Courtesy on the road is better for all of us
“Let’s see. You are driving a car or SUV weighing between 2,000 and 3,000 pounds. I am driving a fire truck that weighs 43,500 pounds. And that is just a plain-old pumper, not a ladder truck or tanker. If you do not yield the right of way and I cannot stop, who do you think is going to win? That is not saying who is at fault, but if you fail to yield and a crash occurs, mine’s bigger than yours and you are going to get hurt, at best. This rule is what I teach children to remind their parents: ‘Flashing lights? Pull to the right!’”
