Emergency Services Sirens...what's the point? (EDITED)

TiN · Pocket Tin Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Karma :

(Edited so that the negative and ignorant vibes don't look so out of place Wink

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Why the hell do these damn so-called emergency services vehicles have those blasted sirens? They make sooo much noise, and I reckon that they do it just to annoy me.

Their driving booths are clearly sound-proofed so that they don't hear anything when driving, which allows them to chat about on their radios and mobiles etc...

But most of all, why don't people just be more careful? I mean, FFS, stop catching on fire, getting injured, becoming victims of crime etc...

Bastards.

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Ben. · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Karma :

i know you cant use you horn between i think 11pm and 7am, i don't know about sirens, but i imagine that they can use it whenever they want... (most police cars seem to think they can use it to get through traffic/ across a set of lights)
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thegubner · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Karma :

You are completely right!

About the fact that they are doing their job, its obviously an area where they feel the need to put sirens on to warn other motorists, if they have them off till they get there then they are trying to be quiet but when they are gunning it along they need to turn them on to warn others in areas where a car could just pull out.

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freestyler_onli · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Karma :

Yep.

Offence to use a horn without good reason in a built up area between 1130pm and 0700 am.

Sirens are used to warn the horde of drink drivers/crap drivers that emergency services are coming and the pull to the hard shoulder, but usually people stop dead where they are anyway....... Rolling Eyes

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

Bah live with it, outside where I live the police use it as a helicopter training area , you hear them circling all night
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veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

You don't need to say you live in London, it's obvious from your post.

I'm sure if you point and shout loud enough the inconsiderate bastards will stop having heart attacks/being murdered

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thegubner · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Karma :

You would whine even more if they were coming for you but crashed on the way cos they had no sirens on.

TiN · Pocket Tin Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Karma :

Ooh...I seem to have touched a nerve here...apologies if I offended you siren lovers..

I wasn't really criticising the people who were needing the services, nor the people actually providing the services...just why when the roads are clearly empty at 2.30 in the morning, that they feel the need to put their sirens on for those few seconds...whilst other times I've seen them rushing through city centres with just flashing lights and no sirens?

Bastards the lot of 'em *... Wink

* Yes, that was a joke, but feel free to take offence...

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thegubner · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Karma :

Shay HTFC · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Karma :

I guess you live near a junction? They always whack on the sirens when crossing at red to make damn sure that no-one else is going to just drive into their path

Johnny GSX-R · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Karma :

What a stupid question to be asking.

Did you think they fitted the sirens becasue they had a large batch of them sat in stores doing nowt..

"You can have the sirens to play with so long as you don't use them after 23:30hrs....OK"

You really wanna try sitting in a van with them damn things going off on the roof, not a nice place to be.
It is so loud that the radio cannot be heard, hence many response operators wear an earpeice these days.

Mudskipper · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

What about those reversing warning beeper things? I once had a cop van fannying about reversing outside my bedroom window at one in the morning.

Wouldn't have minded so much if he'd stayed put to keep guard for me from the local scrotes.

Oh and one early morning (6am ish) I saw some bird in a Clio reversing off her driveway with the reversing beeping warning!!! Laughing

WTF? If I was her next door neighbour I'd be throwing shoes at her every morning.

All that was missing was the 'WARNING: WOMAN REVERSING' message in a robotic voice Laughing

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veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

With her being a woman driver I imagine it would be best for everyone if it beeped when it was going forwards, too.

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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

Moot point of note, if an ambulance/fire/police are on blues and twos DO NOT :

Cross double whitelines
Move across the white line at traffic lights
Go round the wrong side of traffic islands

This guy moved out the way for an ambulance across a red traffic light line, got 3 points.
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thx1138 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Karma :

when they scraped me off the road at 2am, they didn't put the sirens on, even when I asked them to. Sad

distortion · Nearly there... Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Karma :

Guessing you live close to a junction. The lights are probably on red everytime they go through.

TiN · Pocket Tin Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Karma :

Nope, don't live near a junction, just a normal stretch of road with houses and the occasional shop...

...hmm...with the people failing to actually read what I'm saying, I may as well edit my original post so that these poor people won't seem so silly and ignorant... Wink

instigator · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Karma :

I friggin' hate bloody sirens. It's all I hear in Reading, all friggin' day long. Wish nobbers would actually look in their mirros, see that they're coming and move out before they have to be 'told' to. Mad

Not the emergency services fault for using the sirens but I still friggin' curse them for it. Mad

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thegubner · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Karma :

Nooooooooo, the orange looks good.

Same as scrap wagons.

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slimjim04 · Nearly there... Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Karma :

they use um for one particular reason and thats to let other road users know they are there or approaching.

i will remeber what you posted next time some twat goes into the side of me and writes my car off and causes me injury and im bleeding to death.
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