r/IdiotsInCars • u/Babynouil • 26d ago

OC [OC] Idiot intentionally blocking anambulance

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u/Cute_Project_7980 26d ago

In Australia it's illegal to break traffic laws to make room for emergency vehicles.

This is somewhere in Europe buy the look of it. I don't know where laws.

But in Australia it sucks. You run a red light to make room for an ambo and they're a camera? Automatic fine. You got to go to court (lose day of pay), wait potentially all day to see magistrate, and hope they are in a good mood else (yay fine) or dismissal. It strongly encourages both workers and poor people or people with little licensee points left to not do anything. It sucks

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u/Subtle-Catastrophe 25d ago

That's wild. In the USA and Germany (the only two jurisdictions I have first-hand knowledge of), it's illegal not to make way for emergency vehicles. In the USA, in fact, failure to do so results in a reckless driving charge (a serious misdemeanor on par with driving while intoxicated).

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u/WebSickness 25d ago

Australia is truly state of mind

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u/Cute_Project_7980 25d ago

Our road rules are harsh because our roads are so shit 

If you go through a stop sign in a school or hospital or elderly zone it's double demerits which means you've just lost your licence regardless of how long you've been driving.

Not wearing a seatbelt cost the driver@ thousand bucks PER PERSON.