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Funny that no-one in that thread mentions the actual problem with someone parking in front of a hydrant (increases risk that they die in a fire due to fire depa
by colanderman 9y ago
Funny that no-one in that thread mentions the actual problem with someone parking in front of a hydrant (increases risk that they die in a fire due to fire department being unable to quickly access it).
- shaftway 9y agoThe fire department will usually just break your windows and run the hose through the car. From what I understand it doesn't actually slow them down by much (I'm obviously not condoning this activity). If it's an expensive car they'll make sure that the hose leaks. A lot. Plenty of examples if you search for "fire hose through car"
- stevenwoo 9y agoUsually firefighters just run the hose through the car. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/04/10/boston-firefighters-run-hose-through-car-parked-front-hydrant-east-boston-fire-scene/U6jeEBScIhlW3YutCLPS8L/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/04/10/boston-firefigh...
- colanderman 9y agoThat's amazing.
- razorunreal 9y agoThat's another problem that doesn't need to exist. I never saw a fire hydrant until I arrived in the states, because the smart thing to do is put it under a hatch somewhere in the road.
- nugi 9y agoHow is it better when you can accidentally park on top of it? Sounds worse. Harder to access, access can be cut off by single car. A hydrant has 4 directions of flow, so works fine. I think we have the engineering well sorted.