Now this is one of my personal peeves, and i will be looking at how i can take this one further in the real world. Perhaps we should write to our MPs and open a petition on the No10 website.
What is it you ask, well i am thinking that it should be a offence not to move out of the way of an emergency with its lights and sirens on, now the thought was you get three penalty points and a 50 fine if you dont move in 20 seconds, because any delay at all for these vehicles could be life and death.
Many a time i have seen idiots, sitting infront of a ambulance at lights, blocking them in on narrow roads or not swerving out the way in rush hour...so at the minute they get nothing, they could hold up the service indefinately and people can (and sometimes according to the press) do die because of these delays. Therefore as sending police bike escorts with every ambulance or paramedic (which is a good idea) isnt really viable in these economic times why not equip the vehicles with relatively cheap cameras and scare the public into complying.
If a driver knew they would get a fine and points they would definately get out the way or at least try... isnt that what you want, would you like a loved one to die from a heart attack, burn in a fire or be beaten because someone didnt get out the way! this really is a problem of our time with more traffic on the roads.
The alternatives i can think of are to issue a outrider police to each paramedic and fire unit, but thats hundreds and there are already police cuts in the works. Have more helicopter responce units to fly over problems, there is no money most of the ones that exist are run by charrities because the government pleads poverty...and dont get me started on that one... we cant pay for police, fire ambulance local government but we can send aid and armed forces to other countries at our expence...come on. fix home becore the rest of the world...see of topic...
so i am proposing the introduction of cameras on the exterior of emergency services, a small group of admin to review and issue tickets (this will therefore pay for itself in short order) and the introduction of points so that if you do it 4 times your off the road and out of the way...doesnt it make sence...now to write to my MP and the PM.....EOL
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