Two girls hit while walking on Mobile Highway near New Warrington Road. One dead.

Gunz wrote:That's not true,Ghost. You cannot endanger citizens when responding to an emergency call.Clearly driving down a lane head on against traffic is endangering. I have called on an ambulance when they did that on Davis Hwy. Police and ambulances are told not to do that. -Dreams-



Thats a load of BS! Escambia EMS and Fire, City Fire, Escambia SO and City PD routinely must safely and with lights and siren drive against traffic to get to a call. At rush hour and pretty much anytime in December traffic is so bad that responding in the oncoming traffic is a must unless you want to sit in traffic. None of the agencies listed above have any SOPs or GOGLs advising against this practice. Now I dont know what they teach at "the academy" but most paid drivers continue their education and attend an EVOC course (Emergency Vehical Operations Course) as I did, and are taught in that class that it is perfectly acceptable to drive against the flow of traffic when there is no other safer route to follow.

Dreamsglore wrote:

Gunz wrote:That's not true,Ghost. You cannot endanger citizens when responding to an emergency call.Clearly driving down a lane head on against traffic is endangering. I have called on an ambulance when they did that on Davis Hwy. Police and ambulances are told not to do that. -Dreams-



Thats a load of BS! Escambia EMS and Fire, City Fire, Escambia SO and City PD routinely must safely and with lights and siren drive against traffic to get to a call. At rush hour and pretty much anytime in December traffic is so bad that responding in the oncoming traffic is a must unless you want to sit in traffic. None of the agencies listed above have any SOPs or GOGLs advising against this practice. Now I dont know what they teach at "the academy" but most paid drivers continue their education and attend an EVOC course (Emergency Vehical Operations Course) as I did, and are taught in that class that it is perfectly acceptable to drive against the flow of traffic when there is no other safer route to follow.

Safely! Going against ongoing traffic is not safely and you know you cannot endanger citizens.You're full of it.

Dreamsglore wrote:

Gunz wrote:That's not true,Ghost. You cannot endanger citizens when responding to an emergency call.Clearly driving down a lane head on against traffic is endangering. I have called on an ambulance when they did that on Davis Hwy. Police and ambulances are told not to do that. -Dreams-



Thats a load of BS! Escambia EMS and Fire, City Fire, Escambia SO and City PD routinely must safely and with lights and siren drive against traffic to get to a call. At rush hour and pretty much anytime in December traffic is so bad that responding in the oncoming traffic is a must unless you want to sit in traffic. None of the agencies listed above have any SOPs or GOGLs advising against this practice. Now I dont know what they teach at "the academy" but most paid drivers continue their education and attend an EVOC course (Emergency Vehical Operations Course) as I did, and are taught in that class that it is perfectly acceptable to drive against the flow of traffic when there is no other safer route to follow.

Safely! Going against ongoing traffic is not safely and you know you cannot endanger citizens.You're full of it.

Dreamsglore wrote:

Gunz wrote:That's not true,Ghost. You cannot endanger citizens when responding to an emergency call.Clearly driving down a lane head on against traffic is endangering. I have called on an ambulance when they did that on Davis Hwy. Police and ambulances are told not to do that. -Dreams-



Thats a load of BS! Escambia EMS and Fire, City Fire, Escambia SO and City PD routinely must safely and with lights and siren drive against traffic to get to a call. At rush hour and pretty much anytime in December traffic is so bad that responding in the oncoming traffic is a must unless you want to sit in traffic. None of the agencies listed above have any SOPs or GOGLs advising against this practice. Now I dont know what they teach at "the academy" but most paid drivers continue their education and attend an EVOC course (Emergency Vehical Operations Course) as I did, and are taught in that class that it is perfectly acceptable to drive against the flow of traffic when there is no other safer route to follow.

Safely! Going against ongoing traffic is not safely and you know you cannot endanger citizens.You're full of it.

