It's bad because with the narrow lanes and parked cars and extreme hill angle...it's next to impossible to tell if someone is coming out on Allston St (or any other cross street between the Brookline border and Comm Ave). Then, you can add all of the double parkers on Kelton.
That particular intersection may not be the best intersection, but anybody who cuts off an ambulance when it's en route to the hospital with a seriously ill or injured person is a total nitwit.
When a seriously ill or injured person is being transported to the hospital by ambulance, the ambulance has the right of way over the driver(s) ofordinary motor vehicles, who're supposed to brake and/or move over to the side, if possible, to let the ambulance through. When going through a light, for example, even if the Green light is with the driver of an ordinary vehicle such as a car or pickup truck, it's best to give a quick glance in both directions before crossing the intersection.
Speaking of ambulances vs. ordinary cars: Yesterday afternoon, when I was driving along Somerville's Highland Avenue on my way home from having done an errand, there was an ambulance coming in the opposite direction. There were several cars headed in the same direction whose drivers were totally uncooperative....or not alert, who didn't even bother to move furthur over to the side of the street to let the ambulance through like people're supposed to do. I moved over as far to the right as I could, which was a good thing, because the lack of cooperation or alertness on the part of the drivers of those cars forced the driver of the ambulance totally into the oncoming (opposite lane).
Christ...what is wrong with people that they're so bloody uncooperative...and irresponsible? Beats me. I don't know what these uncooperative people were taught in driving school, but I do know that one of the first, if not the first thing that I learned, even before I got my license is that when one sees those red or blue beacons flashing in their rear-view mirror, one gets right the hell out of the way..and moves over for emergency vehicles such as ambulances, fire engines, or police cars. Had there been other cars in that oncoming lane, there would've inevitably been a horrible, possibly fatal collision.
when ambulances, fire engines and police cars are transporting somebody to the hospital, or hurrying to the scene of a fire, or a robbery or an assault that's in progress, it's still necessary to let these vehicles through. They're in a hurry for a reason.
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Typo
It should be Kelton St. That's a really crappy intersection anyways. The only one worse nearby is Kelton and Corey.
Doesn't look that bad...
Doesn't look that bad...
Why it's bad
It's bad because with the narrow lanes and parked cars and extreme hill angle...it's next to impossible to tell if someone is coming out on Allston St (or any other cross street between the Brookline border and Comm Ave). Then, you can add all of the double parkers on Kelton.
A typo indeed
Given that I used to live right around the corner from there, you'd think I'd know how to spell that street ...
Stupidity at its worst
That particular intersection may not be the best intersection, but anybody who cuts off an ambulance when it's en route to the hospital with a seriously ill or injured person is a total nitwit.
D.A.
Devil's Advocate.
Is it possible the ambulance was coming through the intersection at too high a speed for the motorist to have seen and then braked for it?
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
Nope. Here's why:
When a seriously ill or injured person is being transported to the hospital by ambulance, the ambulance has the right of way over the driver(s) ofordinary motor vehicles, who're supposed to brake and/or move over to the side, if possible, to let the ambulance through. When going through a light, for example, even if the Green light is with the driver of an ordinary vehicle such as a car or pickup truck, it's best to give a quick glance in both directions before crossing the intersection.
Speaking of ambulances vs. ordinary cars: Yesterday afternoon, when I was driving along Somerville's Highland Avenue on my way home from having done an errand, there was an ambulance coming in the opposite direction. There were several cars headed in the same direction whose drivers were totally uncooperative....or not alert, who didn't even bother to move furthur over to the side of the street to let the ambulance through like people're supposed to do. I moved over as far to the right as I could, which was a good thing, because the lack of cooperation or alertness on the part of the drivers of those cars forced the driver of the ambulance totally into the oncoming (opposite lane).
Christ...what is wrong with people that they're so bloody uncooperative...and irresponsible? Beats me. I don't know what these uncooperative people were taught in driving school, but I do know that one of the first, if not the first thing that I learned, even before I got my license is that when one sees those red or blue beacons flashing in their rear-view mirror, one gets right the hell out of the way..and moves over for emergency vehicles such as ambulances, fire engines, or police cars. Had there been other cars in that oncoming lane, there would've inevitably been a horrible, possibly fatal collision.
People should also know that....
ambulances have to come to a complete stop at any intersection if the light is red. The ambulance can then proceed through the red light.
That goes for any emergency vehicle actually, including police and fire. You often don't see these vehicles come to complete stops at red lights.
That's true, Peter Nice, but
when ambulances, fire engines and police cars are transporting somebody to the hospital, or hurrying to the scene of a fire, or a robbery or an assault that's in progress, it's still necessary to let these vehicles through. They're in a hurry for a reason.