Any and all driver who fails to yield to a vehicle with lights and sirens activated should receive a citation in the mail for failure to yield. It's the law and these people don't give a damn, maybe a few hundred dollars and a couple of points on their license might change their world view.
Today i did an awful thing by not letting the ambulance and the cop go through i kept driving straight. This happened in new hope pa. I got two tickets for failure to yield to emergency and obstruction of license plate cover. If anyone can tell me how much it will be in pennsylvania please let me know. I live in philadelphia.
I'm not surprised in some of the situations, approaching from behind and then switch the siren on as they are right behind a vehicle instead of using it all the time ... To be honest, I'm happy that here in Germany drivers are required to create an emergency vehicle passing lane on all multilane roads outside the city limits as soon as traffic backs up, not waiting until they notice an emergency vehicle approaching; Would have been useful for situations like in the last clip
Then you should also know that at highway speed the siren is essentially useless. Add in how well modern cars are insulated against sound, sound systems, etc. No point in having the siren on when traveling at highway speeds. This is well documented as well as taught in EVOC (emergency vehicle operator course). Google it.
At those speeds they drive e.g. at 3:07 and driving so close to the vehicle ahead, not keeping a safe distance (yeah exactly how it should not be done). Here the highway speeds range from 37 mph to unlimited, but we keep the sirens on as long as it makes sense and is necessary; Only the slower fire trucks switch the sirens off and stay right in order not to block traffic coming up from behind; only in traffic jams they'll drive between the lanes and switch the sirens on as well. I don't have to google it, I do it on every shift ....
i guess all drivers has eyes and can spot an police car several hundred meters away... i sure do and move before the police car gets up my ass... those ppl should not have their driving licence still.... if they cant look in their mirror while driving..
yeah.. but do you think it would work in the US?.. For starters you should improve your driving licence tests.. your yearly car inspections and you should not be allowed to drive in passing lanes when not passing.. you should also never pass on the right side... you can skip 4way stops and use roundabouts too.. i see a lot of improvements US could do to increase the traffic flow.. i dont know why they are not doing it though...
The cop at 5:19 was confusing people and probably pissing them off. The law says to pull to the right and stop for emergency vehicles. Hiw can these people pull to the right if they're already there? The cop should have been in the second lane.
Emergency personnel should have a separate lane behind cement and a remote at signals to change to green in their lanes. It’s dangerous enough for them out there now. Being in their vehicles shouldn’t be. Thank you for your service! 💕🤓
I would suggest a louder siren and constant usage, in my dept, lights and sirens are tied. You can't use one without the other. Your siren did seem rather quiet, maybe consider upgrading your speaker.
Just use the pass lane to pass then move over it's simple left lane idiots suck and cause traffic .and look in your mirrors .lower siren ..open your eyes
Exactly why I hate that my brother and dad turn their music up very loud to where you can't hear your surroundings. I don't mind background music but when you can feel the bass it's too loud.
why the emergency vehicle doesn't use the shoulder lane? several times in the video the shoulder is pretty damn wide and empty, specially in the beginning of the video. isn't it designed for all types of emergency emergencies ???
OK. PLEASE READ: The emergency responders responsibility is to get to the "call " as quickly and safely as possible. It is the drivers responsibility { anyone who hears and sees sirens and lights} to, as quickly and safely as reasonably possible, yield to those sirens and lights. Whatever state you drive in it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to know what is required of you as a licensed driver in that state and react to whatever the situation is accordingly. NOT SURE? Stop by your local police or fire station and ASK! Stop by your DMV and pick up and read a copy of your states, "drivers handbook." Know what to do before it happens. You may be saving a life.
On several of these, the "emergency vehicle" does not have either/or both "lights and siren" clearly visible until they are right behind the driver or the driver of the trucks moved over when they could
Is it the camera showing him driving like 25mph on the freeway or is he really taking his sweet time? Even after the people moved out of his way he barely sped up.
A big issue is how people see police cars in their rearview mirror. They assume they're getting pulled over and try to act less suspicious by not moving fast
LMAO, even in the states that have signs that say keep right except to pass no one gets a ticket for staying in the left lane, therefore you are your own worst enemy.
Real question is, how many of these were them racing to the donut shop. I have followed a few officers to see why they were in such a hurry and multiple times it wasn't for an emergency and just to get back to end their shift.
That rainy weather makes it alot harder to hear the siren. Also the headlights did not seem to be pulsing. This is the first thing I notice when an emergency vehicle is behind me is the headlights flashing like crazy.
