Ambulance involved in late night crash in Hove (From The Argus)
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Ambulance involved in late night crash in Hove
8:34am Thursday 7th March 2013 in News
An ambulance (not the one pictured) was involved in a crash in Hove last night
An ambulance crashed into an electrical box last night in Hove.
The crash happened at about 11.15pm in Old Shoreham Road at the junction of Shirley Drive.
Police said a car was also involved in the incident, which saw the ambulance - on flashing blue lights - come off the road.
Nobody was injured in the crash although those involved were reportedly treated for shock.
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Comments(28)
MrHove
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9:01am Thu 7 Mar 13
spa301 wrote:And where above does it say it was the ambulance drivers fault?
Two in just over a week. What special training do these drivers get?
monkeymoo
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9:08am Thu 7 Mar 13
MrHove wrote:That is a very good point.
spa301 wrote:And where above does it say it was the ambulance drivers fault?
Two in just over a week. What special training do these drivers get?
I'm sure the outcome will blame the driver though..as it's easier than blaming the electrical box!
spa301
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9:22am Thu 7 Mar 13
MrHove wrote:I don't believe I did apportion blame. However by the very nature of their job they require driving skills beyond those of the normal motorist.
spa301 wrote: Two in just over a week. What special training do these drivers get?And where above does it say it was the ambulance drivers fault?
Andy R
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9:29am Thu 7 Mar 13
bogs
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9:37am Thu 7 Mar 13
That junction was a dream this morning and ran very smoothly without the traffic lights. Please can you leave it like that!
Much better than normal.
Brightonscouse2
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9:42am Thu 7 Mar 13
spa301 wrote:There was a car also involved. Who is more likely to be at cause, the highly trained ambulance driver, or your bog standard motorist?
Two in just over a week. What special training do these drivers get?
Metro Reader
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9:51am Thu 7 Mar 13
spa301 wrote:II think it can be deduced that as the ambulance had its blue lights on, it went through a red light, which is technically illegal but they are entitled to do, so long as the road is clear, which in this case it would seem not.
MrHove wrote:I don't believe I did apportion blame. However by the very nature of their job they require driving skills beyond those of the normal motorist.spa301 wrote: Two in just over a week. What special training do these drivers get?And where above does it say it was the ambulance drivers fault?
Driving past this spot this morning at 7.15 the damage to the wall into the park is vast and the signal control box is smashed to this was by no means a slight shunt.
Metro Reader
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9:52am Thu 7 Mar 13
TheCase
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10:46am Thu 7 Mar 13
GIVE UP
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11:01am Thu 7 Mar 13
Metro Reader wrote:And it says underneath (not the one in the picture)
Just noticed that the ambulance in the picture is a London Ambulance
Crystal Ball
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11:13am Thu 7 Mar 13
lillylou wrote:"that man"? The one in the Moon? In Havana? The Green Cross Code?
Wonder if it s the same ambulance driver who killed that man ?
bas466
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11:24am Thu 7 Mar 13
spa301 wrote:No extra driver training is going to avoid some other motorists making incorrect decisions, although, it does say the ambulance hit an electrical box, so, maybe they DID avoid a more serious collision by taking quick avoiding action. Better to hit an electric box than another vehicle or person - think about it that way
MrHove wrote:I don't believe I did apportion blame. However by the very nature of their job they require driving skills beyond those of the normal motorist.
spa301 wrote: Two in just over a week. What special training do these drivers get?And where above does it say it was the ambulance drivers fault?
paul76
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11:28am Thu 7 Mar 13
How many (reported) accidents are there involving ambulances? Not many.
Kiddon72
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11:36am Thu 7 Mar 13
When a cyclist ignores a red light they are viewed by many on this site as heroes.
Stop knocking the ambulance crews. They are trying to save your lives. If occasionally it goes wrong so what ? these things happen.
whereisthe...?
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11:47am Thu 7 Mar 13
HE says in it "Squatters are middle-class, society-hating, political extremists, who want a dysfunctional medieval wasteland, where an ENGLISH MAN's CASTLE(!) no longer his home."
QUARTER of ALL TORY MP's are LANDLORDS!
'Coincidence'? He outlawed legal squatting = many dying. He's suing website that says so, has 'contacted police'
Tory Argus faithfully prints this hateful cr*p, and 'coincidentally' allows no posting replies!
The kicker is, in the SAME ARTICLE the police say "He hasn't contacted us about suing anyone!"
Spread this and stop this nasty little man!!
http://www.theargus.
co.uk/news/10269294.
Anti_squatting_MP_to
_report_web_claim/
angry woman
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12:03pm Thu 7 Mar 13
moose10
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12:31pm Thu 7 Mar 13
spa301 wrote:Far more advanced than your typical car/van driver.
