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  • #1

    You're tailgating a what?

    A couple of weeks back I was on the motorway pootling along in lane 2 overtaking a very long line of slower moving traffic when a mile or so back behind me I see blue lights. I figure out that they're coming this way so I pop into lane 1 and match the speed and wait for whatever emergency vehicle it is to pass on by.

    When the ambulance finally does make it past (it's a converted renault master, top speed around 85ish mph) I see some prat right up its arse. What I can't work out is how the idiot could have seen anything at all around this ambulance so should it stop or slow then this car wouldn't have been able to slow at all in time.

    Idiot.
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  • #2
    Probably figured "Oh look, this chap with the lights on is breaking trail for me. How convenient."

    Although I suppose it could have been a relative of the passenger in the ambulance. Still seems to be a good way to get yourself a ride in a different ambulance...

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    • #3
      I've seen quite a few people on I-95 get pulled over for pulling a stunt like that through Philly.

      I'm not sure if it's true, but I've been told that's an automatic suspended license.
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      • #4
        Quoth Shalom View Post
        Although I suppose it could have been a relative of the passenger in the ambulance. Still seems to be a good way to get yourself a ride in a different ambulance...
        Even if they were, they still shouldn't have been tailgating the ambulance, and should have had a police escort instead. (A friend's parents recently were in a horrific accident...the police told her "Stop at the stop signs and red lights, but otherwise run like hell and get there as fast as you can. I'll be behind you so no one pulls you over." She was going 45+ on 25mph streets all the way to the hospital with the cop behind her with his lights on!)
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        • #5
          Probably a lawyer. Now you see where the term "ambulance chaser" came from...
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          • #6
            Quoth bhskittykatt View Post
            Even if they were, they still shouldn't have been tailgating the ambulance, and should have had a police escort instead. (A friend's parents recently were in a horrific accident...the police told her "Stop at the stop signs and red lights, but otherwise run like hell and get there as fast as you can. I'll be behind you so no one pulls you over." She was going 45+ on 25mph streets all the way to the hospital with the cop behind her with his lights on!)
            Back when I was a hazmat tech I actually got a ride in a cop car to an accident site ... lights and siren, and ramming speed I felt like I was riding along with that Finnish rally driver ...
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            • #7
              There are a lot of famous Finnish rally and racing drivers. Apparently there's something about the local terrain and climate... and it's one reason why I eventually want a Finnish driving licence myself.

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              • #8
                Heh. My uncle is half-Finn, and he couldn't handle an offroad stint for a commercial shoot. He'd be totally unable to cope with rally racing.

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                • #9
                  A slight bit off topic first. One time my mom was turning purple, and when we called emergency they told us that it would be an hour before they could get there. Dad called the highway patrol, explained, and told them the situation. The police said "Don't worry about it, get in your vehicle and go. Nobody will stop you or pull you over." (after he gave license and description of course). He went way above the speed limit..and traveled about 10 miles before a cruiser pulled in front of him and put the lights on. (It was night so little traffic) during that time he didn't stop for lights, signs, or anything. Once the police were in front of us of course it was a moot point, but it was an..interesting ride. Hospital was over 30 miles away, he made it there in under 20 minutes (that was including getting us kids and my mom into the vehicle)

                  As for the clown riding the bumper of the ambulance..some people just should not have a license.
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                  • #10
                    Quoth bhskittykatt View Post
                    Even if they were, they still shouldn't have been tailgating the ambulance, and should have had a police escort instead.
                    In the UK you won't get an escort. If it's that bad the police will drive you to the hospital, but you'll be a passenger in their car.
                    A PSA, if I may, as well as another.

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                    • #11
                      Quoth AtDIelement View Post
                      I'm not sure if it's true, but I've been told that's an automatic suspended license.
                      I really really hope so ^_^

                      Sadly, I don't think that would stop the sort of person who does that routinely from driving. Ditto lack of "minimum insurance" coverage here (I wanna say that's like $900/year here for coverage on a 6-10 year old, non-fancy car...which is cheap for this state)
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                      • #12
                        Quoth Mytical View Post
                        (It was night so little traffic) during that time he didn't stop for lights, signs, or anything.
                        My mother once told me that during her pregnancy with my younger sister, my father would often say that when she was going to go into labor, he would be zooming down Kings Highway going through all the red lights.

                        What happened in the end? She went into labor early one morning, right in the middle of a freaking blizzard. So there they were, the only car on the road, zooming down Kings Highway going through all the red lights, at about 5 miles an hour...

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