Subj : Re: Wannbe HAM
To : TONY LANGDON
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Sat Sep 17 2016 07:55 am
-=> Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-
-=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-
TL> Siren? :)
JA> She's a school teacher by day - volunteer fire fighter and
JA> first responder all other times (and part time EMT).
TL> Different road laws I suspect. Here, private vehicles are not allowed
TL> to have lights and sirens. Only those which are part of an emergency
TL> service are allowed to be fitted with and use the flashing lights and
TL> sirens. And our DMOs (the mechanics employed by the fire service) look
TL> after those.
I'm not sure if a private vehicle is allowed to unless it's part of a
service. Yes, it is privately owned, but she's a member of the 'services.'
Even has an E tag (emergency) becasue of her medical license. Before that
she had an F tag (Fire).
The rule here is you are still supposed to obey traffic laws (stop signs,
speed, etc.) and you can't run lights unless you have a siren as well.
Technically you can be stopped for speeding, but I've never heard of it
happening. As long as you aren't wreckless and you are responding to a
call, you're considered (in practice - see previous message) to be a part
of the responding public service.
... Oklahoma: Our Tornadoes Go To F6!!
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