+Sodiumreactor yer same here.. I think that if they really shoud be heard. cause cars are getting so sound isolated now. Air horns are the way to go.. where I live some of the fire trucks have air horns.. and they are way better than "electronic" sirens
+Sodiumreactor its hard because their been so many complaints that sirens are often use in commercials on radios and people panic and move over when their not an actuall emergeny vehicle behind them or coming up or even approaching. Most agency are getting a thing what called the Rumbler Siren which allows the siren be more louder, stronger and get the people in the car attention no matter if they are responding lights and sirens, escort, or even doing a traffic stop. Be sure to check it out just type in rumbler siren and you will be surprise what you find.
Sodiumreactor. I agree with you on it being harder to hear in the rain but, not all emergency vehicles have strobe lights or flashing headlights. The fire department that I am on we don’t have strobe lights or flashing headlights in our fire trucks. We might have to use the hazard lights along with the emergency lights. We have a suburban that is our command vehicle that only has a light bar that is not an LED.bar. Even then some people don’t know how to handle a emergency vehicle.
what if someone didnt realize that there is an emergency vehicle behind them and after few seconds finally realizes it and yield to the right immediately.. is that person still gonna get fined
@@michaeldandrea9648 to the left like everyone else. Sure it's yield to the right but comeon, the cop was clearly in the turning lane so obviously he's going to turn right. Just move the hell over. It's not that hard. When I'm driving, I move to whichever way would allow the vehicle to go past me with ease.
The guy who made this video also owns a local newspaper in our county, and every issue is riddled with spelling and grammar errors. You'd think they hire a decent copy editor.
d3lp0rto d3lp0rto I have no idea. Their print issue and their website are both full of bad spelling, bad grammar, bad syntax...bad everything. Some sentences are so badly constructed you can't figure out what they are trying to say. I tried to bring it to their attention via their Facebook page, and instead of accepting constructive criticism for what it is I was blasted as a troublemaker.
I guess some people don't want to hear how bad something is? Lucky for him I'm guessing he still is around and has people who continue reading? There is a local paper here I call the "Standard Exaggerate-er" How they still have anyone that gives them the time of day is beyond me.
Nothing wrong with drivers in the U.S. There are always idiots in the bunch. More than anything else I see people from other countries surprised by how well people get out of the way for emergency vehicles.
I was taught to check my mirrors every 5 seconds and be just as aware of what is behind me as I am of what is ahead. People who fail to do this should not be on the road.
it's hard to hear the sirens on the highway because the car is traveling very fast, and the sound just does not have the chance to catch up until last minute
I am guessing this is not a cop car they were in. Maybe a VFC person responding. Many times during this video it was not safe to yield to the lights and sometimes siren. Everyone should move over but only when it's safe to do so.
Tom Z The vehicles could have moved one lane over to the left to let the emergency vehicle by. The last truck could have moved over but they either weren't thinking or weren't paying attention.
Failure to move over for emergency vehicles with lights, and or sirens on... they need to just lose their license for a year. If someone dies due to reduce response time, they need to be charged with manslaughter.
I'm surprised at some of these comments. Yes sirens are good, but regardless cops don't run code just for the hell of it. it is very stressful and very dangerous. If they are running code, it is an emergency and other drivers need to get out of the way. For those coming down on the cops for rushing people, just put yourself on the other end of the response- the one needing speedy assistance.
What I don't understand are the people in the left lane (with a couple of exceptions) who won't let the traffic that need to move over out of the way of emergency vehicles, won't give them space to move over. They act like it's not their problem or responsibility as a decent member of society. Sure hope it wasn't THEIR loved one in need of emergency services, they might have died.
Here's a better idea: how about the emergency vehicle (DPS car in this case) get in the far left shoulder? It's over a full lane wide, free of debris, and nobody has to get out of your way.
The only thing I see that you could've done better is to take the left side of the road where you have access to a shoulder. I love that your operations were smooth as glass. Oh by the way thank you for your service.
this stuff is beyond me... like HOW are you able to not see nor hear that behind you???? where i live when i see emergencylights half a mile behind me i stop where its possible.....
Themergencyehicle should be to the left in its lane to enable drivers ahead to moreasily see themergency lights in left outside and inside rearview mirrors. At highways speeds the siren may not be noticed due to wind and road noise and vehicle radio/stereo. The fake air horn is not as loud as the siren tones. A real air horn would be.st but not worthe co$t. Drivers traveling athe speed limit may not check their mirrors as much - usually no one will be coming up to them.
