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| Thread ID: 106436 | 2010-01-08 06:50:00 | driving on wrong side of the road in NZ okay? | lance4k (4644) | PC World Chat |
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| 847005 | 2010-01-08 11:19:00 | The mere fact that the OP asked indicates that there may be a problem. So true, if it wasn't for the fact the OP is Lance |
plod (107) | ||
| 847006 | 2010-01-08 15:28:00 | THE OP AND ANY BODY ELSE WHO HAS AN ISSUE. Should try lying around with broken parts, bleeding, through no fault of their own, waiting for ambulance to arrive. If Ambulance is involved in a collision they must be able to justify their actions. They have become speed restricted, they shouldnt be. Belive Me when you want 1, you generally really want 1, Yesterday. :help: |
angry (15305) | ||
| 847007 | 2010-01-08 15:39:00 | How can youse guys tell which IS the correct side? Many - but not MOST - time here in the US, an ambulance is accompanied by a CHP or local cop to insure that cars yield and get out of the way . The road codes say that you MUST always get out of the way for a RED or BLUE light on a vehicle; to get off the road for an AMBER would be a non-required courtesy . RED lights mean they have road priority, BLUE means they have an armed officer of the court, AMBER means they are an authorized service vehicle on duty at that moment and their lights are just a warning of road congestion/construction/demolition . Ambulances, paramedics and firetrucks are allowed AMBER and RED , police are authorized RED , AMBER and BLUE, whilst tow trucks, the phone company, CalTrans and their ilk are ONLY allowed AMBER lights . Interesting is that no aircraft in use by the police can have or use a BLUE light - it is illegal to shoot from a flying police unit . Technically there's no speed limit for authorized emergency vehicles, but they tend to not risk their own lives by being crazy . The only vehicle that actually has total authority over the road and cannot be denied, impeded or interfered with in their travel is the US Post Office - as their vehicles cannot be stopped (legally) by any arresting authority . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 847008 | 2010-01-08 16:55:00 | How can youse guys tell which IS the correct side? Many - but not MOST - time here in the US, an ambulance is accompanied by a CHP or local cop to insure that cars yield and get out of the way . The road codes say that you MUST always get out of the way for a RED or BLUE light on a vehicle; to get off the road for an AMBER would be a non-required courtesy . RED lights mean they have road priority, BLUE means they have an armed officer of the court, AMBER means they are an authorized service vehicle on duty at that moment and their lights are just a warning of road congestion/construction/demolition . Ambulances, paramedics and firetrucks are allowed AMBER and RED , police are authorized RED , AMBER and BLUE, whilst tow trucks, the phone company, CalTrans and their ilk are ONLY allowed AMBER lights . Interesting is that no aircraft in use by the police can have or use a BLUE light - it is illegal to shoot from a flying police unit . Technically there's no speed limit for authorized emergency vehicles, but they tend to not risk their own lives by being crazy . The only vehicle that actually has total authority over the road and cannot be denied, impeded or interfered with in their travel is the US Post Office - as their vehicles cannot be stopped (legally) by any arresting authority . You keep trying to apply US: LAW, STDS, VALUES, to this country . NOT WORK: Postal vehicles, employe's here, have no authority at all . Ambulances not escorted, unles entering a police/customs sealed area . Ambulance speeds have been restricted to some extent because of Collisions involving ambulances and deaths . Police here have to be restricted in their speed to some extent as they keep using lights and sirens to get home for lunch or to the gym ahead of every body else . Also there have been to many deaths caused by police not falling back in pursuits when instructed to . This country did not have a bitter and twisted divorce from the throne (a La 1776), so does not find it nesecary to be in conflict or opposite to all things english . The attitude that the American way, is the only correct way, is at the root of so many of the issues facing your country today . The treatment I recieve when travelling in asia allways improves when natives find I am NOT from the US . Many Americans set out to do no harm, but end up causing a lot . Most of you need to take some advanced clases in "cultural sensativity", before you leave home . Our regulations regarding coloured, lights are simmular, as they all revolve around a common international grouping . Here no lighted vehicl has right to "force" right of way, contary to the road rules . You may find that difficult to comprehend, I do in the case of fire and ambulance, but thats the way it is . :illogical |
angry (15305) | ||
| 847009 | 2010-01-08 19:51:00 | I saw an ambulance with it's lights flashing today driving on the wrong side of the road into oncoming traffic . They do have to obey rules . However, was this is heavy traffic? I doubt it was DRIVING on the wrong side, perhaps on the wrong side to get past traffic on the left . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 847010 | 2010-01-08 20:27:00 | My Father was an ambo driver in England for 35 years the stories he tells of dickhead car drivers doing crazy stunt's in front of him are truly scary | gary67 (56) | ||
| 847011 | 2010-01-08 20:35:00 | Ambulance staff responding to a accident are govened by strict rules pertaining to speed etc. No different to police or Fire. Not uncommon to see police ambulance or fire on the wrong side of the road to get past built up traffic, to get entry into a intersection, etc. Only yesterday saw 2 fire on wrong side of a island so that they could get entry to a shopping complex otherwise they would have had to go all the way to the traffic lights and probably perform a 3 point turn to get back. And have seen police before drive over low islands to get onto wrong side of the road before to get past stopped traffic at lights. I am unsure of the max allowed speed limits but regardless of how much extra over a given speed limit they may go, they still have to drive to conditions of the road at the time. 100k in a 50k area at 3am may be perfectly safe where as at 3pm, they might be lucky to be doing much over the speed limit if that. Having been in the position of having to do CPR on a heart attack person while waiting *forever* for a ambulance to arrive, I would rather they get there sooner than later. |
PinoyKiw (9675) | ||
| 847012 | 2010-01-08 20:43:00 | Are people allowed to drive on the other side if they wish to get in a little practise before going to a foreign country? | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 847013 | 2010-01-08 20:50:00 | A couple of responses here are nothing short of idiotic, ie the one above mine :( Of course emergency vehicles will use the "wrong" side of the road. How else are they supposed to clear traffic jams at lights etc. I have seen this happen several times at the congested traffic lights at the bottom of Ngaio Gorge here in Wellington. I believe that the OP was on a sh1t stirring exercise with their post :( |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 847014 | 2010-01-08 20:52:00 | Is OP what I think it is : old p****? | prefect (6291) | ||
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