Surely there must be a way to look up whether an emergency vehicle running a red light was responding to an emergency at the time?
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How are they being penalized? They’re allowed to do it? If they do it unsafely, that’s always going to be on them.
The article says the punishments are triggered sometimes even sfter they stop in front of the light because of how fast they can accelerate when leaving. And punishments aren't handled evenly across the province. Officers in Windsor are docked 6 hrs pay for a first offence and 12 more for a second.
It sure seems like there should be room for discussion.
Lots of times my local cops (small Ontario town) will flash the lights to go through a red light they don't want to wait for, then then them off once through and on the other side.
You can always tell the real emergencies by their speed.
Neat how this doesn't happen to ambulances or fire trucks.
But fire trucks were equipped with technology in previous years to turn traffic lights green, so those infractions don’t happen often, said chief fire prevention officer John Smith
It does happen to them as well and the article breifly addresses that.
I'm confused why police don't have the same ability for emergency response.
My guess is municipal budgets. They likely have more police crusiers than they do fire trucks or ambulances. The police cruisers are also smaller than fire trucks so they may be able to navigate more intersections without needing a green light to clear some traffic.
said chief fire prevention officer John Smith
Yeah, that guy's totally made up.... just look at his name!
Some cops don't seem to have gotten the message yet that the system needs to be blunt and dehumanizing. It'll gladly cannabalize its own to get that message across.
And also, ACAB.
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