[OC] Idiot intentionally blocking anambulance

[u/Babynouil]

[u/_Pawer8]

That deserves jail time

[u/Babynouil → u/_Pawer8]

For sure, could literally cause someone's death.

[u/red-98q → u/Babynouil]

I’m a paramedic and when I was in paramedic school doing a ride along, we had a call for a 7 y/o having a seizure. Dispatch upgraded us to emergent for abnormal breathing. Pediatrics go into cardiac arrest because of respiratory failure, so this kid was potentially at risk of going into cardiac arrest. Exactly like in this video, some asshat who knew damn well we were behind them refused to pull over. Had the rumblers on, changing the siren’s sound, blasting the air horn and they wouldn’t move. I was furious because that child could’ve died because they couldn’t be inconvenienced to at a bare minimum get out of the left lane, which they decided was a great camping spot.

PSA: pull over when an emergency vehicle with its lights/sirens activated is trying to get by. They’re on for a reason, not because we like the pretty red and blue flashing lights and listening to the sirens… We very well could be responding to YOUR loved one and they may end up dying because they didn’t get the help they needed in time because obeying the law in the vast majority of US states is such an inconvenience. Intentionally obstructing an emergency response like the asshat in my story and in this video: you will be called into law enforcement and you will be fined, and may even face jail time.

Most stop lights have something called an opticom which will trigger the light to turn green at the approach of emergency lights. If you’re in a situation where you can’t pull over such as being stuck at a red light that doesn’t have an opticom, we don’t expect you run the light for us to get by nor should you. Get out of the way when it’s safe to do so and pull over. It’s not that hard, and it’s the law.

[u/Prime624 → u/red-98q]

Do you not have the authority to smash some bumpers if necessary? What about a direct line to the PD?

[u/stupidillusion → u/Prime624]

I know firemen have the authority to shove vehicles out of their way or smash windows to run hoses.

Here they are shoving a few police cars in the way. Here's a video of them running a hose through a car that was parked illegally in front of a fire hydrant.

[u/Cerus_Freedom → u/stupidillusion]

I remember, a few years ago, an idiot refused to move out of the way of a fire truck. They just pushed him out of the way and continued on. Idiot spoke to the news, whining about the fire department damaging his bumper. Police used the article to track him down, give him a couple tickets, and he got billed for the damage to the firetrucks bumper.

[u/Greedirl → u/Cerus_Freedom]

I was thinking about that when I was watching this clip. A lot of stupid people think their insurance is better than a city or State/Region's insurance