In message op.uoxx5dpghaghkf@lucy, at 17:42:39 on Fri, 6 Feb 2009,
Duncan Wood remarked:
What happens next is the interesting bit. Do you stop in the middle
of the x-roads, perhaps sat on a yellow box, with traffic attacking
you from both sides, or make a gracious exit?

The latter will usually be safer, but does the law recognise that -
from your other remarks you clearly think the law would prefer you
to do the safer thing, even if it's ostensibly prohibited.

Well the only example given is of somebody who was doing 16mph when
photographed

"gm, bury says...
11:54am Thu 27 Sep 07
if any of you were at this junction when it happened as i was you would
of seen that he moved to the inside lane just passed the lights

Ah! So he didn't follow the emergency vehicle through the lights, he was
past by then.

from the middle lane, the emergency vehicle passed with no problem, he
was not in the middle of the junction or obstructing anything,

He apparently did feel he was.

and there was no need for him to then follow the vehicle thru the
lights,

err, we've established he didn't follow the emergency vehicle through -
the emergency vehicle followed *him*.

he was already out of the way if any other vehicle came, had he still
been blocking the way then the 1st vehicle would not of got thru,

There's a difference between blocking the way *through* (which we all
probably agree he wasn't) and blocking the crosswise traffic.

there was a few second gap before he followed, it was dangerous and
unwarranted"

In one person's opinion. Although as he was past the stop line the
traffic lights don't apply any more.
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Roland Perry