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You don't get the right to speed due to an emergency. Call an ambulance. To your other point, it is not "flouting the other" law (yield the passing lane) if it
by sl1ck731 7y ago
You don't get the right to speed due to an emergency. Call an ambulance.
To your other point, it is not "flouting the other" law (yield the passing lane) if its 1 person doing 100 mph trying to pass you. The law is in respect to the "normal" flow of traffic, not the fact that any one person is trying to go faster than you.
- Rychard 7y agoWhen my father had a heart attack, I was told to drive to the hospital, which was a ~10 minute drive (at the speed limit). Another family member called the hospital to let them know we were coming. During this drive, the speed limit mattered very little to me, and I drove as fast as I possibly could. Whether this was "right" or "wrong" isn't something that crossed my mind at the time. When one's own life (or the life of a loved one) is on the line, people have a tendency to do things that don't make sense to an outside observer. Luckily for us, we arrived at the hospital without further incident, and my father was quickly cared for. I didn't time the trip, but I imagine it was only marginally faster than driving at the speed limit, as my vehicle at the time wasn't particularly fast.
- sl1ck731 7y agoI would have done the same thing. It doesn't mean there is a law granting us permission to do so, which was the part of the comment I replied to that I took issue with. Its just something that is gray and we have to do when we need to. It is the same logic as the, "I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by 6" crowd, interestingly.
- cryptonector 7y agoI don't care what you think of whoever is trying to pas you, so long as you let them pass. That's the law. Let law enforcement worry about who is violating it; you follow the law.