If you are too dumb to yield to emergency vehicles, you are too dumb to drive. You are also to dumb to breath, but be grateful you don't have to think to do that. This is why I loved working life flight, no congestion up there. I remember running full codes in ambulances behind idiots that fail to yield and let us pass.
I thought you are only supposed to yield to an emergency vehicle when their lights are flashing and sirens sounding. In some clips in this video there is no sirens audible and I don't see reflections of lights on the cars. Am I wrong? Or you are supposed to yield only when their are lights and sirens? or at all times just because it's an emergency vehicle?
well, if the lights are on but there's no siren, you should move out of the way, if the siren and lights are on, you should move, but if there's only a siren you should still move. usually it's just courtesy to move out of the way of a cop if he doesn't have his lights or siren on.
+PhoenixHAM 1 I too was thinking the same thing. There are clips when you can even see the front of the vehicle behind the car in front (if that makes sense lol) and can clearly see what appears to be NO EMERGENCY LIGHTS on whatsoever.
The clip on the bridge...they needed to have siren on so the vehicles ahead would have warning and quit moving forward so the vehicles in far right lane could get over to left lanes. I blame the emergency vehicle on this one.
Odd...I'm seeing very little reflection of emergency lights or headlights on the rear of the vehicles that wont' move. This should be very obvious. I'm guessing more lights and some wigwag headlights are needed to improve visibility. Guessing slick top so no lightbar. Trading safety for looks.
...........and it doesn't help any if the drivers in the far right hand lane REFUSE to go into the right hand shoulder and come to a complete stop so that any drivers in the interior lanes can get over to the right another lane or two. Some of these drivers in the right hand lane are too stupid to realize that by "staying ahead" of the emergency vehicle they are continuing to make the problem exist.
I'm betting they have it turned down so it's not blaring in the video. The one I have in my truck gives me a headache. People just don't pay attention anymore
5:19 He was doing what he was supposed to do. He is required by law to move right, instead of left. It's the emergency vehicle's responsibility to go to the left.
The emergency vehicle was in the right lane as it is a turn only lane. Presumably necessary to get to the emergency. Some amount of driver commonsense is required.
The law is very clear. "Immediately drive to a position parallel to and as close as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection; and stop and remain standing until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed." That is what he did. If you don't like the law, then get it changed, but that is the law. That driver did nothing wrong.
I have to agree with Max. Although in certain situations, it would make sense for drivers to pull left to get out of the way, the law clearly tells drivers to always move right. When I respond Code 3, I make it a point to never pass vehicles on the right, for liability reasons. I will use oncoming lanes (after clearing them of course) before passing a vehicle on the right, because if the driver I'm passing suddenly hears my siren and instinctively pulls right and hits me, it would be my fault for passing on the right.
What law are you citing???? I've never heard, "you must get right". There are many times when cars in, say the left turn lane get further left, and allow the emergency vehicle to go to the right of them, through the turn lane. You ever seen an ambulance come up the middle of a two lane (going the same way) highway, with both lanes getting to the shoulder, allowing the ambulance the whole middle of the road?? There is no law stating "you must get right". Here is what the National Safety Commission has to say about it: "In your lane - If an emergency vehicle is approaching in your lane, pull over to the *nearest edge* of the roadway and clear an opening. Seconds count in an emergency situation and any delay could be deadly to the persons requiring aid." Nothing about "getting right". You're welcome.
For the record, NO change in 8 years. Well, actually it’s worse… Americans are the worst at lane management and turn signals. No sign in and around Houston regarding left lane usage.
every emergency vehicle should have totally clean windshield, inside and outside,,and use rain x on the outside of windshield, and a defogging substance on the inside windshield
Dash cam + calling plate to dispatch would solve 'some' of that as the word got out. Ticket and freeze frame picture in the mail. But then we've been doing that in the military forever.
Some law enforcement feel that because they are driving in front of someone it gives them the right to climb up your behind, If your going to climb up someones ass like these cops did at least think about the car in front since a majority there is no sirens or it can be difficult for the front driver to move because there maybe another car in the lane and it is not safe to move.. Cops feel but driving up your ass you will be intimidated to move well I have seen some people who are not scared of a cop behind them..
In my state you would have a nice fine and possible jail time. Any vehicle police, fire, ambulance, and towing you must move over and yield, and if they are on the side of the road you must move over and reduce your speed.
