, just waiting for a car to merge right.
Fast and reckless driving for a 3rd responder. Patient already loaded up in meat wagon and fire crew leaving the scene. Officers driving and situational awareness get a C- at best. Sorry not sorry.
One thing ive learned about Arkansas is that NO ONE moves over for emergency vehicles. All the space in the world to move over and you choose not to move.
Guy needs to retake EVOC. No emergency is worth causing another one, especially when your that far out and you know EMS and fire is going to beat you there. I have been in LE for 20 years and this driving has no excuse. Worst was passing cars on the right when the other unit was on the left. Good way to get someone yielding to him to cut you off, or to get that unit cut off by someone swerving left to avoid you. Cars need to yield to the right, make then yield to the right and hold your lane, don’t cut back and forth between all lanes. Driving code does NOT give you the right of way. You are nearly requesting it. You still need to drive with due care until you KNOW what the other driver is going to do and make sure they are reacting to you.
wow.. endangering all those people for a small accident with barely any damage. Fire and EMS on scene walking slowly around not really in a hurry.. but naw, endanger more people!
lights and sirens, should, but do not make you totally immune from the average road user. remember that this police vehicle is going at a rate much faster than most cars. i know that on an open road lights and sirens are ineffective at a distance, then, other drivers have to decide where the police vehicle is and which side of the road he is going to pass you. thankfully most road users are aware of their situational surroundings and are quick to respond, then there are the others. having been a first responder, i know that every time that i turned on my lights and siren i was putting myself and other road users in danger. it is a fine line getting to the job in one piece and rendering assistance or crashing into someone else because they were not quick enough to get out of the way
I get it he's trying to expedite and I totally support LE, but immediately passing on the right like that rolling code is asking for a crash. Often vehicles will automatically pull to the right without looking. Right in front of you. Worked on an ambulance for 10 years and I'd have been fired for driving like that even if the rig was able to do so.
Ya'll need to pass and enforce a law that if someone doesn't move for emergency response vehicles then they have to pay a LARGE fine! These drivers are completely ridiculous!!!!!
Boy people sure don't move over for you guys. See blue lights and they just sit there. But I give you three thumbs 👍👍👍up for driving through crowed streets.
Considering the sheer amount of people failing to yield to the right I don't blame the officer, probably shaved at least a minute off the response time by passing on the right because idiots wouldn't move over.
10 Minute Response !! ?? is this the only units in the area?? Ridiculous to see both police cruisers and officers Jockeying for position to get there first. And what a crazy ridiculous driving response for the accident when they got on scene. The fire truck was already planning to leave getting ready to backup....
So I am watching this and scratching my head a bit. I've just come from a discussion about traffic moving aside for emergency vehicles under a film of an American guy reacting to videos from various parts of the world showing how different countries react. The USA didn't come out well but to be fair it was New York City and the roads were pretty packed. In Europe in general no matter what the country, traffic moves aside pretty quickly. In most countries it is a legal obligation. I am English and although our roads are often narrow and busy we all know how to move out of the way and do so. I've never in my life seen a vehicle not slow down and let an emergency vehicle past and we are supposed to put our indicators (turn signal) on to indicate that we have seen them. I have noticed a lot more vehicles in this video either not reacting or reacting slowly. I do not accept that Americans care less about their fellow humans than Europeans so I've been thinking why this is and I have a theory. Does it come down to lane discipline? I have heard several Americans note that in Europe, where passing your driving test is often difficult *, people stick more to the rule that you drive to the left, overtake on the right and then move back to the left (the opposite way round in Ireland, UK, Malta and Cyprus). In the USA it is a lot more free and people stick to their lanes more. So it is more instinctive for Europeans to know they just have to pull over to the left (or right in UK etc). In the USA I wonder if drivers are just less sure which direction they should pull over to and get panicky. It's a theory. * to get a licence in the UK you must first pass a theory test, then a hazard perception test to prove awareness of dangers. If you pass these you can take the practical test which lasts about 40 minutes and is quite rigorous. Only 49% pass on the first attempt. You can't start learning to drive until you are seventeen. 75% of the adult population have a full licence in the UK compared to 91% in the USA.
This is some of the worst emergency driving I have ever seen, this guy cannot have received any training at all. I hope there was some sort of consequences for this insane behaviour.
