Thats what emergency flashers are for.
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wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThough I read a story (I think on lemmy, though it’s been a while) of someone trying to meet an ambulance in the middle of nowhere (Texas, I want to say?) as their friend was bleeding out, basically.
A lady did what you describe and it took critical time away. The friend ended up dying just before they met the emts.
Not everyone who looks like they are a dick, are one.
Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yeah if they aren’t using the emergency lights then it means there’s no emergency. Pretty sure the first comment was talking about normal road users anyway…
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Emergency flashers… on your typical like Nissan Altima (or whatever)?
The two vehicles were headed to a central meeting point to save critical time, in the actual middle of nowhere.
Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Yes, it’s the red triangle button, give it a shot sometime!
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s not an ‘emergency flasher’ button, it’s the hazards, and it’s for when you’re broken down or crashed, or (illegally) stack your home depot run 17 pallets high.
I’m a first responder (at least, used to be) and that button is known in the states as the ‘park wherever you want’ button and nothing else.
Fun fact, using the hazard indicators while moving on a public road can be a cited offense. But you have fun going wee-woo and playing pretend emergency man. Maybe lose the snappy attitude though, it’s indicative of your age and knowledge.
socsa@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Shit happens and sometimes you won’t be there for it and that’s just life. It’s not a justification to put everyone else on the road in danger.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Easy to say when it’s not you bleeding out, but alright fam
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you do what the comment describes it’s fine. But if you do it to an ambulance you deserve to be shot as I do think we can all agree there is a distinct difference between any regular car and an ambulance.
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2 weeks ago
I think the story goes that the ambulance was driving towards a car containing the patient, and the car containing the patient was also driving towards the ambulance.
Akasazh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s tragic but that is an infrastructure failure more than anything else.
I’m my tiny country we have trauma helicopters for stuff like that. You should never get into your own car with stuff like that.
Secondly how did it is to have a alarm line operator tell you to get into your own car to meet the ambulance half way. How did that work?
architect@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
In rural areas they Will communicate with both of you.
Once again, move the fuck over. You aren’t the police.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That makes more sense. Thanks
Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Then it’s an educational failure because they didn’t use emergency lights.
TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Hey can you shut the fuck up and stop saying this? You don’t know that they didn’t use emergency lights, and it ultimately doesn’t matter either way. Someone died a preventable death because of people like you trying to police others’ behaviour.
stickyprimer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
For every 1 speeder who’s trying to the ER in time there are 10,000 who will die on the spot from speeding.
Give me a break with this bullshit second hand tale. I’m not going to treat tailgaters like they are on their way to save a life. They take lives.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This wasn’t a typical driver in an urban environment, again thus was the middle of nowhere with low traffic. They also, again, weren’t trying to reach the hospital, they were being instructed to meet medical staff halfway as the dispatcher and emts determined that was the best course of action.
But it’s obviously that you’d rather feel morally superior than compassionate for someone trying to save a life; and you clearly have experience making these kinds of judgement calls, right? What a sad, sad person you must be.
stickyprimer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh boo hoo HOOOOOO!!
There is no way to lane block someone on a remote rural road. If you’re racing to save a life you just fucking pass in the other lane.
There’s no moral superiority about this. Your anecdote is just bullshit and doesn’t change the fact that driving fast and tailgating causes more accidents than it saves lives.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Anecdotes aren’t data.
Ride my ass so closely that you put me in danger, and I’m taking my time.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
‘data points aren’t data’
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Okay but they’re not. Right? Data points by themselves aren’t data. That’s why they have a different name.
If you look at one data point, then everyone with red hair is a billionaire because I saw one once.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
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Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Anecdotes aren’t data points either. For data points to become useful data they have to be standardised across parameters to create valid correlations. Anecdotes are not that.
prettybunnys@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
“Instead of letting the dangerous driver past me and away from me I am making the situation worse by attempting to intervene”
architect@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Just move the fuck over and don’t subject everyone to this bs. My husband does this and twice now these psychos acted erratically and followed us home. How the fuck is it worth it? Move over let them pass and get pulled over if it’s that bad.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What I’m hearing is “don’t dress like that if you don’t want to get assaulted”. Is that right?
I’m going to move over. But if you’re up my ass then I need to have much farther stopping distance from the car in front of me, to account for the decrease in response time from the follower. Which means I can’t pass as quickly or get over as fast.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There’s “don’t dress like you want to be assaulted” and then there’s “don’t look up your local sex offender registry, find the most violent rapist you can, drink a handle of vodka and eat three edibles, break into their house when they’re away, and tie yourself nude to their bed.”
I absolutely don’t blame rape victims for their rape, at least in any sane scenario. But if someone did the latter, yeah, I’m sorry, I’m going to say they asked for it. If someone literally goes out of their way to deliberately get raped, well then at that point it’s consensual sex, not rape.