In my opinion Its not really about drivers not know how to use rear view mirror and side mirrors... ITS NOT EVERYSECOND THEY EXPECT A DOUCHE POLICE CAR turn their lights on from behind. Turning the lights is not enough as its hard to see specially in day light. Unless you turn on your Siren at max volume then they will hear your right behind their ass and start looking at their mirrors. Together with your "police" lights, your supposed to turn on your Siren as well (and honk if its a big emergency). Just turning on your Lights won't do specially when your in that type of high way where everyone is running at high speed. Trying to test if the cars will yield for you just by turning your lights on is "Dumb". There is a reason why there is also an onboard Siren and for you to be able to honk. Drivers are focused on looking ahead and they sill use rear view mirror and side mirrors only if they have to do something that requires the need to watch whats behind. But ye USE THE SIREN. And how are you going to get the right of way on a road that is packed with cars like sardines in a can... come on. No offence but the video don't feel like showing how distracted the drivers really are, more of like you trying to show of your power as a Cop.
Umm...yea...a driver should be watching in all directions. Are you making excuses for people driving unaware of their surroundings and are not prepared for the unexpected? So many things wrong w what you said. I was almost rear ended waiting to enter a rotary last week. I didnt need to but i CHECKED MY MIRRORS in case something unexpected happened, saw the car coming up fast, pulled forwards 10 feet and the vehicle skidded to stop in the space i just occupied. True story bro.
And this is why I am not a LEO. I would pit maneuver all. There needs to be a camera device attached on LEO vehicle to snap licence plate and mail them a ticket. Interfering with a police chase etc.....if they can photo shoot tags from bridges they could do this. Totally ignorant on drivers in this video. But I bet 1st to yell it took to long to get emergency personal to them if needed. Man in black pick up needed to be arrexted
Any and all driver who fails to yield to a vehicle with lights and sirens activated should receive a citation in the mail for failure to yield. It's the law and these people don't give a damn, maybe a few hundred dollars and a couple of points on their license might change their world view.
@@siysamuel it's actually $250 or 7 days in county jail
@@siysamuel you're welcome it actually happened to me i got confused as well and combined the two
Today i did an awful thing by not letting the ambulance and the cop go through i kept driving straight. This happened in new hope pa. I got two tickets for failure to yield to emergency and obstruction of license plate cover. If anyone can tell me how much it will be in pennsylvania please let me know. I live in philadelphia.
@@itzpat215 I'm sure you can look up how much fines are online.
just amazing how many people don't check their mirrors and better yet sit in the left lane even when driving slow and not passing anyone
The siren would be helpful to the truck at the end, in his eyes he must've thought that he was being pulled over and you guys were at a stop with him.
I'm not surprised in some of the situations, approaching from behind and then switch the siren on as they are right behind a vehicle instead of using it all the time ...
To be honest, I'm happy that here in Germany drivers are required to create an emergency vehicle passing lane on all multilane roads outside the city limits as soon as traffic backs up, not waiting until they notice an emergency vehicle approaching; Would have been useful for situations like in the last clip
Then you should also know that at highway speed the siren is essentially useless. Add in how well modern cars are insulated against sound, sound systems, etc. No point in having the siren on when traveling at highway speeds. This is well documented as well as taught in EVOC (emergency vehicle operator course). Google it.
At those speeds they drive e.g. at 3:07 and driving so close to the vehicle ahead, not keeping a safe distance (yeah exactly how it should not be done). Here the highway speeds range from 37 mph to unlimited, but we keep the sirens on as long as it makes sense and is necessary; Only the slower fire trucks switch the sirens off and stay right in order not to block traffic coming up from behind; only in traffic jams they'll drive between the lanes and switch the sirens on as well. I don't have to google it, I do it on every shift ....
i guess all drivers has eyes and can spot an police car several hundred meters away... i sure do and move before the police car gets up my ass... those ppl should not have their driving licence still.... if they cant look in their mirror while driving..
yeah.. but do you think it would work in the US?.. For starters you should improve your driving licence tests.. your yearly car inspections and you should not be allowed to drive in passing lanes when not passing.. you should also never pass on the right side... you can skip 4way stops and use roundabouts too.. i see a lot of improvements US could do to increase the traffic flow.. i dont know why they are not doing it though...
It's always a damn Prius
The cop at 5:19 was confusing people and probably pissing them off. The law says to pull to the right and stop for emergency vehicles. Hiw can these people pull to the right if they're already there? The cop should have been in the second lane.
Sometimes cops just enjoy being dicks
Wow you dumb
Emergency personnel should have a separate lane behind cement and a remote at signals to change to green in their lanes. It’s dangerous enough for them out there now. Being in their vehicles shouldn’t be.
