What would you do?

[veeedubba]

Picture the scene...... a narrowish suburban road with high kerbs. A 4x4 cop car parting the traffic like Moses,literally forcing cars up on the path.... what would you do with 19" Talles on each corner?? Yep thats right... stand your ground and look him directly in the eye with that you've got no F-*x.#g chance mate in your eyes!!! And yes thats exactly what happened just now.

[Gilez]

Good on you mate

[metaljay]

banter aside, thats fu*ked up, you should move out the way for services. Who cares about your car? if that was you that required the help, wouldnt u want them there as quick as possible.

im only 20, but thats just wrong. My girlsfriends dad who has a maserati granturismo still mounts the curb

[gibbsy]

You don't have to get out of any emergency vehicles way when they are coming towards you. It is up to the driver of the emergency vehicle to negotiate traffic safely and without risk to the travelling public. If I can I will pull up safely and flash my lights to let the driver now it is safe for him/her to proceed towards me. The good drivers will read the road ahead, it's only the head off cabbage on brigade that you have to worry about and they are usually driving 'panda' cars.

Mind you, as a retired firefighter not many stood their ground when I came towards them in a 10 ton fire engine.

[Cuprabob]

If it's an ambulance or a fire engine then I will do everything I can to get out of the way as someone life could depend on it.

If it's the Police, then more than likely they are late for their dinner

[cornelce]

Providing the kerb is not exceedingly high I would get out the way, but if there's a possibility I'll end up scratching the bumper then I can honestly say it's not looking very likely I'll mount it. I can perfectly understand your point metaljay, and believe me I'll do everything I can do get out the way. But then again, like gibbsy said it's their responsibility to read the road ahead and trespass safely.

[gibbsy]

What a driver wants to see when going to a 'shout' are the cars coming towards him pull over and stop, indicating in if possible. If the kerb is very low then yes pull up on it. However, with high kerbs I have been people bounce off them almost back into the way, it is much safer to just pull over and stop.

The real problem arises when trying to pass vehicles on the left, many panic and slap on the anchors, stopping on bends, etc. I would rather see cars accelerating and getting out of the way a few hundred yards up the road, say into a junction, bus stop of lay-by. Another nuisance was the driver who just slows down. A fire engine may be red but it's not a Salsa Roc.

If your sensible your car is not going to get hit by an ambulance or fire engine, it's much more important for the appliance to get there safely than have to stop because it has been involved in an accident. I was never involved in an accident in almost 20 years of driving appliances. Professional firefighters are amongst the best drivers on the roads in the UK today.

Oh I could tell you some tales of the dick heads I've met on the road.

[chrisyboyc]

I'd stand my ground they wont pay for the repairs if you kerb the alloys. Similar situation a few years back at a set of traffic lights with a camera although i could move a guy i know was in the outside lane couldn't go anywhere except forward. As he did the camera flashed him and because of the circumstances he went to court as he pleaded not guilty risking many points and a fine. He was lucky to get off as although he might of been doing the RIGHT thing he still drove through a Red light. Wasted lots of time and money and the local cops wouldn't help even though it was a police car trying to get through.