Emergency Lights 101
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I'm a trucker for 20 years. We've been doing the courtesy move over for a long time. Thanks for the recognition. We try to help keep the troopers as safe as possible.
+Aaron Roberts there's hacks in every profession, but by and large truckers are the most courteous drivers out there.
Aaron Roberts man fuck you. You trucker trash don't move for shit. I cite you ALL!!
EATING Your momma dude what is your problem
Lol what a coward you are to lick boots
@Bryce Ewing Your a dick man, not everyone is the same. Do better "officer"
I took a big step in my life today was my first day as an EMT. I’ve enjoyed my 6 years in law enforcement but this is something I’ve wanted to do for a while. I want to thank you for the knowledge you have shared through your videos and I will continue to watch your videos because I think some of the information bleeds over. The biggest thing that you have to worry about in rural areas is dark county roads with not much shoulder.
+Johnny Reb
Congratulations!!! That's awesome. I just got my date to start at the Sheriff's department. I got hired as a deputy but EVERY deputy starts out in the detention center :P I've already been measured and fitted for uniforms. So it looks like we're both starting a brand new chapter in our lives today. Honestly, I want to be patrol, but I also want to get my EMT-B just for personal knowledge and growth, and to be prepared both on and off the job. Let me be the first to say that EMTs have very special places in my heart. My father's life was saved by an EMT team :) Thank you for all your service.
Scottius Maximus no thanks needs and best of luck to you
Congratulations on the switch! Wishing you the best of luck :)
Johnny Reb welcome to the first responder family
Scottius Maximus welcome to the family
Thanks for giving us truckers credit!! Fulltime truck driver and volunteer firefighter here.
Really enjoy the videos, currently trying to get into law enforcement in kentucky
"Move over" laws work a little bit for emergency vehicles, a bit less for vehicles with yellow lights and not at all for civilians.
Police need to start setting up "Move over" traps like they do with speed traps. Ideally with unmarked cars.
I'm not for entrapment, but frankly I don't want to be sideswiped while changing a flat tire.
+Anthony Clauser the Illinois state police was doing that here a while ago. I've found that truck drivers are usually in the right lane and they move over no matter what.
Surprisingly some states aren't too bad when it comes to civilians. Ohio is probably one of the best at moving over compared to PA which is absolutely terrible. They don't even move over for emergency vehicles haha
I think the so-called move over laws are fascist CRAP!!! It's getting so we need a "rules navigator" in the passenger seat to keep track of all of the politically correct bull crap that all the worry wart meddlesome leftist snowflakes want us all to do.
+bluenetmarketing move over laws are pretty universal and are taught in driver's education. They are for everyone's safety. Nobody wants a pile up on the e-way because you clip a person or a car on the side of the road and spin out. All you have to do is move over or slow down when approaching a vehicle displaying any flashing lights that is on the shoulder. As a former truck driver I can attest that it isn't too hard.
It sounds good, but I have seen more accidents caused by people "moving over" than by people piling up into someone on the side of the road. Think of it. Let's stick three lanes of tightly packed traffic moving at 80 mph into two lanes of traffic "right now". Nope. Won't work. Bad idea.
I was behind a motorcycle cop once who went down on the free way. He was pretty badly hurt but I stopped in the lane behind him with my flashers on to keep him from being run over. I used the police radio to call for help (this was before cell phones were very popular) and started giving the cop first aid.
Fortunately help arrived very quickly and the cop survived, but stopping on the freeway like that was one of the scariest things I've ever done.
I also learned that if you want cops there quick, use their radio and say "CHP Dispatcher, you have an officer down, MVA he's hurt bad, send an ambulance quick...." and give the location.
+Eric Taylor Giving the location helps alot. Almost every E-way crash that is called in the location is wrong.
This happened right next to an off ramp. I just called it in as "About a 1/4 mile south of the (whatever) off ramp on the particular highway." I prefer mile markers, but this highway didn't have them at the time.
Also, just FYI, "a lot" is two words, not one. I don't know why, but it should be "a lot" is two words while "heretofore" is one. All I can think of is it must be lawyers.
I'm an EVT so bit of advice for when you guys order vehicles, try to limit or not have white lights to the rear. Basically for oncoming traffic it's like having flashing highbeams and blinds drivers and will overpower the amber/red/blue lights that should be the primary and most recognizable warning lights.