Thank you for your service! 💕🤓
I would suggest a louder siren and constant usage, in my dept, lights and sirens are tied. You can't use one without the other. Your siren did seem rather quiet, maybe consider upgrading your speaker.
Just use the pass lane to pass then move over it's simple left lane idiots suck and cause traffic .and look in your mirrors .lower siren ..open your eyes
I find it hard to yield to emergency vehicles at times because other drivers won't yield and block my way.
Exactly why I hate that my brother and dad turn their music up very loud to where you can't hear your surroundings. I don't mind background music but when you can feel the bass it's too loud.
Zach Novosad ok boomer
why the emergency vehicle doesn't use the shoulder lane? several times in the video the shoulder is pretty damn wide and empty, specially in the beginning of the video. isn't it designed for all types of emergency emergencies ???
example, see 0:22
Lol they don't have to, why aren't the vehicles pulling over to the shoulder to let the emergency vehicles who have right of way get by?
Not taught in any EVOC course, nor a recommended tactic
OK. PLEASE READ: The emergency responders responsibility is to get to the "call " as quickly and safely as possible. It is the drivers responsibility { anyone who hears and sees sirens and lights} to, as quickly and safely as reasonably possible, yield to those sirens and lights. Whatever state you drive in it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to know what is required of you as a licensed driver in that state and react to whatever the situation is accordingly. NOT SURE? Stop by your local police or fire station and ASK! Stop by your DMV and pick up and read a copy of your states, "drivers handbook." Know what to do before it happens. You may be saving a life.
On several of these, the "emergency vehicle" does not have either/or both "lights and siren" clearly visible until they are right behind the driver or the driver of the trucks moved over when they could
So your emergency vehicle gets stuck behind traffic.... when there's a GIANT shoulder on the left side you could use???? What's up with that?
Is it the camera showing him driving like 25mph on the freeway or is he really taking his sweet time? Even after the people moved out of his way he barely sped up.
A big issue is how people see police cars in their rearview mirror. They assume they're getting pulled over and try to act less suspicious by not moving fast
LMAO, even in the states that have signs that say keep right except to pass no one gets a ticket for staying in the left lane, therefore you are your own worst enemy.
I only heard the siren in some of the video. Like behind the Prius, I heard briefly. Then near the end not at all. I don't understand it.
you are not supposed to move over for emergency vehicles on a freeway, however, you are not supposed to drive in the far left lane.
Real question is, how many of these were them racing to the donut shop. I have followed a few officers to see why they were in such a hurry and multiple times it wasn't for an emergency and just to get back to end their shift.
Is this in Maryland? Looks like it
That rainy weather makes it alot harder to hear the siren. Also the headlights did not seem to be pulsing. This is the first thing I notice when an emergency vehicle is behind me is the headlights flashing like crazy.
+Sodiumreactor yer same here.. I think that if they really shoud be heard. cause cars are getting so sound isolated now. Air horns are the way to go.. where I live some of the fire trucks have air horns.. and they are way better than "electronic" sirens
+Sodiumreactor its hard because their been so many complaints that sirens are often use in commercials on radios and people panic and move over when their not an actuall emergeny vehicle behind them or coming up or even approaching. Most agency are getting a thing what called the Rumbler Siren which allows the siren be more louder, stronger and get the people in the car attention no matter if they are responding lights and sirens, escort, or even doing a traffic stop. Be sure to check it out just type in rumbler siren and you will be surprise what you find.
Sodiumreactor. I agree with you on it being harder to hear in the rain but, not all emergency vehicles have strobe lights or flashing headlights. The fire department that I am on we don’t have strobe lights or flashing headlights in our fire trucks. We might have to use the hazard lights along with the emergency lights. We have a suburban that is our command vehicle that only has a light bar that is not an LED.bar. Even then some people don’t know how to handle a emergency vehicle.
This is a clear reason why its good policy to use sirens in dense traffic so you can make more than one car aware at a time of your presence...
what if someone didnt realize that there is an emergency vehicle behind them and after few seconds finally realizes it and yield to the right immediately.. is that person still gonna get fined
You should have yelled at that guy in the truck at the end
Blake Vittoria why? Where was he supposed to go?
@@michaeldandrea9648 to the left like everyone else. Sure it's yield to the right but comeon, the cop was clearly in the turning lane so obviously he's going to turn right. Just move the hell over. It's not that hard. When I'm driving, I move to whichever way would allow the vehicle to go past me with ease.
Michael law says yield to the right. don’t care.
@@Mutthuw so if he's responding to a domestic violence call and a woman is beating her kids, they can you to thank for holding up the cop.
