Re: Update - Given a Speeding Ticket in an Ambulance

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Coug with all due respect, put the shovel down!!

-Chris

Sorry for the spelling and punctuation this was typed on the tiny keyboard on my

iPhone

> Well,...I have been driving emergency traffic for over 20 years. I have never

had an accident, not put a scratch on an ambulance.

> It is a different way of driving, but a way that you are in complete control

of.

>

> And it is used ONLY when necessary. I don't drive like that just going down

the street. Most people think I drive like a Fuddy Duddy old Geezer. Grandpa.

> What about that scares you?

> Coug.

> I'll keep my Guns, my Freedom and my MONEY,

> You can keep the " CHANGE. "

>

>

>

>>

>> From: Finney Marcus mdfinney@... >

>> Subject: Update - Given a Speeding Ticket in an Ambulance

>> To: texasems-l

>> Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 3:09 PM

>>

>> So after giving it more thought, probably time to cool off, and think

>> rationally, and reading all of your posts, and replaying in my mind the EVOC

>> classes that I have taught in the last 6 years, I realize that I was wrong

>> in my actions. I can hear myself repeatedly saying that we need to adhere

>> to all traffic laws while driving non-priority traffic, and even VFIS

>> recommendation for driving priority traffic is to adhere to the posted speed

>> limit. It is not easy to admit that I was wrong, even-though that little

>> voice in the back of my head is screaming, YES you are!!!

>>

>> I guess the biggest thing that I was surprised about with the whole

>> situation is this question: what happened to Professional Courtesy? This

>> led me to an entirely new thought. Maybe it is “US " the EMS community that

>> is taking advantage of this whole “Professional Courtesy†bit, by driving

>> the way I was driving and have been guilty of driving in the past. I know

>> that when I arrived to the EMS scene in the Houston Area in 1996, you did

>> not see the number of ambulances that you see on any given day driving

>> around the streets of Houston. Even if a small percentage of these

>> ambulances are pushing the “Professional Courtesy†envelope by speeding,

>> reckless driving, or any other of the offenses that could be imagined, it

>> could only cause this type of response from an officer of the law. I do not

>> know about this officer, but I could have been the 3rd or 4th ambulance that

>> had come by him while he was sitting on the side of the road and " blew

>> his doors offâ€. He could have had enough, and decided this is the only way

>> to get “US†all to slow down. Or he may be under directives from on high

to

>> crack down and give all ambulances citations, regardless of “Professional

>> Courtesy.†This is probably the most likely scenario. At least it makes me

>> think more of him if this is the case, instead of just being a bucket-head.

>>

>> I have read in a couple of the responses how it is probably the “Privateâ€

>> ambulances that are causing this problem, but I don’t work for a

“Privateâ€

>> ambulance service. So, I was a “911†ambulance adding to the percentage

of

>> ambulances seen everyday by Law Enforcement and other citizens of the

>> community breaking the law. The way I look at it “WE†(Private and 911

>> Ambulances) are all viewed as the same thing in the eyes of the public

>> “Ambulancesâ€. Just as there are only “Doctors and Nurses†in a

hospital,

>> and “Paramedics†on ambulances to the general public.

>>

>> I was not acting very professional with my actions of driving 76 miles per

>> hour with a speed limit of 60 miles per hour. The one thing I emphasize in

>> my EVOC classes is the fact that speed kills and that the majority of all

>> EMS related traffic fatalities are secondary to speed alone.

>>

>> That being said, I’ve learned my lesson. I will take DD, pay my fine, and

>> slow down. I hope to be an example for all EMS professionals.

>>

>> Mr. Marcus Finney

>> mdfinney@...

>>

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>>

>>

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Neither. The Broken Spoke.

GG

Re: Update - Given a Speeding Ticket in an Ambulance

On Saturday, January 15, 2011 17:27, " Wegandy " wegandy@...> said:

> How do I get credit for it with the State Bar of Texas?

Would that be Gilley's or Bob's?

Rob