am i going to hell?

[janoof1]

driving back from work today at 500pm in the z , waiting to get on the m5 j2 in shat loads of traffic , a ambulance is wailing his sirens and coming up behind me , its a tight road and everyone is mounting the high kerb to clear a path. but this was no ordinary kerb , this was one of these effin huge ones and i realized i wasnt going to get up on the kerb without gouging my rays....................

so i just tried to get as close as possible but alas the ambulance was now right behind me and it couldnt fit though the tiny gap i left him.

so after him flashing his hi-beams and blasting an even louder siren for what seemed like an eternity he gave up and drove half on to the grass bank to get around me -but not without giving me the evil stare.

then as all the cars got back on the road the guy next to me screamed "you could have jeapordised someones life you ****"- to which i responded " its ok , im a doctor - hell be just fine "

 

 

 

worst of all- i AM a doctor

[Ian]

Yes, you are going straight to hell

 

 

I would have done the same thing though.

[Traktion]

You should have just drove on clearing a way for the ambulance

[neo]

imho think you should have driven on until you could have safely pulled over leaving him plenty of room

[Ian]

If there is a lot of traffic its not possible to carry on driving.

[Removed]

I used to drive ambulances during my National Service: about 50% of the time the "code reds" (times you needed the lights and sirens) weren't actually anything serious, and the other 40% of the times lots of ambulance drivers switched them on only to get home earlier... you'll be fine

 

that leaves a real 10% of times where you needed to get there quick

[lomoto]

I used to drive ambulances during my National Service: about 50% of the time the "code reds" (times you needed the lights and sirens) weren't actually anything serious, and the other 40% of the times lots of ambulance drivers switched them on only to get home earlier... you'll be fine

 

that leaves a real 10% of times where you needed to get there quick

 

" national Service ":scare: how old are you Val? I thought that was done away with years and years ago??

[Removed]

not in Italy, you old fart

[lomoto]

not in Italy, you old fart

 

What there is still National Service in Italy today??

[Removed]

no, it has now been abolished. But I did it in 1999.

[M13KYF]

There is now way I would of mounted the kerb. As much I as think it is important to make way, it' aint gonna cover the cost of repair for the sake of 10 secs more waiting time

[Chesterfield]

Some countries still do it, Mexico for one, you pick a ball out of a bag, depending on the colour denotes the section you take part in I think, and at the end you have a one in 3 chance (ball in a bag method) of having to do another 2 years.

 

I reckon they should have it here to put a stop to the likes of car keying chavs etc.

 

On the ambulance front, its not your fault, and if your car cannot physically be driven out of the way without causing damage, you are within your rights to stand still. The ambulance driver should know which routes are busy at which times, and take the appropriate routes, which they clearly didn't.

[sl114]

Isnt it illegal to mount the kerb for any reason?

 

I would have kept on driving until he could pass.

 

Hey im going to hell anyway so lets have a party down there

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tell you what, it would have benefited (and still would IMO) a lot of the young British people you see around....

[sl114]

tell you what, it would have benefited (and still would IMO) a lot of the young British people you see around....

Huh?

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the national Service