Michael precisely.
"POPPLE"?
The guy who made this video also owns a local newspaper in our county, and every issue is riddled with spelling and grammar errors. You'd think they hire a decent copy editor.
Haha seriously?? +Jeremy Durrenberger you can't be for real. How does he still get people to buy the newspaper??
d3lp0rto d3lp0rto I have no idea. Their print issue and their website are both full of bad spelling, bad grammar, bad syntax...bad everything. Some sentences are so badly constructed you can't figure out what they are trying to say. I tried to bring it to their attention via their Facebook page, and instead of accepting constructive criticism for what it is I was blasted as a troublemaker.
I guess some people don't want to hear how bad something is? Lucky for him I'm guessing he still is around and has people who continue reading?
There is a local paper here I call the "Standard Exaggerate-er" How they still have anyone that gives them the time of day is beyond me.
dIsLexia tiMeS.
What is wrong with drivers in the US ?
Seriously, your driving education HAVE to become much better and the tests much harder!
MovieInventor What's wrong with your grammar? It HAS to become much better!
I'm not a native speaker, so be happy if this is your only argument
MovieInventor Well maybe they weren't native drivers.
Nothing wrong with drivers in the U.S. There are always idiots in the bunch.
More than anything else I see people from other countries surprised by how well people get out of the way for emergency vehicles.
MovieInventor ikr
I like how the corrections bus at the beginning puts on their left turn signal to move right.
I was taught to check my mirrors every 5 seconds and be just as aware of what is behind me as I am of what is ahead. People who fail to do this should not be on the road.
it's hard to hear the sirens on the highway because the car is traveling very fast, and the sound just does not have the chance to catch up until last minute
You mean the sound is slower than the car? The sound is traveling at Mach 1.
+TheBooban Learn how a siren works.
+TheBooban or a speaker.
Hold up, why can’t you use the shoulder?
The semi was the cause of that last one. He should know to stop to let everyone out of the right lane.
If you're not on an emergency run, you're just a car traveling from point A to B like everyone else.
Cop should have just laid on the chirper. When he was behind the truck at the end.
Thank goodness for the rumbler siren. Perfect for these situations.
You do realize that at 65 mph, you are out running the majority of the siren. Get a howler.... Well worth the money.
Where are the emergency lights? lights must be pretty dim.
I am guessing this is not a cop car they were in. Maybe a VFC person responding. Many times during this video it was not safe to yield to the lights and sometimes siren. Everyone should move over but only when it's safe to do so.
near the end of the video, these drivers can't go any further to the right... The emergency vehicle put themselves in a bad spot.
Tom Z The vehicles could have moved one lane over to the left to let the emergency vehicle by. The last truck could have moved over but they either weren't thinking or weren't paying attention.
Failure to move over for emergency vehicles with lights, and or sirens on... they need to just lose their license for a year. If someone dies due to reduce response time, they need to be charged with manslaughter.
I'm surprised at some of these comments. Yes sirens are good, but regardless cops don't run code just for the hell of it. it is very stressful and very dangerous. If they are running code, it is an emergency and other drivers need to get out of the way. For those coming down on the cops for rushing people, just put yourself on the other end of the response- the one needing speedy assistance.
Is your siren broken or what?
What I don't understand are the people in the left lane (with a couple of exceptions) who won't let the traffic that need to move over out of the way of emergency vehicles, won't give them space to move over. They act like it's not their problem or responsibility as a decent member of society. Sure hope it wasn't THEIR loved one in need of emergency services, they might have died.
HAPPENS ALL THE TIME
hey officer, i gotta idea. try using that loud woopie wopp thing, might help!
Who else loves passing emergency vehicles especially when they are only doing 55 smh. 😂
Imagine that? A Toyota driver dead in the left lane? Wow, never seen that before
Anyone who refuses to move over they should get their tag number and send them a ticket.
Here's a better idea: how about the emergency vehicle (DPS car in this case) get in the far left shoulder? It's over a full lane wide, free of debris, and nobody has to get out of your way.
The only thing I see that you could've done better is to take the left side of the road where you have access to a shoulder. I love that your operations were smooth as glass. Oh by the way thank you for your service.
Everybody needs to watch this!!!!
this stuff is beyond me... like HOW are you able to not see nor hear that behind you???? where i live when i see emergencylights half a mile behind me i stop where its possible.....
best thing about this video, is the end. "can't imagine being an ambulance right now".
This is why you never drive in the left (fast) lane.
Themergencyehicle should be to the left in its lane to enable drivers ahead to moreasily see themergency lights in left outside and inside rearview mirrors.
