They thought they were trying to leave Logan Airport....

This is where I think learning to ride a dirt bike in the woods and open fields at a young age has helped me be a better rider and driver. You learn quickly (or should) that if you don’t plan for contingencies, it’s gonna hurt. “Hey, what am I going to do if dark spot on the trail isn’t actually a shadow but slippery…

One word:

MIRRORS.

They are there for a reason and it isn’t just to make sure you don’t have spinach stuck in your teeth (although that shit is important too). You cannot have situational awareness if you are only looking forward. Shit happens behind you that can really fuck up your day. This is why I hate the…

Agreed, especially since the pics appear to have wet pavement.
Get their quickly, but primarily GET THERE.
He didn’t.
It’s hard to fight the red mist, it’s even harder to fight out of a body cast.

I do live in a rural area but we frequently have to transport to Portland (ME) or Boston (hence the moose\turkey references, obviously neither something a responder in LA has to be concerned about), both decent-sized metro areas. In multi-lane situations, it really doesn’t change... don’t come to an immediate stop…

That explains everything...

No. You are supposed to yield to emergency vehicles - aka pull over and stop, not the other way around. 

Yield: give right of way to other traffic. In other words, allow them safe passage in the travel lane. Stopping in the travel lane is not allowing safe passage, it is creating an obstacle. The proper procedure is to…

This is a case where you can shit all over FCA for a ton of things that they don’t do up to the standards of other big manufactures, but one thing they do well is have the balls to do something completely different than other big “mainstream” auto makers and somehow pull it off.

- Wrangler.
- Hellcat
- ACR

All memorable…

Nailed.
It.

No shit. I’m a first responder in northwestern Maine, moose hits are not a joke and they are out. This is from my office window two weeks ago.

Pittsfield, ME is pretty rural and that stretch of 95 sees little traffic in that area outside of the Egg Festival.
Yeh. Egg Festival.
Welcome to Maine...

Until the damn things can use my debit card so they can stand in line at Walmart for me, I have no use for them.

I can picture it now:

My new AppleCar gets in line to check out, the cart full of 10w40, Little Trees, and STP. In front of them in line is a Kia with 4 screaming PowerWheels running around bumping into…

I can’t wait to see how these things handle blizzard conditions.

First responder as well. Sound advice. As much as you may want to, “treating” the victim is not the first step. The first step is YOU. Be safe. STAY CALM.

1) Assess scene DANGERS (traffic, location of others, “well-meaning” civilians on scene).
2) Note mechanism of injur(ies) - what did they hit (if anything) or other…

Going to go out on a limb here and ask...
Are the body cams behind the flak vest, you know, to prevent accidental damage to expensive equipment?

Yeh, this story smacks of bullshit. The Class 5 ambulance I drive has significantly more electrical load on it as we have not only the light bar (and 40 auxiliary lights around…

I don’t understand the point of a second key to unlock the top speed. Does anyone who buys these even use the first key or do they just sit in them and smoke cigars wrapped in $100s?

Weird is good. My ex-FIL recently set the speed record in the 1/8th mile for an untethered, unclipped bird on a motorcycle at Sturgis (68.8mph). He also holds the record for a closed course at NHMS at 78mph.
I like weird records.

As long as it’s not equipped like a base Elio...

Not contradicting that running low is a bad idea, but modern vehicles with EFPs will shut off the pump in a matter of seconds if no fuel pressure is detected. The likelihood of damage is minimal.

Well, to the pump that is. The likelihood of damage to your sex life\relationship resulting from your significant other’s…

Mmmmmm. Bacon.