+TooManyLights I would take that advice and run with it but nobody at the pd asks me my opinion on the car setup. They just give it to me and I deal with what they give.
There is a reason behind the white lights....idk what they are because I’m not brass but I’m sure they have a reason lol
Because they're bright. I do taillight and reverse light flashers on nearly all my builds because that little bit of white is attention grabbing but not blinding. I'm also a firefighter so I also know what us first responders have to expect when it comes to making sure people see us when we're pulled over.
+TooManyLights so, you are saying you didn't build the new Illinois state police squads? Lol. They are nothing but white light all around. Must have got a sale on them or something.
free field training Hahaha, I've seen. I'm in NJ. We do do white to the front but only on level 3, and we try to make sure that white isn't the dominant color.
It’s good to see videos like this. Some departments can’t afford training...so this is a great way and channel to be informed
+Tier Talk here's the thing though, this isn't training that requires budget to do. It just requires someone to tell the new guy.
In Canada it’s the law to leave 1 lane for a stopped emergency vehicle at least in most provinces. It’s also common courtesy to move over for any vehicle that’s on the shoulder
Thank you for all you do, I live in Oregon and am trying to get a job as a cop and your videos have helped me prepare both in my knowledge base and practically!
Spencer Lindquester good luck
did you get the job yet?
No comment on those gas prices? It's 2.18 where I'm at..
+Tax Tic welcome to Chicago....
+free field training
My condolences for living there. I lived in Rockford for a long time, and that was more than I could handle, let alone a place like Chicago. And I mean, I traveled to Chicago a fair amount since it was just a rock's throw to the east. Couldn't do it. I love my back country hunting, fishing, and hiking.
2.75 where i live. Welcome to the west coast.
3.15 where I live, Southern California
+Scottius Maximus me too but you go where the work is and my particular set of skills is actually sought after here.
I got 34 years in, I retire in 1 year & 8 months when my youngest daughter finishes law school; this youn man ( I DON'T know where he graduated the academy from, but he's way better than our salty dog instructors for yearly 40 hour residual hours mamdated by our state.If our instructors were THIS interesting there would be less cops being hurt & killed. Thank you young fella, now all you have to do is keep millenial boots, to stay off their smartphones & listen to Senior Corporal instructors while they're talking. My hypothesis is; if you are a cherry, and still a proby, a tenured Senior Corporal can keep you from IAD investigations, can keep you, your partner & an innocent third party ALIVE, can make you an extremely productive cop, keep you away from civil rights investigations, help you decide what devision is best for you : traffic, gang unit, detective exam, horse patrol, moto jockey, bike patrol, tactical etc. Without this productive Senior Corporal instructor, it's possible to do 20 years tenure, end up as a salty dog, in a division that you were never happy in.
I was hoping you did a video in the squad car in a open lot doing lights a quick sanirio
+Chevy Fan I can try to get a squad to do that with in the future, but there wouldn't be much to show. Our new ones just have a slider switch with three positions though, not very exciting.
stupid question: why not climb over the passenger seat? I mean: in the middle of the road, this does not change much. Maybe you have gear like a computer on your passenger site. But as a "civilian" I would always try to not exit roadside on a high way.
Those Chicago highways are crazy crazy. Some of them don't even have pull off lanes.
+bluenetmarketing yeah, well, nobody expected the city to be this big when it was founded. Especially downtown in i94
I wanna go to Chicago and be out of Nashville for a while Tommy
Do you think that urgent driving training should be required for security officers
Looks like the 294 southbound lol
A little off topic but you should do a video on how to drive and emergency vehicle in the snow. I've seen shows like Alaska State Troopers for example where they are driving a Crown Vic at 120mph while responding to an emergency call in a snow storm. I'm wondering if there are certain skill sets or is there some super secret cool package attached to the vehicle. I drive a Mercury Grand Marquis and sometimes get stuck.
+Jonathan DiBello I'm pretty sure the AST put chains and/or studs on their tires. LE has long since started transitioning to AWD cars which are significantly safer to drive in winter conditions. We have found that the costs of the cars easily are offset by the reduction in collisions and the associated insurance, damages, and light duty/time off for those injured.
