by Guest » Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:08 pm
Once an Emergency vehicle receives a call, their duty is to get to the incident as soon as possible (its an Emergency) they have to drive through traffic taking evasive action because most people on the road haven`t the faintest idea what to do when hearing a siren and seeing blue flashing lights in the rear view mirror, the Adrenalin is running high, one tries to envisage the worst scenario that awaits them,
Night time, bad Weather, road conditions are all against them, Sat Nav these days help with locating an address but is not fool proof, many a time driven down a road where properties have names, the name plate hidden behind a rose bush, when the property is finally located, invariably the householder says " I saw you pass by" (why the hell didnt they go out in the road and flag down the Emergency Vehicle especially at night) The householder knows where they live and they expect all emergency service personnel to know as well.
along with parked vehicles in the road, the choice is limited, the last thing an emergency driver wants to hear from an idiot civilian is ( "You haven`t parked very prettily") or a miserable driver complaining they can`t get by as if they are en route to a life or death situation.
Once an Emergency vehicle receives a call, their duty is to get to the incident as soon as possible (its an Emergency) they have to drive through traffic taking evasive action because most people on the road haven`t the faintest idea what to do when hearing a siren and seeing blue flashing lights in the rear view mirror, the Adrenalin is running high, one tries to envisage the worst scenario that awaits them,
Night time, bad Weather, road conditions are all against them, Sat Nav these days help with locating an address but is not fool proof, many a time driven down a road where properties have names, the name plate hidden behind a rose bush, when the property is finally located, invariably the householder says " I saw you pass by" (why the hell didnt they go out in the road and flag down the Emergency Vehicle especially at night) The householder knows where they live and they expect all emergency service personnel to know as well.
along with parked vehicles in the road, the choice is limited, the last thing an emergency driver wants to hear from an idiot civilian is ( "You haven`t parked very prettily") or a miserable driver complaining they can`t get by as if they are en route to a life or death situation.