Gunz wrote:

Dreamsglore wrote:

Gunz wrote:That's not true,Ghost. You cannot endanger citizens when responding to an emergency call.Clearly driving down a lane head on against traffic is endangering. I have called on an ambulance when they did that on Davis Hwy. Police and ambulances are told not to do that. -Dreams-



Thats a load of BS! Escambia EMS and Fire, City Fire, Escambia SO and City PD routinely must safely and with lights and siren drive against traffic to get to a call. At rush hour and pretty much anytime in December traffic is so bad that responding in the oncoming traffic is a must unless you want to sit in traffic. None of the agencies listed above have any SOPs or GOGLs advising against this practice. Now I dont know what they teach at "the academy" but most paid drivers continue their education and attend an EVOC course (Emergency Vehical Operations Course) as I did, and are taught in that class that it is perfectly acceptable to drive against the flow of traffic when there is no other safer route to follow.

Safely! Going against ongoing traffic is not safely and you know you cannot endanger citizens.You're full of it.

It is just as safe as stopping at a red light, and then going ahead. It is just as safe as exceeding the speed limit (as Florida law allows me to do) in a 40 thousand pound truck. You dont go balls to the wall when going against the flow dreams and, honestly with the exception of you, everyone else has no problem moving over. Driving 10-18 in this county with drivers like you is the only thing thats unsafe.

Dreamsglore wrote:

Gunz wrote:

Dreamsglore wrote:

Gunz wrote:That's not true,Ghost. You cannot endanger citizens when responding to an emergency call.Clearly driving down a lane head on against traffic is endangering. I have called on an ambulance when they did that on Davis Hwy. Police and ambulances are told not to do that. -Dreams-



Thats a load of BS! Escambia EMS and Fire, City Fire, Escambia SO and City PD routinely must safely and with lights and siren drive against traffic to get to a call. At rush hour and pretty much anytime in December traffic is so bad that responding in the oncoming traffic is a must unless you want to sit in traffic. None of the agencies listed above have any SOPs or GOGLs advising against this practice. Now I dont know what they teach at "the academy" but most paid drivers continue their education and attend an EVOC course (Emergency Vehical Operations Course) as I did, and are taught in that class that it is perfectly acceptable to drive against the flow of traffic when there is no other safer route to follow.

Safely! Going against ongoing traffic is not safely and you know you cannot endanger citizens.You're full of it.

It is just as safe as stopping at a red light, and then going ahead. It is just as safe as exceeding the speed limit (as Florida law allows me to do) in a 40 thousand pound truck. You dont go balls to the wall when going against the flow dreams and, honestly with the exception of you, everyone else has no problem moving over. Driving 10-18 in this county with drivers like you is the only thing thats unsafe.

I disagree w/ that and know for a fact that is not encouraged. It is far from safe and and you will be at fault if you kill someone.

Dreamsglore wrote:

Gunz wrote:

Dreamsglore wrote:

Gunz wrote:That's not true,Ghost. You cannot endanger citizens when responding to an emergency call.Clearly driving down a lane head on against traffic is endangering. I have called on an ambulance when they did that on Davis Hwy. Police and ambulances are told not to do that. -Dreams-



Thats a load of BS! Escambia EMS and Fire, City Fire, Escambia SO and City PD routinely must safely and with lights and siren drive against traffic to get to a call. At rush hour and pretty much anytime in December traffic is so bad that responding in the oncoming traffic is a must unless you want to sit in traffic. None of the agencies listed above have any SOPs or GOGLs advising against this practice. Now I dont know what they teach at "the academy" but most paid drivers continue their education and attend an EVOC course (Emergency Vehical Operations Course) as I did, and are taught in that class that it is perfectly acceptable to drive against the flow of traffic when there is no other safer route to follow.

Safely! Going against ongoing traffic is not safely and you know you cannot endanger citizens.You're full of it.

It is just as safe as stopping at a red light, and then going ahead. It is just as safe as exceeding the speed limit (as Florida law allows me to do) in a 40 thousand pound truck. You dont go balls to the wall when going against the flow dreams and, honestly with the exception of you, everyone else has no problem moving over. Driving 10-18 in this county with drivers like you is the only thing thats unsafe.

I disagree w/ that and know for a fact that is not encouraged. It is far from safe and and you will be at fault if you kill someone.