I haven’t seen people that dumb since I delivered in Kentucky. Drive in the right lane. I don’t care if you’re turning right in four miles, if there is space in the right lane, and you are not passing, move it over. If an emergency vehicle is coming up behind you (and thanks to four thousand dollars of lighting, you can be seen for over a mile), and you are not already in that right lane, move it over, immediately. With the increased quality of onboard cameras, they ought to be able to mail out ‘failure to yield’ citations like they’re going out of style. The officer was driving as expeditiously as possible despite the best efforts of the majority of the motorists to intervene. Theoretically the left lane would be open, and you can sail on your way, and only chirp the siren to change the lights. But with Dingbad Dale and Left Lane Lucy on a Sunday stroll, emergency operators must actively avoid them.
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I am totally blown away at the damn idiots who refuse to move over for lights and sirens. I wish there was a way to ticket each and everyone of them. Thank all of you for your service. God bless.
It depends some ppl don’t check mirror’s often and have music up loud unfortunately and when ur running 35-50mph like in the video and law enforcement are running 80+ the time ppl hear it they officer is on top of them. For the most part ppl yielded too them some braked but they where in the moment of what do it do. I really didn’t see anyone be a complete dick or anything. Some of them probably thought they was getting pulled hints why they took time pulling over. Considering how much traffic it was pretty good. After seeing the wreck idk why they where running code for something that little. But ever department is definitely ems and fire was on scene and they should have slowed down alittle it wasn’t that important. I use too be in law enforcement and have experience in the field and also still on the fire department
@@triplehfarmsllc7348
I have never missed seeing an emergency vehicle in my rear view mirror, long before I hear the sirens. It just catches in my peripheral vision. Even when actual pursuits are coming up behind me.
Now cross traffic is a different story. You can't usually hear them if windows up and music on, like I normally do. And you definitely can't see them until the last few seconds before they get to the intersection.
But these guys have no excuse for coming up behind, as far as I'm concerned.
@@someguy7805 again you are talking about yourself who pay attention vs ppl who don’t and that aren’t defensive drivers. The excuse is they are bad drivers with very little experience or training
Agreed, some people are morons. Police cars are already fitted with number plate scanners, there should be some sort of system they can activate. Anyone obscenely failing to yeild should promt a footage review and if confirmed, should receive a hefty fine in the mail.
@@martyn975 I was about to post almost exactly the same thing. Some people treat their cars like their living rooms or bedrooms, playing music super loud, or they are on their phones, deeply into some conversation with someone, or just zoning out on an audio book, or whatever and NOT paying attention to their surroundings, so they don't even realize an officer is right behind them, with sirens and lights. And some just don't move over because their are ignorant of the law. A ticket might just be the wake up call for them.
Does no one get over anymore? Are we that entitled today? Or are we that distracted? Have all the ridiculous safety gadgets insulated us from our surroundings?
Right stupid!!
moving to the right is more of a suggestion than a command to people.
These are the same people that complain when it takes first responders "too long to respond" when they are involved
No. People are just stupid. 🤪
People never look in their mirror. I pass people all the time and the almost turn into me, I make left turn now good luck everybody else
It’s amazing how many people drive with blinder’s on.
AGREED
A whole bunch of braindead morons in the left lane......
I would use the word “clueless”. I am not sure what they are doing would be called “driving”, more like going for a “ride”!!
Need a big blade on the front of the cars
Some of those need mandatory vision and hearing tests.
I am a former firefighter. When I drove fire equipment, I wanted vehicles to pull to the right and stop if it was safe to do so. Some times when vehicles are moving at the speed of the other traffic, it is not safe to immediately move to the right and/or stop. In areas of traffic congestion, I wanted traffic to just stop and allow my emergency vehicle to find a way through the congestion. People should frequently look in their rear view mirror for things developing behind them, and be ready to take appropriate action.
Had music up too loud one day when I was just out of highschool. Never heard or saw the Battalion Chief (in his marked SUV) come up behind me. Not sure how long he was there for but all I saw in my mirror was his grille lights, he was that close to me. Got over and 5 seconds later he was on scene. Car into utility pole, mom holding a crying kid outside the car.
Since then I made it a routine that every so often I just check my rear view even if I know nothing is there, and any siren I immediately slow to the speed limit so if I need to move, im going slow enough I can do so.
Rolling up on the fresh accident, knowing the chief was probably yelling at me to move, and then seeing the people kinda changes your view and thinking.
Right? That's like Driver's Ed 101 stuff.
It’s so crazy how people panic and don’t know how to get out of the way
This cop is driving like a maniac. It is pure luck he did not cause an accident himself.
@@winchester208 They are trained to drive like that lmao
@@winchester208 nah i think ur just dumb
@@winchester208it is an emergency call. Wtf is he suppossed to do? Sit on his car and wait for the traffic lights? Smh some people like you do not even have any idea how hard this job is. At least let us do our jobs. A police patroling unit has to be in the scene ASAP as soon as it gets a report over the radio.