At highways speeds the siren may not be noticed due to wind and road noise and vehicle radio/stereo.
The fake air horn is not as loud as the siren tones. A real air horn would be.st but not worthe co$t.
Drivers traveling athe speed limit may not check their mirrors as much - usually no one will be coming up to them.
now you know who are on their phones and who are driving
Letting the vehicles thru is a 2 lane effort, you need to make space for the guys that need to move to the right. Idiots can't think.
POPPLE.
Nothing to see here POPPLE, Moo along.
People are so stupid when they slam on their brakes the second they see lights or hear sirens.
How are those people in the traffic jame supposed to get out of the way?
just how they did in the video
Texas does not enforce slower traffic keep right laws. There is more money to be made in speeding tickets
If you are too dumb to yield to emergency vehicles, you are too dumb to drive.
You are also to dumb to breath, but be grateful you don't have to think to do that.
This is why I loved working life flight, no congestion up there.
I remember running full codes in ambulances behind idiots that fail to yield and let us pass.
Where any of those drivers from Massachusetts? Cause then I wouldn't be surprised
What the hell kind of rain is that??
I thought you are only supposed to yield to an emergency vehicle when their lights are flashing and sirens sounding. In some clips in this video there is no sirens audible and I don't see reflections of lights on the cars. Am I wrong? Or you are supposed to yield only when their are lights and sirens? or at all times just because it's an emergency vehicle?
Just because there isn't a reflection doesn't mean they aren't on...
well, if the lights are on but there's no siren, you should move out of the way, if the siren and lights are on, you should move, but if there's only a siren you should still move. usually it's just courtesy to move out of the way of a cop if he doesn't have his lights or siren on.
+PhoenixHAM 1 I too was thinking the same thing. There are clips when you can even see the front of the vehicle behind the car in front (if that makes sense lol) and can clearly see what appears to be NO EMERGENCY LIGHTS on whatsoever.
Probably a POV with a dim little visor or dash strobe.
Yes
100% DMVs fault for not screaming the importance of emergency vechile awareness
The clip on the bridge...they needed to have siren on so the vehicles ahead would have warning and quit moving forward so the vehicles in far right lane could get over to left lanes. I blame the emergency vehicle on this one.
Odd...I'm seeing very little reflection of emergency lights or headlights on the rear of the vehicles that wont' move. This should be very obvious. I'm guessing more lights and some wigwag headlights are needed to improve visibility. Guessing slick top so no lightbar. Trading safety for looks.
Can anybody give a traffic law quote about yielding to emergency? In Russia you SHOULD turn on lights AND siren to get road over others.
You should probably use your sirens and or change them up
#storyoflspdfr
+DoctorGTA Didn't expect to see you here LMAO
+DoctorGTA Didn't expect you here xD
this id why they should make it harder to obtain a drivers licence
have you honestly never heard of lane splitting
A lot of this was the cops choosing the wrong lane
That's why there is so many so accidents bumper to bumper. No car length any where.
...........and it doesn't help any if the drivers in the far right hand lane REFUSE to go into the right hand shoulder and come to a complete stop so that any drivers in the interior lanes can get over to the right another lane or two. Some of these drivers in the right hand lane are too stupid to realize that by "staying ahead" of the emergency vehicle they are continuing to make the problem exist.
You can barely hear that siren
I'm betting they have it turned down so it's not blaring in the video. The one I have in my truck gives me a headache. People just don't pay attention anymore
Dumb driver in the pickup isn't even supposed to be on the side of the road.
This is why it should be a federal law in America, no exceptions to the law. That could their loved one in which minutes means life or death!
Their license plate should be saved and they should all be find for failure to yield
Popple?
Maybe if cops stopped wasting time with speeders, they would have time to deal with the REAL hazard on the road... PASSING LANE cruisers!!!
5:19 He was doing what he was supposed to do. He is required by law to move right, instead of left. It's the emergency vehicle's responsibility to go to the left.
The emergency vehicle was in the right lane as it is a turn only lane. Presumably necessary to get to the emergency. Some amount of driver commonsense is required.
The law is very clear. "Immediately drive to a position parallel to and as close as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection; and stop and remain standing until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed." That is what he did. If you don't like the law, then get it changed, but that is the law. That driver did nothing wrong.
I have to agree with Max. Although in certain situations, it would make sense for drivers to pull left to get out of the way, the law clearly tells drivers to always move right. When I respond Code 3, I make it a point to never pass vehicles on the right, for liability reasons. I will use oncoming lanes (after clearing them of course) before passing a vehicle on the right, because if the driver I'm passing suddenly hears my siren and instinctively pulls right and hits me, it would be my fault for passing on the right.
