Re: Interesting AD decision to share
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 11:59 am
I'd do what I knew to be safe to get out of the way of the emergency vehicle. It's as simple as that.
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Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:Interesting. This sounds like you were, effectively, racing the ambulance? You chose to overtake it in the NSL sections, but then held it up in the lower speed limits?
akirk wrote:Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:Interesting. This sounds like you were, effectively, racing the ambulance? You chose to overtake it in the NSL sections, but then held it up in the lower speed limits?
wouldn't that be the same impression if you meet one of those upright members of the community who does 40mph everywhere... you would no doubt overtake them in a 60 and the. hold them up in the next village with a 30mph limit - which one would be driving badly?
Alasdair
kfae8959 wrote:I've had some correspondence with the North West Ambulance Service about this, particularly following a journey a while ago on a stretch of road where I was baulking the following ambulance when there were speed restrictions, but the ambulance was very definitely baulking me when there weren't. In the end I decided that I was going faster than the ambulance overall, so I stopped trying to let it past.
A subsequent conversation with someone who has trained ambulance drivers encouraged me to try to get a drive in one of their vehicles. Apparently they're complete buggers, and I'd be a lot more sympathetic if I'd had a go in one. I'll let you know!
David