To write a report…..yes please take a half hour
The number of completely tuned-out drivers is astonishing. Taught all my kids to drive with full "situational awareness" at all times. Hope it sticks with them.
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Seems like he had to come from 2 counties over for an accident.
Seems like a long way to respond to an accident.
No that's pretty normal
On top of that, it looked like a single vehicle accident at residential speeds. 🤦♂️
About 9 min's in an urban area. That seems pretty bad for the first unit to take more than 3-4 minutes going code to get on scene.
Its only 9 mins long the previous video I watch is where a cop was lead to a national park where backup could arrive in 30 mins, that officers life could've been endangered.
Nah 10 mins is good
As an EMT, there’s no real justification for the officer to run code 3 to an accident call where fire and EMS are already on scene. Also a lot of his driving was out of line such as passing on the right when there’s opportunity to pass on the left.
Yeah this driving seemed crazy
Thank you for your input. I agree 1000%
Bad ass driver is you ask me. PLUS you don’t know what was said on the call and what Information was given to him
As an EMT, there’s no real justification for you to comment on a police officers driving. Your the bottom of the totem pole in the first responder world my guy.
Nearly 10 minutes with aggressive driving, lights and sirens. if not, it would have taken 20-30 minutes, held up the other first responders and qued up emergency calls in this understaffed locale.
OMG, where did he go, Tennessee ???? He was the closest unit? With fire on the scene??
It would have taken just ONE car to ruin his day...My Lord !!
Thanks APA
I guess this an police training video of what NOT TO DO.
You don't know if he knew they were on scene regardless he has to respond to keep other from getting into accidents and he can also provide help. Guess you never been in a job like public safety. Most police and fire are not on same radio frequency he may have not been told they are there.
Yeah, former LEO here. Would have been chewed out for this type of driving for a traffic accident that already has fire and EMS on scene. Also my state does not allow us to dangerously blow through red lights, we must stop and fully clear it first, even when running code. The amount of lives put in danger to run code on a call that did not need you to arrive where the situation is under control. Sure step it up some but no need to run like this.
Oh really another “former Leo” I’m a former billionaire and I would have been chewed out as well
You never blow through red lights even going code 3 !
If I drove this way, and I run hot through Little Rock every day I work, I'd be fired on the spot. And I'd deserve it. That was some of the most dangerous Code 3 driving I've ever seen. The risk vs reward was ZERO.
I was going to say, that's a lot of reckless driving just to be 5th on the scene...
Failing to yeild possible causes:
1) Not paying attention.
2) Is distracted.
3) Panicking / Scared. They freeze up like that Jeep.
4) Geniunely can't hear (deaf, loud volume, or car cancels out external noise too well. Especially modern cars.)
5) Can't physically get over due to other traffic.
6) Not reading the situation / Lack of awareness.
7) Genuinely does not care.
8) Purposely blocks out of spite for LEOs / EMS (rare but does happen in some places).
All that shit for a fender bender?
This driving is crazy--when did EVOC stop teaching to pass on the left when running lights and siren?
When passing on the left is impossible. That’s when.
When morons forget how to get the fuck out of the way 😂
If you payed attention, he was using EVOC training just fine. Can't exactly only pass on the left if the cars in the left lane won't even try to yield.
there was no reason to run code 3 like a mad man. it was essentially a fender bender, no real injuries but this response could've killed people.
Holy crap that was some dangerous driving! I can't believe he passed the other police car the way he did. He's lucky he didn't kill anyone
@jeepthing98 Yes, that's the part I'm talking about. If the cars were to have moved towards the right (as they're suppost to) to get out of the way of the 1st police car they could have collided with this cop that decided to go his own way
@jeepthing98 You’re taught to pass on the left, because the Arkansas state handbook says to move to the right for emergency vehicles. If any of these cars would’ve turned right as he was passing on the right he could be held liable. I understand it’s frustrating but especially if fire and EMS are already on scene most the time police don’t even need to run code to certain accidents
@@BoLee-v5m Yep. As an Engine and Ambulance driver. We rarely run code. It confuses other drivers beyond comprehension.
All for what? fire and ems was out with the car parked in the grass already.
He is driving the way he was trained trust me he has better control of his car that fast then you do of yours at 55.
This would be a prefect example of incorrect code 3 response to a call
I have over 40 years experience in driving EMS vehicles. The one rule we have internalized is NEVER pass on the right: If someone hears your siren and pulls to the right into you the MVC is ALL your fault!! Nothing is so important that you can't arrive safely!
@@facetiouslyinsolent8313 no that’s the law. That’s the truth you a 45 minute response is way better than no response because the unit crashed. Emergency vehicles have regulations they must follow. Nowhere in the us (I believe) using lights and sirens give cops the right away it simply request it. Cops firefighters and emts must operate with due regard when responding.
