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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2019-03-02 01:35, Paul Allen wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, 2 Mar 2019 at 00:22, Sergio Manzi <<a
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<div class="gmail-m_-8433473225664290229moz-cite-prefix">On
2019-03-02 00:59, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:<br>
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<div>Being picky, but (at least out here) they're not
exempt, they're just allowed to break them :-) eg in
an emergency, an ambulance can go through a red light,
but if they cause an accident by doing so, the driver
will be charged (& they have been)</div>
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<p>Sorry, but I'm inclined to categorize the above as BS,
or "fake news", if you prefer, until you provide
evidence (in which case I'll apologize and eat my
words).</p>
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<div><a href="http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/blue-light-use/"
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scroll down to, or search for, section headed</div>
<div> "Exemptions from Road Signs." Applies in UK, may be
subject to change by future legislation.</div>
<div>Essentially if they cause an accident by jumping a red
light they're in the shit. Because they're</div>
<div>allowed to go through a red light only if it is necessary
AND it is safe to do so. If they end up</div>
<div>causing an accident, it obviously wasn't safe to do so.<br>
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<div>Paul</div>
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<p>Of course. And the operative word here is "<b>exemption</b>". The
truth is that a driver <b>could </b>be in deep troubles for
"reckless driving" while having caused the accident (<i>because
there was actually no emergnecy, because he was intoxicated,
because ther was an 18 wheeler in the mdst of the crossing at
that time and he ignored it, etc.</i>), but not for having
jumped the light "<i>per se</i>".</p>
<p>What your street code says about the behaviour drivers at a
crossing (with lights) must have when there is an incoming
emergency vehicle?<br>
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<p>Sergio<br>
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