Two in just over a week. What special training do these drivers get?
wexler53
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12:37pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Even if you were there, witnesses are unreliable, but at least you would know a bit more about it.
None of us know what happened, but we can at least be pleased there weren't any serious casualties based on the report above.
spa301
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12:51pm Thu 7 Mar 13
angry woman wrote:Not sure there has been much criticism towards them if you read back, merely concern.
Please could the public refrain from commenting on something they know anything about. Crews are under a great deal of pressure. Criticism is not the answer. Please consider your own driving standards.
By the way this is a comments section so are you saying we shouldn't use it unless we have a full and factual dossier on each and every subject?
getThisCoalitionOut
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1:07pm Thu 7 Mar 13
NIMBY hater
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1:50pm Thu 7 Mar 13
emma_barnes
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1:52pm Thu 7 Mar 13
getThisCoalitionOut wrote:no
Is it correct that ambulances are meant to slow down to 5 mph when going through red traffic lights?
emma_barnes
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2:16pm Thu 7 Mar 13
getThisCoalitionOut wrote:Traffic legislation/regulati
Is it correct that ambulances are meant to slow down to 5 mph when going through red traffic lights?
ons provides that on any occasion when a vehicle is being used for police, fire, bomb or explosive disposal, National Blood Transfusion Service or ambulance purposes, and the observance of a prohibition conveyed by the red signal, including portable traffic signals, would be likely to hinder the use of that vehicle for the purpose it is being used on that occasion, then the prohibition may not apply. The vehicle shall not proceed in such a matter or at such a time:
a. As is likely to cause danger to the driver of any other vehicle on the road, or as to necessitate the driver or any other such vehicle to change its speed or course in order to avoid an accident, or
b. In the case of traffic which is not vehicular, is likely to cause danger to that traffic.
(some bedtime reading - reg 36 http://www.legislati
on.gov.uk/uksi/2002/
3113/made )
Crystal Ball
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2:41pm Thu 7 Mar 13
NIMBY hater wrote:At least the picture represents the time of day the incident took place so 50% correct.
Well done the Argus for putting a photo of an ambulance (not the one involved) on the article. I really had no idea what they looked like.
AmboGuy
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3:12pm Thu 7 Mar 13
whereisthe...? wrote:Stick to the proper story you idiot.
ARGUS not allowing posts on its suck up article today on Tory MP Mike Weatherley
HE says in it "Squatters are middle-class, society-hating, political extremists, who want a dysfunctional medieval wasteland, where an ENGLISH MAN's CASTLE(!) no longer his home."
QUARTER of ALL TORY MP's are LANDLORDS!
'Coincidence'? He outlawed legal squatting = many dying. He's suing website that says so, has 'contacted police'
Tory Argus faithfully prints this hateful cr*p, and 'coincidentally' allows no posting replies!
The kicker is, in the SAME ARTICLE the police say "He hasn't contacted us about suing anyone!"
Spread this and stop this nasty little man!!
http://www.theargus.
co.uk/news/10269294.
Anti_squatting_MP_to
_report_web_claim/
Do you have anything to say about this story? No? Then keep your comments to yourself.
AmboGuy
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3:14pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Metro Reader wrote:How can it be deduced that the ambulance was passing through a red light?
spa301 wrote:II think it can be deduced that as the ambulance had its blue lights on, it went through a red light, which is technically illegal but they are entitled to do, so long as the road is clear, which in this case it would seem not.
MrHove wrote:I don't believe I did apportion blame. However by the very nature of their job they require driving skills beyond those of the normal motorist.spa301 wrote: Two in just over a week. What special training do these drivers get?And where above does it say it was the ambulance drivers fault?
Driving past this spot this morning at 7.15 the damage to the wall into the park is vast and the signal control box is smashed to this was by no means a slight shunt.
kpjames5
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12:31am Fri 22 Mar 13
Kiddon72 wrote:"They are trying to save your lives. If occasionally it goes wrong so what ? these things happen."
If an emergency service driver passes a red light whilst trying to save lives they are viewed as some sort of demon. When a cyclist ignores a red light they are viewed by many on this site as heroes. Stop knocking the ambulance crews. They are trying to save your lives. If occasionally it goes wrong so what ? these things happen.
I should show this comment to the mother of my best friend who was killed in a collision with one of these wonderful lifesavers.
Shall I just shrug my shoulders and say "these things happen" while she dissolves in tears remembering her dead son?
The fact is if the ambulance involved wasn't driving hell for leather and had sirens on my friend would probably still be alive. "So what...these things happen"
spa301 says...
8:42am Thu 7 Mar 13