Re:Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access ...
by rconti on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @02:41AM
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I googled it; sure enough, can't find UK police vehicles with one. Perhaps it's a policy decision where clearing a road is left to tow trucks, which would take longer to arrive. Obviously there's separate liability there in allowing the police to do the "pushing". And perhaps, in a country of more compact dimensions, the added 1+ft in vehicle length is considered to be not worth the benefit.
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Re:Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access ...
by aaronmdjones on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @05:19AM
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Generally yeah, tow trucks or specialist wreckage recovery vehicles do this here (UK), however, in an emergency, it's not uncommon for fire trucks to ram things out of the way too.