Subj : Wannbe HAM
To : Joe Delahaye
From : mark lewis
Date : Sun Sep 18 2016 08:19 pm
18 Sep 16 15:58, you wrote to Tony Langdon:
TL>> Here, the police are strict on road rules. Even if one is on the way
TL>> to the station to handle a call, all road rules must be obeyed. It's
TL>> only when we've got in one of the fire truchs or support car that we
TL>> can put lights and sirens on and judiciously break some laws "if it
TL>> is safe and reasonable to do so". Even then, both standing orders and
TL>> road law itself still set strong limits.
JD> Much the same here. The only vehicles that can legally go thru a stop
JD> sign, or Red light, is a funeral procession. Then again, that is
JD> usually accompanied by at least a police cruiser in front.
check your laws closely... there may be a ""loop hole"" in that as long as you
stop at a red light, does the law say that you *must* sit there until it turns
red... most/all jurisdictions i've been in do not state that you *must* wait in
the green... only that you must stop... i've beaten "red light tickets" with
that argument several times in the past ;) ;) ;)
on the flashing lights... i'm fixing to get a light bar fitted that gives me
yellow and white flashing and alternating... can also get green in addition or
as one or the other... this because of being on construction sites with heavy
equipment running around... we already wear white hats and neon yellow safety
vests ;)
)\/(ark
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