Or he could have, you know, switched into the other lane?
What law are you citing???? I've never heard, "you must get right". There are many times when cars in, say the left turn lane get further left, and allow the emergency vehicle to go to the right of them, through the turn lane.
You ever seen an ambulance come up the middle of a two lane (going the same way) highway, with both lanes getting to the shoulder, allowing the ambulance the whole middle of the road?? There is no law stating "you must get right".
Here is what the National Safety Commission has to say about it: "In your lane - If an emergency vehicle is approaching in your lane, pull over to the *nearest edge* of the roadway and clear an opening. Seconds count in an emergency situation and any delay could be deadly to the persons requiring aid."
Nothing about "getting right".
You're welcome.
The vid's ok, but one sided audio?
All Prius drivers are good for are doing stupid stuff like crashing, making rage vids, and paying above and beyond their quota in fees and tickets.
For the record, NO change in 8 years. Well, actually it’s worse…
Americans are the worst at lane management and turn signals. No sign in and around Houston regarding left lane usage.
every emergency vehicle should have totally clean windshield, inside and outside,,and use rain x on the outside of windshield, and a defogging substance on the inside windshield
Cops shift was over you better get out of the way!!
Dash cam + calling plate to dispatch would solve 'some' of that as the word got out. Ticket and freeze frame picture in the mail. But then we've been doing that in the military forever.
Never mind not yielding......... why not focus on that fucking massive tornado forming up ahead !!!
ffs they’re on a donut run. thats what they do in san francisco.
You appear to be driving very close to vehicles in poor viability and on a wet road
Some law enforcement feel that because they are driving in front of someone it gives them the right to climb up your behind, If your going to climb up someones ass like these cops did at least think about the car in front since a majority there is no sirens or it can be difficult for the front driver to move because there maybe another car in the lane and it is not safe to move.. Cops feel but driving up your ass you will be intimidated to move well I have seen some people who are not scared of a cop behind them..
In my state you would have a nice fine and possible jail time. Any vehicle police, fire, ambulance, and towing you must move over and yield, and if they are on the side of the road you must move over and reduce your speed.
In my opinion
Its not really about drivers not know how to use rear view mirror and side mirrors... ITS NOT EVERYSECOND THEY EXPECT A DOUCHE POLICE CAR turn their lights on from behind. Turning the lights is not enough as its hard to see specially in day light. Unless you turn on your Siren at max volume then they will hear your right behind their ass and start looking at their mirrors.
Together with your "police" lights, your supposed to turn on your Siren as well (and honk if its a big emergency).
Just turning on your Lights won't do specially when your in that type of high way where everyone is running at high speed.
Trying to test if the cars will yield for you just by turning your lights on is "Dumb". There is a reason why there is also an onboard Siren and for you to be able to honk.
Drivers are focused on looking ahead and they sill use rear view mirror and side mirrors only if they have to do something that requires the need to watch whats behind. But ye USE THE SIREN.
And how are you going to get the right of way on a road that is packed with cars like sardines in a can... come on.
No offence but the video don't feel like showing how distracted the drivers really are, more of like you trying to show of your power as a Cop.
tl;dr
Idk where youre from but every emergemcy vehicle Ive been in doesnt have a quiet mode on the siren...
You're an idiot.
Does it look like its night in the video... bullshitting already are we...
Umm...yea...a driver should be watching in all directions. Are you making excuses for people driving unaware of their surroundings and are not prepared for the unexpected? So many things wrong w what you said.
I was almost rear ended waiting to enter a rotary last week. I didnt need to but i CHECKED MY MIRRORS in case something unexpected happened, saw the car coming up fast, pulled forwards 10 feet and the vehicle skidded to stop in the space i just occupied. True story bro.
I guess they had to get out and tell him to move to the open spot on the left 😳
This DPS IS A TERRBLE EMERGENCY driver!
The weather looks yucky.
alternating tones would help instead of leaving yelp on.
And this is why I am not a LEO. I would pit maneuver all. There needs to be a camera device attached on LEO vehicle to snap licence plate and mail them a ticket. Interfering with a police chase etc.....if they can photo shoot tags from bridges they could do this. Totally ignorant on drivers in this video. But I bet 1st to yell it took to long to get emergency personal to them if needed. Man in black pick up needed to be arrexted
I'm in Texas and you will see pull over first tone herd from the sirens
*Me