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REPORT ABUSIVE REPLY
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Witness: Emergency Responders En Route to Sandy Hook Stopped at Red Lights
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Someone discussing this on another forum: I have mixed feeling about this. I have and do volunteer in a state with courtesy lights (Ct and NY) and have been in a red light and siren state (VT).
Sadly,I've seen abuse of both.Around here people are pretty good about letting us blue lighters go by but I still feel retarded sitting at a red light, all two that we have here LOL, with my blue lights on, generally I shut them off.Being one of the few really active and experienced EMTs in the dept as well as a pump operator I'd like to be able to run red, but that's up to my chief.There are a lot of people in the area that should never have them.Yes I have a lot of courtesy on my cars, call me a whacker but I never blow off a call and I don't drive mach2 to the station or scene throwing a hissy fit when someone doesn't pull over.
I think the question should be whether or not the chief should be able to issue red light permits to more key people who are not fire officers in courtesy light states. [ link to elightbars.org]
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