Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro
by bombcar on Friday May 05, 2023 @05:14PM
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A formative experience when I was learning to drive was being pulled over to the right and watching a firetruck pull behind a car stopped at a red light, siren blaring and lights flashing, and eventually having to get on the PA and tell the person to run the red light so they could get through.
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Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro
by iudqnolq on Friday May 05, 2023 @05:54PM
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That's a mistake by the fire truck. You aren't supposed to preemptively run a red light to help them, they're supposed to order you to do it right away if that's what they want.
Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro
by macintux on Saturday May 06, 2023 @12:17AM
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This surprised me, and I haven’t found any information one way or the other about the universality of the rule, but I did find this guide that strongly implies you’re correct.
https://www.firerescue1.com/fire-truck-crash/articles/stop-f...
Re:Waymo doubles service area in Phoenix Metro
by namibj on Saturday May 06, 2023 @07:37AM
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In Germany you have to make way/not obstruct, though you don't have to endanger yourself excessively.
So if the traffic behaves, you absolutely have to move out of the emergency vehicle's way traffic light be damned. Usually you'd pull over to not put yourself into a prime t-boning spot, but with good visibility you actually drive across the intersection to where you where going anyways, and ensure you let them pass.