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> But how to do it? Uh, how do you remove cars parked in a fire lane? This isn't a novel solution that requires tech disruption to solve.
by lesuorac 3y ago
> But how to do it?
Uh, how do you remove cars parked in a fire lane?
This isn't a novel solution that requires tech disruption to solve.
- MaxikCZ 3y agoIts novel, because before there still was a driver you could appeal to. In occasions where the car was abandoned locked in the middle of the street, I bet the solve time would also be big enough to upset a lot of people, but such things just dont regulary happen. But now there are suddenly plenty of cars that all of sudden block a lane (or street) and you cant talk to noone, honking makes no sense, and when police arrives they dont k ow what to do.
- whimsicalism 3y ago> such things just dont regulary happen. they do in san francisco, see it all the time in mission district
- hacoo 3y agoIt’s not hard, use a tow truck. But getting a tow truck to every incident (especially in the bay area, not know for functional towing services) is the hard part. Since there’s no driver present and the controls are presumably locked, you cant push the car to the side of the road which is what would normally happen with a stalled car.
- midoridensha 3y agoI think it's pretty simple: fire trucks are really big. Use the fire truck to push the disabled car out of the way. This will cause damage to the car, but who cares? That's the car owner's problem. It's just like when firefighters smash the windows of illegally parked cars and put fire hoses through them.
- BoxFour 3y agoThis also may cause damage to the fire truck, or to legally parked cars the disabled car gets pushed into, or to pedestrians on nearby sidewalks.
- midoridensha 3y agoThere's videos of fire trucks doing exactly this (one even to a police car that was blocking their way to a building on fire!). Fire trucks are made for stuff like that. Legally parked cars are the problem for whoever was blocking the road, not the fire truck. When there's an emergency, fire trucks have wide latitude to do whatever is necessary to get to the scene. They can't cause other crashes, but causing property damage for illegally-parked vehicles is fine.
- BoxFour 3y agoI didn’t say they couldn’t, I said they shouldn’t unless truly there are no other options.
- creer 3y agoThis is not a concern that stops US emergency crews very long. I guess things may vary in other countries.
- BoxFour 3y agoIn the major US city where I live I’ve often seen fire engines re-route to avoid double parked cars. Seems much more efficient than just plowing through.
- midoridensha 3y agoI'm sure it is, depending on just how long this re-route takes. I should hope that it's obvious that if they can simply steer around an illegally parked car without any issue, they should just do this, for many reasons. But if the double/triple-parked cars are completely blocking the road, they can plow through, and they have every right to.