Dont panic, if it's you we are after, you will know it when we stop behind you. Otherwise pleeeeease move to the right so we can get to those who are calling for help.
2006-10-17 12:06:17 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I am aware that someone with their windows up may not hear the siren......that's why squads have the lights !!
2006-10-17 12:19:16 · update #1
Because their cars are tinted out and sound systems so loud they cant even hear themselves. Plus, the reefer cloud is so thick, they can't see through the smoke to see the lights.
2006-10-17 13:27:35 · answer #1 · answered by Matt R 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to respond to this question. I really am surprised that your code 3 training, if any, didn't include a simple fact. A person driving an auto with the windows rolled up and the radio on cannot hear an emergency vehicle approaching until the emergency vehicle is within approximately 75' to 100'. Try it some time and see.
2006-10-17 19:15:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has happened to me only once, on a very crowded Freeway ,there was no place to move over to, so I just stopped, hoping the Emergency Vehicle could find a way around all the traffic. Maybe some people don't hear or see you is the fact, that they are on a cell phone having all their attention on their conversation, instead of watching the traffic.
2006-10-17 20:14:33 · answer #3 · answered by mimi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because sometimes we are distracted. There is more going on, on the roadways than paying attention to lights and sirens. You have to look forward sometimes. It's called focusing on actually driving. And, whether it's good or right or not, there are things like cell phones going off, kids screaming in the backseat, the volume of the radio....
In other words, sometimes we just don't notice you until you're breathing down our throughts, or it's too late to do anything about it.
Don't take it personally...
2006-10-17 19:17:41 · answer #4 · answered by aslongasitrocks 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obviously too many think the rear view mirror is for fixing makeup, and how in blazes can you hear those sirens when Radar Love is playing?
I always pull over by the way. My dad drilled mirror use into us very young.
2006-10-17 19:09:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think alot of it is shock. They don't really know if its them your after, or someone else. I personally start to pull over, and give enough for them to go around, and if they seem to follow, then i stop. I think alot of people try to ignore it, hoping its someone else thats in trouble, and not them!
They even do it to ambulances, when there are emergencys! So... one of those questions, the world may never know!!
2006-10-17 19:09:26 · answer #6 · answered by vbeaver31 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is because red and blue lights are not green and red. If you changed the blues to green-people may pull over to see the Christmas tree lights:)
2006-10-17 19:38:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand this either. I always move over, and I almost get hit by idiots who don't pay attention! I get angry when I pull over for a funeral procession and the drivers behind me honk like fools.
2006-10-17 19:08:56 · answer #8 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they should have a cop follow every other cop and ambulance, with a camera to record license numbers of all the morons too stupid to pull over.
2006-10-17 19:10:10 · answer #9 · answered by luckyaz128 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I know!!!! What the hell is wrong with those people? It's one of the first things you learn in driving school. What do they need to realize this? A loved one who dies because of their ignorance!? I hope it wouldn't come to that but my god people! Get your heads out of your arses!!
2006-10-17 19:16:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