How does this happen??? Again!

**FORD RECOVERY EXPERT** · 10-26-2009, 08:24 PM

http://www.firerescue1.com/fire-prod...-firefighters/

What tha fukken fuck?

**FORD RECOVERY EXPERT** · 10-26-2009, 08:27 PM

Here was the one from St Louis...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3uoVOOlT2s[/ame]

**wheeliE-maxx** · 10-26-2009, 08:30 PM

When I went to NYC the firefighters seemed to drive like jackasses. Way too fast for the cramped trafficky streets. And they seemed to do random parade laps around the city doing the siren with everyone hanging out and waving with flags? This was spring break of '07...

**86 IROC-Z** · 10-26-2009, 08:30 PM

I saw the exact same thing happen with two police cars one on an episode of COPS. Answering the same call and were coming to an intersection (from perpendicular to each other) and hit each other.

**310stanger** · 10-26-2009, 08:45 PM

While they are supposed to be trained and this shit aint supposed to happen etc Driving a fire truck in NYC does NOT strike me as the easiest thing to do! Hell I hate driving a toyota corolla in NYC

**86 IROC-Z** · 10-26-2009, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by 310stanger

While they are supposed to be trained and this shit aint supposed to happen etc Driving a fire truck in NYC does NOT strike me as the easiest thing to do! Hell I hate driving a toyota corolla in NYC

After driving surface streets inside Atlanta, it makes me happy that I live somewhere rural where they made each lane wider than the cars driving it.

**FORD RECOVERY EXPERT** · 10-31-2009, 07:46 AM

They should be in radio contact with each other.... This is Completely uncalled for.....

**cammed goat** · 10-31-2009, 08:46 AM

Yup. Driving in NYC can be like being a Kamikaze pilot. When I went to LI last summer, I had folks cutting me off and almost sideswiping me. But I agree with the radio contact. When I was a first responder back in high school, the radios were going nuts with locations, and destinations. But I never heard of collisions over the radio.

**gjb** · 10-31-2009, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by 310stanger

While they are supposed to be trained and this shit aint supposed to happen etc Driving a fire truck in NYC does NOT strike me as the easiest thing to do! Hell I hate driving a toyota corolla in NYC

No kidding. We were in a rental car and went through NY on business one year. We needed to make a left (I forget where) and the guy who was driving couldn't do it. We ended up making three rights.

**FORD RECOVERY EXPERT** · 10-31-2009, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by cammed goat

Yup. Driving in NYC can be like being a Kamikaze pilot. When I went to LI last summer, I had folks cutting me off and almost sideswiping me. But I agree with the radio contact. When I was a first responder back in high school, the radios were going nuts with locations, and destinations. But I never heard of collisions over the radio.

Our Protocals in Texas... Treat every intersection as a stop sign, make a complete stop, clear the inter, then proceed, also treat every lane you cross, as a new intersection.... It may take a few extra seconds, but you're no good if you become another emergency.

**cammed goat** · 10-31-2009, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by FORD RECOVERY EXPERT

Our Protocals in Texas... Treat every intersection as a stop sign, make a complete stop, clear the inter, then proceed, also treat every lane you cross, as a new intersection.... It may take a few extra seconds, but you're no good if you become another emergency.

**FSANE** · 10-31-2009, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by 86 IROC-Z

I saw the exact same thing happen with two police cars one on an episode of COPS. Answering the same call and were coming to an intersection (from perpendicular to each other) and hit each other.

was that from an old episode from late 80's to early 90's?