Ghost_Rider1 wrote:

Dreamsglore wrote:

Gunz wrote:

Dreamsglore wrote:

Gunz wrote:That's not true,Ghost. You cannot endanger citizens when responding to an emergency call.Clearly driving down a lane head on against traffic is endangering. I have called on an ambulance when they did that on Davis Hwy. Police and ambulances are told not to do that. -Dreams-



Thats a load of BS! Escambia EMS and Fire, City Fire, Escambia SO and City PD routinely must safely and with lights and siren drive against traffic to get to a call. At rush hour and pretty much anytime in December traffic is so bad that responding in the oncoming traffic is a must unless you want to sit in traffic. None of the agencies listed above have any SOPs or GOGLs advising against this practice. Now I dont know what they teach at "the academy" but most paid drivers continue their education and attend an EVOC course (Emergency Vehical Operations Course) as I did, and are taught in that class that it is perfectly acceptable to drive against the flow of traffic when there is no other safer route to follow.

Safely! Going against ongoing traffic is not safely and you know you cannot endanger citizens.You're full of it.

It is just as safe as stopping at a red light, and then going ahead. It is just as safe as exceeding the speed limit (as Florida law allows me to do) in a 40 thousand pound truck. You dont go balls to the wall when going against the flow dreams and, honestly with the exception of you, everyone else has no problem moving over. Driving 10-18 in this county with drivers like you is the only thing thats unsafe.

I disagree w/ that and know for a fact that is not encouraged. It is far from safe and and you will be at fault if you kill someone.

If not encouraged, then why do so many do it? If it isn't encouraged you certainly see a lot of it happening right her in Escambia and Santa Rosa County. I doubt that the driver of an emergency vehicle would be held accountable in case of an accident. You, as a vehicle operator have the responsibility to move out of the way of emergency vehicles.

I will continue looking for the link, but a few years ago at Palafox and Johnson and ambulance was responding 10-18. The driver crossed over into oncoming traffic, came to a complete stop to give traffic time to yield, however some idiot decided to go around all the traffic that was pulled over, by this time the ambulance had proceeded again and they collided head-on. Guess who was ticketed and it surely was not the ambulance driver.

Gunz wrote:

Ghost_Rider1 wrote:

Dreamsglore wrote:

Gunz wrote:

Dreamsglore wrote:

Gunz wrote:That's not true,Ghost. You cannot endanger citizens when responding to an emergency call.Clearly driving down a lane head on against traffic is endangering. I have called on an ambulance when they did that on Davis Hwy. Police and ambulances are told not to do that. -Dreams-



Thats a load of BS! Escambia EMS and Fire, City Fire, Escambia SO and City PD routinely must safely and with lights and siren drive against traffic to get to a call. At rush hour and pretty much anytime in December traffic is so bad that responding in the oncoming traffic is a must unless you want to sit in traffic. None of the agencies listed above have any SOPs or GOGLs advising against this practice. Now I dont know what they teach at "the academy" but most paid drivers continue their education and attend an EVOC course (Emergency Vehical Operations Course) as I did, and are taught in that class that it is perfectly acceptable to drive against the flow of traffic when there is no other safer route to follow.

Safely! Going against ongoing traffic is not safely and you know you cannot endanger citizens.You're full of it.

It is just as safe as stopping at a red light, and then going ahead. It is just as safe as exceeding the speed limit (as Florida law allows me to do) in a 40 thousand pound truck. You dont go balls to the wall when going against the flow dreams and, honestly with the exception of you, everyone else has no problem moving over. Driving 10-18 in this county with drivers like you is the only thing thats unsafe.

I disagree w/ that and know for a fact that is not encouraged. It is far from safe and and you will be at fault if you kill someone.

If not encouraged, then why do so many do it? If it isn't encouraged you certainly see a lot of it happening right her in Escambia and Santa Rosa County. I doubt that the driver of an emergency vehicle would be held accountable in case of an accident. You, as a vehicle operator have the responsibility to move out of the way of emergency vehicles.

I will continue looking for the link, but a few years ago at Palafox and Johnson and ambulance was responding 10-18. The driver crossed over into oncoming traffic, came to a complete stop to give traffic time to yield, however some idiot decided to go around all the traffic that was pulled over, by this time the ambulance had proceeded again and they collided head-on. Guess who was ticketed and it surely was not the ambulance driver.

She is simply full of shit ghost. The fact is no-one is discouraged or encouraged to do anything. In fact, the bosses rarely question our tactics and driving abilities. I'd like to see her post an inter departmental memo to back up any of that horse shit she is trying to sell.