What makes this story even sadder is the firefighters that tried to "aid" the intoxicated driver of the truck by taking him to a local pub and pumping water into him in an attempt to falsify the blood alcohol level. That is incredibly bad judgment on their part. Why do so many folks make bad situations worse by their actions after the fact. Camaraderie and brotherhood are one thing. But the ramifications of their actions on their families and their lives and on the biker are inexcusable.
Scott, don't you know it's a biological truism that no human will ever learn the lessons of the Nixon White House.
Dood, have no idea of course what the rider did or didn't see in this case. I know in my case, however, there have been times when I didn't hear the sirens until they were so close on me that the speeding vehicle startled me. Noise proofing in some modern vehicles really is that good. In daytime flashing lights may not do much at all either.
What I've been unexpectedly surprised by, however, have been a few odd times when emergency lights were seen at night but badly misinterpreted. Can think of a couple of times. Don't know whether it was odd reflections from tall building corridors happen to be in at the time or some other effect. But I've "seen" lights and not only didn't know which way away from me they were but just knew they were still very far away; right up until the moment an air horn blew as the vehicle got to me. Strobes only also have a weird effect, at least with me, that when coming right at me until they're very close I sometimes can't tell if they're incoming or going away from me.
Don't get me wrong; emergency lights and sirens are a tremendous benefit. But they're not the absolute signal to other traffic that the drivers in the big red trucks or black and whites like to comfort themselves in to believing.
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