John R, well maybe if civilian drivers got the effort out of the way he wouldn't have needed to do it. Perhaps the USA should start prosecuting ignorant drivers?
I have seen so many horrible examples of code-3 driving from states in the south, and this is one of them! I was gritting my teeth watching this, especially when the police vehicle that was in front of this guy went to pass cars on the left hand shoulder, which was the correct way, and that forced some of the traffic further to the right just as this police vehicle passes the same traffic on the right. What exactly does this officer want all of the other drivers to do??? He or she is confusing them, and made it more dangerous for both officers as well as the many other drivers on the road trying to get out of the way but with nowhere to safely do so due to the dumbass driving this officer was doing. Looks to my experienced eyes as if Ark. is really seriously lacking in adequate emergency vehicle operator training (EVOC for short), or the officers are just blatantly ignoring not only their training but common sense. Really really BAD emergency driving here!
@@facetiouslyinsolent8313 you have no idea what you are talking about! The first and most important rule is to actually GET there or you will be of no help to anyone. By the grace of God the driver of this police vehicle did get there, but I was gritting my teeth the majority of the time due to his horrible, aggressive, throw caution and common sense to the wind driving!!! The comment you are referring to was right on, and yours was incorrect and misguided. And I can say so from my perspective as a 29-year career retired LEO who has unfortunately attended way too many officer funerals, and yes, including those due to fatal traffic collisions while responding code-3 to calls. This video is one of the best examples of how NOT to drive code-3, end of story.
As a retired police officer and FTO, this driving should greatly concern any police supervisor.
Which aspect? Even going through red lights he slowed a bit so I assume he saw it was clear and ran the light with due regard.
Damn right it should. The pucker factor when our ride along unit decided he should go parallel on the right going through heavy traffic, the way he crested that blind curve at 80 to stopped traffic when he caught up with the other unit, the huge lack of regard for safety of the motoring public in general
It took nine and a half minuets to get to that accident, and somehow no one was closer to respond, whilst driving erratically and well over the posted speed limit.
All that dangerous driving and possible wrecks for nothing something that's already under control???
Dangerous driving …. Gtfo
You don't have a clue
Spoken like someone whose profile name is IDK.
Pretty stupid driving for a MVA with injuries just to stand around and do nothing. The needed units were already the " fire-ems" . Put alot of citizens in danger .
If the average citizen had average IQ a lot of accidents could be avoided.
@@blackhaze8233 Stop saying this. The average citizen does have the average IQ! Maybe if the average IQ was higher you wouldnt say something as dumb.
Police are needed first to clear scene in case the individual is aggressive or is armed. Don't talk about stuff you know nothing about.
@@alexkyte4093 police don’t clear the scene of every accident first. -EMT
@@alexkyte4093 I’m an EMT and that’s not true at all unless it’s a psychiatric call, a cop running emergent when fire and ems are on scene for a MVA makes no sense.
I was yelling "get out of the way. Are you deaf?" 😒
nah deaf people move over faster because they are actually paying attention to their surroundings.
Omg! I almost said the exact same thing!! “MOVE YOUR ASS” LOL
What a long drive to get to an accident...hope everyone is going to be alright...
low speed, single vehicle into a pole.... everyone was fine - i would bet on it. Risky driving for such a small incident.
@@FUKKelowna how is the cops supposed to know what the incident is before it gets there? You don't know anything about what's going on until you get there or are called off. A vehicle accident with injuries is a vehicle accident with injuries. You don't even know if that's the car with the injuries. What if on the other side of that fire truck there was a car upside down with a baby under it. You don't know until you get there you stupid fuck. You are the reason why I stopped being a deputy sheriff, because I can't reconcile in my head protecting and serving the same fucking scum who want me to stop chasing criminals or think I'm rushing to fast to get to an injured person. Fuck you.
since when is a 9 min drive long????
Officer scores a 0 for safe driving and another 0 for driving like an idiot for a low priority call.
The comments are a mixed bag here, a ton of people praising the officer for good driving and a ton of people criticizing him for passing on the right and creating dangerous situations. In my opinion both these views are correct, yes his driving was very skillfull from a driving standpoint, however passing on the right as much as he did created some possibly dangerous situations had somebody reacted in a way he didn't expect. Considering the sheer amount of people failing to yield for the officer I don't blame him for the way he is driving, however this is definitely not standard procedure and I would only recommend driving this way if the situation 100 percent calls for it. I don't think this type of driving was necessary for this response.
