Lesli Hunt, Fort Pierce
Letter: It’s not just the law, it’s common sense, to yield to emergency vehicles
I can’t for the life of me understand what goes through people’s minds sometimes.
I work at a local business on U.S. 1, so I see emergency vehicles every day. What absolutely stuns me is the way 95 percent of the drivers react! Just 15 minutes ago I watched two sheriff’s cars and an ambulance responding to a call, lights and sirens on. Only one car moved over to give them right of way! One actually turned in front of them because he had the light!
I wonder how these imbeciles would feel if they got home to find the emergency vehicles were responding to a call at their homes, or those of their loved ones? Not only is it the law to give right of way to emergency vehicles, but it should be common sense and common courtesy.
Here’s a thought: Let’s try to keep our law enforcement and first responders of all types safe, so they can continue to keep you and yours that way.
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