How stupid can people get?

[Danny]

Here is the answer:

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/detail?sectionID=50677&documentID=179719

[MarJay]

Blimey, whats next?
Ambulances made from electric milk floats to save cash?
Police only allowed to arrest people if they look like they're having fun when they're comitting crime? Oh sorry its like that already!!

Although you could argue a bike needs to do something like 400mph to have the same momentum as a HGV doing 60...

or something like that. Can you believe I studied Physics at uni? I can't remember a jot of it.

Still seems stoopid though. Maybe I should move next door to a fire station...
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[moonym20]

I can see where they are comming from, i've seen the damage a large truck at momentum can do, but i still think its fecking stupid, i'm sad to say that this stubid ban won't be lifted until several people die and a big fuss is made about it.

they could at least alter the guidelines to stress that drivers must use extreme caution at all times when on a call
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[P_J]

Emergency services are so called for a reason.

Reason being, there is (normally) and emergency, and the service (Police, Fire, Ambulance) needs to get to that location in a hurry.

Sorry but these vehicles have to get where there going, in a hurry, the sirens on these are to warn people that there coming...

What more can you say. Keep out of the way (obviously not going to happen in 100% of the cases (accidents can and do happen)) but point being, why risk reducing the reaction time of emergency vehicles by reducing the speed at which they can get there.
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[Mrs_Hippy]

Your average large truck at speed doesn't have flashing lights loud sirens and isn't bright red

Talk about sorry mate I didn't see you!

[moonym20]

nuff said

but then again a fire engine does weigh almost the same as a well loaded LGV

anyways, where can I get a siren and blue light? fit one of them to a bog standard motorbike and you got the ultimate filtering machine watch the residents of london eat your dust while everybody else is in gridlock
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[Ste]

They should put the same limits on traffic cars... 80mph the poor buggers wont get out of the inside lane some days on the motorway

Seriously though, it's damn stupid "sorry we couldn't put your fire out as we had to plod along at the speed limits we have"