On a side note, people should pay attention and stop being blind while driving, so many people in this video I want to send back to driving school.
I agree that a lot of people didn’t move when needing too. My only criticism to you, is there was a few spots you were bobbing and weaving where the car in front of you got confused by where you were going and you could have been in a accident easily.. careful brother. You are a great driver though I’ll give you that. Just pick what lane your going to be on, and if you gotta change, make sure your not flying up behind a car that’s in the lane you just went to because they are trying to go to the opposite then you’re trying to get back left leaving them in the middle of the road with you coming up quick. No bueno
Thank you for your comment, but it's not me, I just request the videos from Law Enforcement Agencies and post them. Have an awesome weekend.
That was no brother it was one of those that use to many pronouns.
As former LEO, I have to ask, he ran code for that?
Side note, I thought he had left his cruiser in drive for a minute when the firetruck started to back up. Caught up in the excitement i reckon.
Same here and agree. Seems like the FD, ambulance and at least one other unit had already been on scene long enough for the FD to clear out.
100% Agree with you. I thought we were headed to an emergency, not a single vehicle low speed into a pole. Shame.
This shows how many drives should NOT have their license. This officer is very used to driving this area and knows how people DO NOT care and DO NOT pull over. On another note there is no reason this officer needs to be driving so crazy if medics are already on scene. He is no rushing to save anyone's life. He is rushing to do an accident report 🤦♀️
traffic control, people will blind slide ems and cause secondary accidents, also maybe the patient/s are being combative and requested PD ASAP... many different reasons why
when they told respond code 3, code 3 is get there ASAP lights and sirens. Code 2 is just lights no siren and hurry up
also medics could of showed up just before pd, when the call hoes out for an accident its fd/ems/pd code 3 response
If I lived there, I would raise this concern because that was completely unnecessary and a very risky response for absolutely no reason.
I always honk my horn 5 times as I turn on my emergency "flashers" as I pull over, a lot of other drivers will hear and see this and pull over as well. Not all, but most. This can have (thankfully) a cascading affect and cause more drivers to realize that an emergency vehicle (ambulance, fire, police) is coming at Code 3....
This happened to me once back in 2006, and I was only 1 at the time and me and my family was my family and I were driving home after we got done shopping and my grandfather thought it was a good idea to block traffic and he stayed in the middle of the road and my mom was yelling "move the car, move the car, move the car, move the car" and he didn't listen, he just stayed in the same spot, and she kept on yelling move the car move the car move the car, and he still didn't and as she kept yelling that over and over and over, she was looking out of the window and saw a car coming right at us going 45 - 50 mph, and she kept yelling, screaming and crying saying "move the car, move the car, move the car, move the car" and he still didn't listen and she kept on crying and begging and he still didn't listen and just moment's later that car that my mom was looking at, smashed right into us, at 45 - 50 mph, and it totaled our car, tearing the entire bottom of our car right off, rolling our car over and over until it landed on the wheels and we where all trapped in the car what felt likes hours, and as we were all trapped, I was out of conscious and I wasn't waking up, and as we were getting untrapped by the fire department and loaded into the ambulance and me and my family were all rushed to the hospital, and for me, I was in the ICU in a medically reduced coma for almost a year, as i was recovering and as i went through a MRI scan, it turned out, i was suffering from a brain injury and I was in the ICU in the hospital while in a medically reduced come for almost a year, and i spent most of my time there, recovering and I was released almost a year later and I was brought home to rest and to recover some more, and that brain injury I had, the doctor's came into my parent's hospital room and they said, I might not have a chance to make it, and that I was fighting through it, and there is a small chance to recover from it, but since i was fighting through it, I fully recovered from it, and doing a whole lot better now, and it's been 18 years ago sine it all happened and I remember it till this day
I do not mean to critique, but this is not how you should respond to an accident. That type of speed should only be used in critical situations. Police have the responsibility of helping to secure the scene, complete any necessary investigation etc. In my time in law enforcement (albeit I have been out for almost 20 years), the situation did not call for that.
Also one post thought, you do not pass another responding vehicle like this officer did. It demonstrated the officers state of mind that he wanted to race to the scene. I hope his supervisor put a formal warning on his file.
The amount of people that don't pull to the side for an emergency vehicle drives me crazy like really.
This officer broke all the "Code 3" response protocols with the crazy driving. Passed vehicles on both side, weaved in and out of traffic, weaved around cars with another police car to the left running code....confuses drivers badly doing this, overall quite reckless tossing safety out the window. About the only thing they did right was slow down at intersections where they had the red light. This officer needs to understand the most important thing it to "get on scene." If you crash responding by driving like your pants are on fire you will do nobody any good and cause others to respond to the original call and now your accident. Glad they made it....but luck does run out too. Driving like they were put everyone at risk and the lawsuit would have been high. 10 minutes is a unusually long code run, they must have very limited police coverage.
