What about the cars at 2:14 then?

@@EddInLancs01 Driver turns the siren off when behind the traffic and only turns it back on when progressing through to warn traffic going through the green light that he's there.

All depends on the circumstances, many a time cars can move out of the way safely but won't.

What's the sense of having a siren, if you cannot go through red lights? Turning off the siren is ridiculous to me. There is always enough space for a car to pass. If not, the flowing traffic has to stop, even if it has green light, this is obvious.

@@RayScarr69 I think the drivers are wrong for going over the traffic line on a red. The RC turned off its sirens to take pressure off of the drivers, but the drivers gave way instead of waiting for the light to turn green and giving way.

Baron b much appreciated and yes there are some idiots on the roads but we just have to deal with the chaos they cause......

It didn't look as if anything was coming the other way though at all.. I personally would have just gone through the red in that situation (making sure it was safe of course)

You are the first person that has commented about the safety of the public. Just because we are an emergency service doesn't mean we have to put the public at risk. If I can not safely move the public through the red light then I will always wait for the green....

It is known as effective non-use. We cut the sirens if there is literally no where for us to go and wait until the traffic starts moving again. We are not allowed to bully motorists to go through red lights. If they do cross the line and a gap opens up then fair enough we can proceed, otherwise we wait for the green light.

@@illusionuk Excellent ! I had no idea there was a name for this practice. I'm afraid it is not universally followed, however.

You should not "safely move the public through the red light" you should know that.

Standard Ford mondeo 1.8 TDCi. The videos do make it sound much more powerful than it really is....

@@EmergencydriveUK Is it an estate or a hatchback, just wondering? Emergency vehicles is like my biggest interest and Id just like to imagine what it looks like. What's the light setup like on that thing?

@@EastSussex999 Hatch back with front number plate side lights for exiting junctions, mag roof light and the double windscreen blues.

@@EmergencydriveUK Nice one! Thank you. Out of interest, how immense was the training to be able to drive on blues like that? I've seen blue light training but never quite as advanced as the maneuvers I've seen you do in some of your videos.

@@EastSussex999 very intense training, 110% concentration required at all times along with dealing with some shocking reactions from other drivers...

Hi, I will still receive the notice but there is a department that deals with then to get then cancelled.

I have a colleague whose sole job is to do just that,

@@jonah406 sounds fun

@@EmergencydriveUK do you have to prove you were on an emergency call? Or is it just a case of: fine gets sent to car x, remove fine?

@@johnb8956 yes we have to provide the incident number and proof of driver name. The fine actually comes to the registered keeper of the car, me, then I send it to the relevant department at work who sorts it all out. There is no database of unmarked emergency vehicles so the fine is cancelled at source.

I was in fire, now retired....

Yes I do, it can sometimes prove to be challenging with others not seeing you as quickly as marked vehicles...

@@EmergencydriveUK they should supply with what they used to call Cojak beacons. ( mag mount ) would at least give a bit more visibility and be more noticeable

@@aviationwales3021 I do have a roof mag light but i think the flashing headlights do make the biggest difference, especially with uprated bulbs

I suspect that he's a 'Walt'

I was responding as a specialist role as it was a bomb making factory

@@EmergencydriveUK Many thanks I thought it would be something like that.

I only really use the sat nav for the last few miles as I know the area so well, so it does sometimes seem as though the sat nav has no idea....😄

in the UK they will ticket you for crossing the white line so our emergancy services sit at red lights now its a sad world.

@@Eagleyegaming Ok good to know, in my country isn’t this a thing. They may Ticket you but you are able to return it after checking out that there was an emergency vehicle behind you.

I got fined for putting one wheel in a bus lane to let an ambulance pass me on blues. I appealed the ticket, and lost. Unfortunately n the UK the powers that control traffic violation penalty charges are sanctimonious, self-righteous arseholes with not one ounce of common sense, compassion or reason. They did send me a pamphlet though, informing me that under no circumstances are motorists allowed to contravene any traffic regulation unless instructed to do so by a police officer. So if it's a police car sitting behind you with its sirens blaring, that is instruction enough to break the law. If it is behind you and goes quiet, it is not instruction. Also it's worth noting, that, unlike many countries, in the UK it is not a legal requirement to give way to an emergency vehicle responding to an emergency. Ridiculous, but true.

I think the shorter ones are more for heavier traffic.

I hope you NEVER will drive outside the UK, cause in many other places you'd be required to do exactly that! You'd rather get a ticket for not doing so

@@EnjoyFirefighting Yes I agree, we also live in the US where we NOT get a ticket if we slowly passed a Red Light, the other question is though if you do pass a Red Traffic Light and cause a collision then I would be to blame.

@@Lensman3333 sure, that's why you're supposed to do so slowly, carefully, watching out for all hazards, warn others etc However, at least in central Europe, many intersections are designed to offer some space in between the stopping line / traffic light and the actual lanes of crossing traffic. Often several vehicles will fit there without getting into the path of crossing traffic = no hazard

It isn’t advised to force traffic through the red lights if it seems more dangerous than another red light where the risk of collision is lower. I believe Police are the only emergency service who can come up to you and ask you to move through a red. Technically moving through a red for emergency services isn’t allowed (except police I believe and can end you up in a fine) but no emergency service is going to go and give a telling off for a driver moving across a red light for you if done as safely as possible.) As someone who’s been in many ambulances, they tend to turn off the sirens if approaching a red light with lots of traffic waiting and not a ‘reasonably’ safe way for the cars to cross over the red to get out of the way. So they’ll usually just chill with the blues on and most people will move, but isn’t advised to sit up their asses blowing the sirens at drivers and pressuring those who are worried about crossing a red into potentially incoming traffic.

It's also to release pressure from the drivers so they dont do anything stupid

Because it would have been illegal. As an emergency response driver in the UK you are not allowed to force other road users to go through red lights or perform other illegal manoeuvres. You are taught to sit at a distance behind and wait for the green light.

@@slackythe2nd it is illegal but if its safe to do so would it not be the correct move to go through the red to let an emergency vehicle pass? I mean if it was an ambulance somebody could be not breathing, those few seconds could be life or death.

@@LoadingGames. regardless of what the emergency vehicle is going to members of the public shouldn't break any traffic laws as this will leave them liable if they get caught. The best thing to do is wait until the light goes green and then pull out of the way as safely and quickly as possible.

@@LoadingGames. I will just point out as well that I only know what I was taught for my Level 3 CERAD. It may be different for other services

@@slackythe2nd wow, genuinely didn't know this, I've often gone through a red to let an emergency vehicle pass, so in theory I could still get points and a fine? Even if I argued my case that it was safe and I'm trying to assist an emergency vehicle to pass?

Don't forget the uniformed police officer must be out if his car stopping all other traffic and signalling you to proceed, not just sat behind with his lights and sirens on...

only in the UK they have that stupid rule lol

only in the UK that's an issue

As a fire officer I was specially trained to identify and advise on tactics for all sorts of chemical and explosive situations especially those suspicious packages, powders and liquids.

The security breach was due to an individual making TATP at home and there was police intelligence to suggest it might be used in a terrorist attack. In my role I was responsible for confirming it was actually TATP for evidential purposes