{"id":54722,"date":"2012-02-06T11:43:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T15:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=54722"},"modified":"2012-02-06T11:43:19","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T15:43:19","slug":"the-importance-of-giving-way-to-emergency-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/general\/the-importance-of-giving-way-to-emergency-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of giving way to emergency vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One Dominican driver almost learned the hard way, the importance of giving way to emergency vehicles when their sirens come blaring at you.<\/p>\n

He was on the verge of being slapped with a fine but in the end got away with a warning.<\/p>\n

Its lights flashing and sirens going full blast, an ambulance came charging southwards on Independence street in Capital city Roseau on Monday morning but had to contend with several vehicles in its way.<\/p>\n

Most of them managed to squeeze in somewhere to allow the emergency vehicle to speed onwards to conclude its pressing mission \u2013 except one.<\/p>\n

The ambulance was almost snapping on the heels of the offending vehicle like an angry dog, and yet the driver couldn\u2019t get out of the way.<\/p>\n

From the upstairs DNO perch where my colleague and I looked on, we wondered aloud why he couldn\u2019t just swing right into a waiting side street.<\/p>\n

But it was clear that he was bent on turning left into the side road leading to Astaphan\u2019s, failing which he had difficulty considering another option.<\/p>\n

He couldn\u2019t access the Astaphan route simply because another vehicle seeking to make way for the ambulance had occupied the entrance to that road.<\/p>\n

In the end he finally reversed into some very limited space, almost backing into the ambulance while doing so.<\/p>\n

The emergency vehicle was finally able to get on with the business of trying to reach its destination.<\/p>\n

But the offending vehicle driver now had to give account of his actions (or lack of), as a young constable came on the scene and asked him to step out of his vehicle.<\/p>\n

Constable Wiseman Elick whipped out his charge book, keen on pressing home the point that vehicle drivers must give way to emergency vehicles.<\/p>\n

The driver and his female passenger both mounted a loud and passionate defence.<\/p>\n

Constable Wiseman told Dominica News Online however that he resorted to giving the man a stern warning instead of a charge not because of the arguments he advanced, but because one eyewitness pleaded his case, explaining that he had tried to make way but encountered difficulty doing so.<\/p>\n

The police officer says the lesson from Monday\u2019s event is that drivers need to understand the importance of not hindering ambulance, police and other emergency vehicles who may at the time be dealing with life and death issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One Dominican driver almost learned the hard way, the importance of giving way to emergency vehicles when their sirens come blaring at you. 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