You are spot on with your observations. And in today's world with in-car cameras recording officers driving like the one in this video was doing, that will inevitably, at some point, become the primary evidence resulting in a lawsuit that costs potentially millions of dollars and could be career ending for the officer... if he or she survives that long after driving so aggressively like they are John Wayne on steroids.
Okay I too was a former career firefighter and what are you as a patrol officer going to do when you arrive. Put out a flare pattern, save lives or what? There was no reason for driving the way you did, i.e. on the right shoulder? This is a sad video of what not to do. If someone would have merged to the right as told and you hit them, what was your department going to say?
Good thing this wasn't a home invasion call.
Hence why it is important to carry, the police will come, but will it be a homicide investigation or your murder investigation? They can only drive so fast.
I live pretty close to Hinson and I remember hearing the sirens coming for awhile trying to figure out where they were going. It seemed like it went on forever.
Where was he responding from Montana?... I dont understand why he was in such a rush to get there when medics were already there..
Wow, I'm glad I wasn't the one waiting for aid. It took forever.
Code 3 driving is a whole different skill. Good job.
Haven’t found regulations for Law Enforcement, but NFPA 1710 governs fire department response. They recommend the first unit of a career department to be on scene in under four minutes, 90% of the time. In the time it took this one officer to arrive, the NFPA recommended the entire alarm assignment to be on scene (average four apparatus).
"Over the river and through the woods...to grandmother's house we go...."
Thst truck should ove moved bc hr knows therr a cop honking and sires so is he at falt if he dint move right??
Half of the video is this poor cop waiting on the stupid drivers to wake up and get out of the way, IF they do move over… the amount of air heads that just stay there is ridiculous
Man,that took along time to get there, I live in a small rich town of Plymouth mi, and it only take 2min for cop to show!
I’m driving school I was taught to check my mirrors every three seconds. That seems excessive, but often you see emergency vehicles before you hear them.
Was that type of response really necessary tho? A single vehicle into a pole, low speed. I mean, the air bags probably didn't even deploy, it wasn't a high volume roadway, that didn't require a response that, let's be honest, put others at risk. The driver of an emergency vehicle exercising a privilege granted by law, must drive with due regard for safety, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature, condition and use of the highway; the amount of traffic that is on, or might reasonably be expected to be on, the highway; the nature of the use being made of the emergency vehicle at the time.
Emergency vehicle operations have always been dangerous, but it’s more of a threat today than ever before. Congested roads, distracted drivers, cars built to keep drivers from hearing the very noise we make to alert them to our presence, and technology within our vehicles all make the simple task of driving a complex and stressful one. Responding with emergency lights and siren does not relieve personnel of the duty to continue to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons. You don’t automatically have the right-of-way just because you’re running lights and sirens or driving an emergency vehicle. You are simply requesting the right-of-way from other drivers. You don’t have the right-of-way until those other drivers are aware of your presence and have yielded to you. That’s why you need to try to make your presence and intended actions known to other drivers, and drive defensively so when other drivers do something unexpected, you have time to react.
You have a duty to serve the public, to travel and arrive safely at the scene of an incident, and to do “the most good for the most people.” Never forget your number-one priority: everyone goes home safe! Drive as if your life depends on it, because it does. This also applies to the lives of your crew and the public you serve. Keep in mind some people are hearing impaired, some people are vision impaired, and these people can be crossing at intersections, children can be running after puppies - things happen that you need to prepare for and there is not emergency important enough to risk the lives of innocent members of the public.
Pretty bold driving …..
All that for nothing.
Holy crap! Driving like that for 10 minutes would put me in a different city, why was that officer even called to respond??
Terrible response, we’ll see how long it takes him to get in an accident responding when he’s passing people on the right where they are trained to pull to.
I am amazed that you could get away with reckless driving like that. Hasn't anybody ever taught you that you do not pass on the right when rolling code? Several times we saw people try to merge to the right to get out of your way only to find out you were already there. You never pass on the right when rolling lights and siren. It goes straight down the center line and if they don't move you sit on their ass until they do move. And what for? So you could put traffic cones out of an incident that was already clearing? In my jurisdiction we have a policy not to exceed the speed limit by more than 10 mph. You were flying! Why? To put out traffic cones of an incident that was already clearing? You were moving like we move when an officer needs help call.
