Question: When you put on your hazard lights and pulled on the hard shoulder, wouldn't it be better to slow earlier and make a gap for said emergency vehicle without using the shoulder?

Same here, I live in the US, heard an ambulance coming from behind as I got to a red light and managed to prevent myself from blocking an open lane at the last minute.

Vielen lieben Dank dafür! Sowas macht das Leben wirklich einfacher!

@@wumpty93 I did both ;)

@@wumpty93 Moving right gives the emergency vehicles a lane and a half to two plus lanes of space to use, more space means they can safely carry more speed, when it's possible to give it safely. It is also a legal requirement in Germany to create an 'emergency corridor' when there's queueing traffic on dual carriageways, motorways/autobahns, something that requires all but the leftmost lane to move right as far as possible, (instead they move left as far as possible), so moving into the hard shoulder when an emergency vehicle is approaching wouldn't be cutting off an intended route for them. If you're slowing to below a certain speed in heavy traffic I imagine it's actually expected. It's a better way of doing it in my opinion. Traffic moving slowly using the hard shoulder means they can fit themselves around debris, bridge supports, etc that may interrupt consistent progress for an emergency vehicle using it, and as the vast majority of vehicles don't take up the full width of the lanes (only exception is oversized loads) everything going as far as possible to one side or the other leaves more than enough space for any size of emergency vehicle to carry more speed safely and unobstructed for longer with better view than anything would have even on a wide hard shoulder. You always get at least one and a half lanes width at a minimum if everyone is as far to the sides as possible (no vehicles sitting diagonally as a result of only moving to the side on hearing the sirens) even when there's only 2 lanes.

EMS is an expression more common in America. In the U.K. they are more often called Paramedics

@@Thomashorsman EMS is a universal term meaning "Emergency Medical Services" hence the channel names, Chris Martin EMS

@@Thomashorsman It's literally part of the channel name.

@@Thomashorsman oops

@@Thomashorsman You're thinking of EMT's.

Don't want to spoil it, but these have "sound aktors", which is a system that pumps fake engine noise into the cabin, You're not hearing any real engine noise ;)

Won't be the same with an electric vehicle will it? No noise at all then, real or enhanced. 😔

@@TheRCBiker these specific engines don't sound too bad when the sound aktor is disabled, even new Golf R's have a sound aktor which makes me sad.

@@TheRCBiker what?? I feel cheated 😀

A VRS is slow and sound rubbish. This guy shows how you dont drive on blue lights

Appreciate the tip, thanks, will give it a go.

Fancy seeing you here Luke, love your vids too!

I think you're after frame rate - Mbps is a measure of internet speed.

@@anuj3294 what? Mbps is a rate of data per second. Yes increasing the bit rate will increase the quality of the video

@@ChrisMartinEMS In this case it is more the frame rate that would need to be increased to sharpen the image. KZfaq does support 60 fps so if your camera is able to shoot at that it should produce a sharper image.

Hope you passed :)

I live in the New Forest…we share the roads with ponies, cattle, deer, pigs… 😄

they were trying to initiate a drag race

Which one?

There are many more regular ambulances which are scattered around everywhere. That's their job, to be first on scene! Chris here is specialist call-out.

This guys driving is dangerous. He forces other road user's to take avoiding action time and time again.

@@davidhumphreys4516 thats kinda part of the job?!

@@davidhumphreys4516 lmao

@@davidhumphreys4516 You really don't understand what's happening do you. He is trying to get to a patient who needs emergency care, as a road user you should make every (safe) effort to get out of the way.

Wail = wants to be heard from a distance Two tone = change of sound to make people aware who might have their music too loud or something, usually used when approaching a vehicle from behind that isn’t showing they have noticed you Rapid = again, a change of tone might make someone notice who hasn’t yet, but also usually used in high risk situations like entering and exiting a roundabout

If I remember right in another video he says they usually go speed limit + 20mph when responding. This felt much quicker than that so I think you're right, definitely something very serious.

To add to the above, it's also widely taught that it's the change in tone that gets the attention of other drivers

When I did my driving course I was taught that the long tone ("wail") gets quite far infront of the vehicle. The short tone ("yelp") helps when in closed spaces such as junctions as it bounces more sideways and the shortest tone ("phaser") informs a driver of the direction of approach. It's explained more in the DTAG Emergency Response Handbook too. As you said above, you're absolutely right in saying that changing the tones are very effective in getting drivers attention.

The local school to me has 3 helipads. 2 on high school side one on primary side. Been used a few times in my life.

You're quite right. It's very expensive to deploy the heli. If the doctors can reach the casualty quicker (or as fast) by road, they can then assess whether they need the heli for quick patient transport. Often it's still faster by road, but it's good to have the option and save some much needed coins by not needlessly flying.

@@ultra_vires Yeap, you can easily spot them as they have red jump suits on. I support them with clothes I don’t want and every purchase I make on Amazon pays to their charity. Cause you never know when you might need their services.

I'm a cool kid 😎😎 I don't wear any protective gear whilst cycling 😎😎. Nobody messes with me cause I'm too cool for school 💲💲😎😎

Many of them run cameras full time. This would just be edited footage of a full day.

The dashcam Chris uses is most likely hardwired to the car and is automatically activated with the ignition. My own does this, it starts recording as soon as I turn the ignition on. The rest of what Chris has done is all post edited on the computer before uploading to KZfaq for us to enjoy.

Unknown but hoping so in some form or another

What's the LAS?

@@KendalSmithy London Ambulance Service.

It's a Skoda Octavia VRS estate, I believe.

He's got a walk-around video if you check his channel.

Helicopter Emergency Medical Service

@@ChrisMartinEMS ahhh. Here where I'm at its called medstar. We also got the RFDS (only real difference is ones aeroplane and is mostly outback stuff and the other is helicopter and more city stuff)

@@southaussiegarbo2054 Sadly our HEMS are rarely centrally funded. It's outrageous, but they're almost entirely funded by donations and local grants. It's only their fuel that gets tax subsidised by the Government.

Testing of the roadworthiness? Horses have been used as transport long before there were even any roads pal

So you are making threats to an emergency worker you can go to jail for that