Originally Posted By Mr X Okay, so if a fire truck, a police car, and an ambulance all pull up to a four way stop... Which has the right of way, and why?
Originally Posted By SuperDry I'd say the fire truck. It's kind of like boating: the biggest boat always has the right-of-way.
Originally Posted By jonvn THey actually have to follow the rules of the road. If they all pull up together, then the car to the right has the right of way.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes jonvn's right, but the abulance would be given priority. At least that's what I was trained on my traffic control classrs. A police car is often after a criminal, most times a fire truck is out to save a structure, but an ambulance has only one purpose, and that is to aid a person.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x but aren't some fire trucks also EMTs? What if the fire truck is on its way to aid someone (like an accident victim)? Most likely, since they're all at the same intersection, the probability that they are going to the same scene is very high. (like, hit n run accident with car fire)
Originally Posted By tiggerdis_ My husband is a fire fighter. I can guarantee you that if he was driving the fire truck - he'd have the right of way....or I guess I should say he'd TAKE the right of way, lol!
Originally Posted By peeaanuut I would say if they all pulled up to the same 4 way stop at the same time, they are at the scene of the accident and would probably all be getting out of there vehicle.
Originally Posted By avromark I say it would be the IT geek in a harried rush that Mr X failed to notice on the 4th way of the 4 way who is in a rush to get the latest new external hard drive fo his iMac in the tuned 4-banger that has the right of way
Originally Posted By WendyT I would say it depends on where they are going. If there is a crazy person shooting people that are injured, I would think the police go first. If it is a medical call the ambulance goes and if a fire the fire department goes. I am sure they all work together very well and a standard 4 way stop decision of who gets there first is not even a consideration.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I swear, most of the people in my city don't even know what to do when THEY'RE sitting at a 4-way stop...let alone when there are aid vehicles there. ;-)
Originally Posted By jonvn Well, the problem with post 10 assumes that everyone knows what everyone else is doing and where they are going and why. That generally is not the case.
Originally Posted By mater4 Ok I asked this question to my DH since he is a police officer. He says "Police officers because they have guns."
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Does this particular Dunkin' Donuts they are all heading to have a drive thru? If so that certainly adds another wrinkle.
Originally Posted By xPPx well, the fire truck will probably not fit through the drive through, so he should have the right of way, since he'll have to go in.
Originally Posted By EdisYoda no, no, no. The police go to the donut shop, the firefighters go to the pizza place, and the ambulance drivers just go.