Love how everyone goes to their left side slowly and skip a heart beat 😂
I'm a retired Fire Fighter , I can't remember how many Times we Beat Our Brothers in Blue to the Scene... We need to stop the BS about Defunding our policeman and Hire a whole lot more... this officer did a great job with Traffic, Still took much to Long
Great Driving , It's good to see most people move out the way !! Come to South Africa , they dont move out the way
One lesson we can take is when there are multiple units going code 3 responding to a non-violent call (e.g. not a pursuit), a training for the cops may be needed to stay on one side (either left or right). Drivers will be confused when they see a cop on the left, slowly making room by going to the right, and another car is on the right.
That was some pretty aggressive driving by that officer for such a long distance response. And the idiot drivers who don't move over or get out of the way when they hear sirens and see red and blue lights didn't help.
they only had blue lights
@@HellYeahImIrish You couldn’t hear the sirens?😅
@@peggys2546 Let's be fair... cars made since the 90's have so much noise reduction technology in them it can be hard to hear sirens when the windows are up. Then add in music or any other noise, plus the fact no one pays attention... it is a surprise that there are not more crashes with 1st responders
100% agreed, and for what? A low speed, single vehicle into a pole. If I was this persons boss, or even a taxpaying citizen of that area, I think I would question this response and maybe raise a stink. Was it worth the risk? The risk to thousand of members of the public? I do not think so.
I would include the officer as idiot driver as well.
Most of these drivers are so distracted they can't see and hear an emergency vehicle just behind them. Unbelievable.
Gotta love people that just sit there not like he has lights and siren goin or anything
What a bunch of hick-cowboys these AK officers/troopers really are.... I've watched enough of them they really are out of control. Putting far more lives in danger than necessary. At about the 3:30 mark splitting the lane because his colleague took the left side and wanted to get to the scene before him. Whomever is in this camera car is a fool (What? No officer name, no GPS?). All this crazy driving just to interview someone already in an ambulance?
Take some lessons from Pinellas County FL and their pursuit policy, and listen to the question/answer at about the 16.40 mark in a YT video "Pinellas Co. sheriff shares details into deadly crash involving 3 teens and a stolen Maserati"
AR not AK
2:45 Those cars are terrible, didn't even move over just stayed in their lanes you had to use the shoulder. Stupid people. Should have been in the middle.
Great video, but what part of Arkansas is this where people are not yielding right of way for law enforcement on emergency mode and portholes the size of a tire?
No other officers closer? Seriously? I'm sorry, to me this is not justifiable, he put a whole lot of innocent lives in danger.
I'm not judging any LEO for hurrying to an accident or call for help.
Just remember if you bend it or cause another accident what good are ya...💙
Hmm, Arkansas must not have an EVAP requirement...first rule is NEVER pass traffic on the right. Made me cringe each time I saw it, just waiting for a car to merge right.
Fast and reckless driving for a 3rd responder. Patient already loaded up in meat wagon and fire crew leaving the scene. Officers driving and situational awareness get a C- at best. Sorry not sorry.
Drive like a maniac, cause another accident.
One thing ive learned about Arkansas is that NO ONE moves over for emergency vehicles. All the space in the world to move over and you choose not to move.
Seems like a lot of risky driving to get to a fender bender. I could see if it's an officer in need, but this?
I'm just curious why they requested a code 3 response
This is a great code 3 response
Guy needs to retake EVOC. No emergency is worth causing another one, especially when your that far out and you know EMS and fire is going to beat you there. I have been in LE for 20 years and this driving has no excuse. Worst was passing cars on the right when the other unit was on the left. Good way to get someone yielding to him to cut you off, or to get that unit cut off by someone swerving left to avoid you. Cars need to yield to the right, make then yield to the right and hold your lane, don’t cut back and forth between all lanes. Driving code does NOT give you the right of way. You are nearly requesting it. You still need to drive with due care until you KNOW what the other driver is going to do and make sure they are reacting to you.
What was the point of driving at breakneck speeds to a accident where fire/rescue already obscene ? Driving practice I guess, or just adrenaline rush.
That new 10-speed transmission doing work!
The lack of attention to an emergency vehicle is a disgrace,
you did well hopefully everybody is ok
This felt like very extreme driving to me
I have a question in a emergency do all first responder go fast as they need to be or do they follow rules like every one else
wow.. endangering all those people for a small accident with barely any damage. Fire and EMS on scene walking slowly around not really in a hurry.. but naw, endanger more people!
lights and sirens, should, but do not make you totally immune from the average road user. remember that this police vehicle is going at a rate much faster than most cars. i know that on an open road lights and sirens are ineffective at a distance, then, other drivers have to decide where the police vehicle is and which side of the road he is going to pass you. thankfully most road users are aware of their situational surroundings and are quick to respond, then there are the others. having been a first responder, i know that every time that i turned on my lights and siren i was putting myself and other road users in danger. it is a fine line getting to the job in one piece and rendering assistance or crashing into someone else because they were not quick enough to get out of the way
I get it he's trying to expedite and I totally support LE, but immediately passing on the right like that rolling code is asking for a crash. Often vehicles will automatically pull to the right without looking. Right in front of you. Worked on an ambulance for 10 years and I'd have been fired for driving like that even if the rig was able to do so.
