Sure, but if you’re going 50 mph and an emergency vehicle jumps out in front of you from a blind intersection, running a red light/stop sign, the legal requirement to yield doesn’t bend physics. That’s why you never see emergency vehicles blow through red lights without slowing to check that cross-traffic has seen…

My Land Rover Disco is stock, other than the PO fitted yellow Bilsteins to it. Which improve the handling at the expense of a bit of ride comfort. There is absolutely nowhere it can’t go that way that I have any desire to be. It is plenty high off the ground already.

Not surprised. They wrapped up the Nashville bombing in a week without being able to tell what he used or tell us his reason (his reasons were too crazy for us to tell you)

True but the more they want to hide, the more I want to know 😆

Also emergency vehicles have a responsibility to ensure that vehicles are actually yielding and not trust other driver’s ability to yield to them. In Edmonton, you often see an emergency vehicles crawling through intersections ensuring that traffic is giving them room.

Fine. Who cares anyway? I could see if he had injured someone other than himself, then maybe release the cause. Otherwise it just seems like paparazzi ambulance chasing.

Or if he’s driving a Jaaaag.

its Michigan his state minimum is already significantly more than most states

His insurance isn’t going to do anything.  Michigan is a no-fault state.

A true gentleman would exit the car and open the door from the outside for his wife/girlfriend/hooker.

Regardless of actual fault here, this is why I always cringe when I looks at what the state minimums for liability are.

The term of art is “traffic signal preemption.” I first became aware of it maybe 20 years or more ago. Some turn all the lights red (the safest approach, with the potential drawback of a pool of trapped cars ahead of the emergency vehicle); others arrange an off-cycle green light in the emergency vehicle’s direction…

If he were at fault, but it’s hard to tell from the video. I don’t think emergency vehicles can blow through red lights like that just because they have their emergency lights on. Every one I’ve ever seen at least slows and ensures traffic is stopped before going through a red.

All the fire trucks and ambulances in my city stop for red lights and make sure all oncoming traffic stops before proceeding through the intersection.

When I drove an ambulance in VA we were told, in no uncertain terms, that if we collided with something when proceeding through an intersection code 3 (lights and sirens) and the traffic signals were not in our favor it was our fault. No ifs ands or buts.  We did provide the municipal 911 service, but were not city…

Now THAT’S service! The fire dept shows up immediately to put out the fire... 

Looks like the firetruck is coming from where the blvd ends, wider road might make the driver feel like people will see the lights. But coming from the Navigator’s direction there isnt great sight lines if you’re doing 40 or so.

That commentary was fantastic, BOOM!