Geez. He must have taken the long way around.
3:53 is funny bc the Tahoe would not move because the other car hahah❤😂😂
that seemed a bit unnecessary given the accident scene
Reminds me of playing frogger when I was a kid. Yes I'm that old. 😆
Ya'll need to pass and enforce a law that if someone doesn't move for emergency response vehicles then they have to pay a LARGE fine! These drivers are completely ridiculous!!!!!
Road hogs. IT'S MY ROAD.
Boy people sure don't move over for you guys. See blue lights and they just sit there. But I give you three thumbs 👍👍👍up for driving through crowed streets.
Passing vehicles on the right, and clearing intersections from the right is very risky. But nice video and response.
Considering the sheer amount of people failing to yield to the right I don't blame the officer, probably shaved at least a minute off the response time by passing on the right because idiots wouldn't move over.
All to fill in an accident report and call for a tow truck. Seems damn risky.
They had no one closer! This guy must have driven 10 miles to get there!
10 Minute Response !! ?? is this the only units in the area?? Ridiculous to see both police cruisers and officers Jockeying for position to get there first. And what a crazy ridiculous driving response for the accident when they got on scene. The fire truck was already planning to leave getting ready to backup....
Notice how literally nobody pulls over like they’re supposed to? 😂🤦♂️
So I am watching this and scratching my head a bit. I've just come from a discussion about traffic moving aside for emergency vehicles under a film of an American guy reacting to videos from various parts of the world showing how different countries react. The USA didn't come out well but to be fair it was New York City and the roads were pretty packed.
In Europe in general no matter what the country, traffic moves aside pretty quickly. In most countries it is a legal obligation. I am English and although our roads are often narrow and busy we all know how to move out of the way and do so. I've never in my life seen a vehicle not slow down and let an emergency vehicle past and we are supposed to put our indicators (turn signal) on to indicate that we have seen them.
I have noticed a lot more vehicles in this video either not reacting or reacting slowly. I do not accept that Americans care less about their fellow humans than Europeans so I've been thinking why this is and I have a theory.
Does it come down to lane discipline? I have heard several Americans note that in Europe, where passing your driving test is often difficult *, people stick more to the rule that you drive to the left, overtake on the right and then move back to the left (the opposite way round in Ireland, UK, Malta and Cyprus). In the USA it is a lot more free and people stick to their lanes more. So it is more instinctive for Europeans to know they just have to pull over to the left (or right in UK etc). In the USA I wonder if drivers are just less sure which direction they should pull over to and get panicky. It's a theory.
* to get a licence in the UK you must first pass a theory test, then a hazard perception test to prove awareness of dangers. If you pass these you can take the practical test which lasts about 40 minutes and is quite rigorous. Only 49% pass on the first attempt. You can't start learning to drive until you are seventeen. 75% of the adult population have a full licence in the UK compared to 91% in the USA.
That was the worst code 3 driving I've ever seen. Then to find out it was a cop. Wow.
My right ear enjoyed this
Look at how many people are camping out in the left lane oblivious to the world!!
This is some of the worst emergency driving I have ever seen, this guy cannot have received any training at all. I hope there was some sort of consequences for this insane behaviour.
This is rush hour? I am from Germany and there is more traffic at night time than shown in the video
Why is that siren so quiet compared to our state
This code 3 is like When you tell the wife that she’s getting it all night long… and you last 3 seconds. I was expecting a lot more from this.
I haven’t seen people that dumb since I delivered in Kentucky. Drive in the right lane. I don’t care if you’re turning right in four miles, if there is space in the right lane, and you are not passing, move it over. If an emergency vehicle is coming up behind you (and thanks to four thousand dollars of lighting, you can be seen for over a mile), and you are not already in that right lane, move it over, immediately.
With the increased quality of onboard cameras, they ought to be able to mail out ‘failure to yield’ citations like they’re going out of style.
The officer was driving as expeditiously as possible despite the best efforts of the majority of the motorists to intervene. Theoretically the left lane would be open, and you can sail on your way, and only chirp the siren to change the lights. But with Dingbad Dale and Left Lane Lucy on a Sunday stroll, emergency operators must actively avoid them.