When we had only the Cvpi's though the biggest thing was not to drive that fast and to feather the gas and brake. Plan ahead to stop and scan ahead like you are driving a motorcycle. I hope that helps a bit. I don't suggest driving 120 in a grand marquise in the snow. There is no training for that, there is only stupidity. It is too bad it makes for such great TV, but I can assure you those scenes are almost always the result of clever editing to make it look like they are going faster than they are.
I try to avoid going out in the snow but if I must then I drive like Miss Daisy lol
80 mph on the Dan Ryan 5-10 ft from the rear bumper of the car in front of you. Yea Chicago doesn't care about speed limits or laws
+keith stevenson on the Dan ryan you're lucky just not to get caught between two cars full of bangers shooting back and forth at each other. Traffic enforcement is hardly a priority when that is a regular occurrence.
keith stevenson trust me. Saint Louis is no better.
I know that spot that you pulled over at all too well. It’s super dark at night, especially in the rain. I’ve seen cars smash into the walls there at night, in the rain, and you cannot see them until you’re almost right on top of them. Dangerous place! Stay safe!!!!!
That's because it is actuallr a bridge and ices over faster than people think. Well, that and lots of shit heads live here who don't know how to drive.
free field training, I agree with you on that. My other pet peeve is all of the people passing through here during holidays or the summer, who don’t know how to drive on any freeway period, and make our freeways that are already congested.......even worse.
It's worse at I-65 though. That expressway is a shit show of death all winter.
free field training, totally agree with you. I live just east of I-65. I try to avoid it at all costs during winter. Even some back roads are super dangerous.
I hate being in Chicago in the winter when it snows all the time
Ik where this is located I take that highway back to Indiana some times to Tinley Park in Illinois
Wich patrol vehicle do you like better the P71 our the C91 ?
Matt Moon 9C1. The crown vic handled like a Nimitz class carrier. I hated that car. The slowest patrol car on the road. Heavy, gigantic, and a large yet underpowered motor. Another department in our county has the Caprice 9C1, runs like a bat out of hell (forgetting exact numbers, but that’s like 2nd fastest behind the Charger) only glitch is cylinder deactivation that gets confused, and therefore broken, by the response driving. I have the P71’s replacement, but with the 3.5 is the second slowest on the road, only to the Crown Vic. Great improvement. The only thing i give to the Vic (which is apparently the only reason anyone bought the damned things) is they are a breeze to repair. That’s it. If i had a choice, i’d take the Caprice, then the Charger, then the Mustang, then the Explorer, then the Taurus, then motorcycle, then mounted patrol, then those stupid smart cars NYPD has, then walking a beat, then desk duty, then the Crown Vic.
Hey I appreciate all your videos and honestly taking the time to go over all this stuff... maybe I’m late the party with this but would it be possible in some future videos to talk about your case work, arrests you’ve made, just your overall experiences in your career. I understand you have to be discreet about certain topics or people especially about yourself however I’m sure the audience would love to hear some good stories... thanks👍
When pulling over a stolen or just a person that's wanted in general. How would you solve that? I know you call for back up but what do you do after that? (You already know this info before you approach the drivers window.)
You would conduct a felony stop with other units depending on the circumstances of the situation.
Maybe that bridge was blocking your way. But why wouldnt you accelerate to normal speed before rejoining traffic? Thats how we learn it in driving school here.
Keep up the nice work!
Greetings from Germany
+Friedrich von Windsaker in this case the bridge and all the crap on the side of the road. It would be very hard here to get up to 60-70 mph in the breakdown lane. If it were possible though I would.
Ah. Yea. Thanks for the reply. You're quick! Looking forward to the next video.
Greets,
+Friedrich von Windsaker Well, I'm just sitting here hiding from my kids on the toilet. I got nothing but time.
free field training First of all, thank you for your service. Also, love the content. Most importantly, I am in the process of trying to become a peace officer and your videos have provided me with great insight into everything from the application process to geat reviews to wisdom which helps a great deal. Thank you so much!
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Good luck on your journey
Tier Talk Thank you very much. That means a great deal!
I also have a channel related to the field. Right now we are desperate for individuals who want to be in the job for the right reasons. This job is more than a paycheck. It’s a public service and a great commitment. And it seems like you have the drive and the want
I live in the Chicagoland area as well i know excatly what your talking about as traffic wise
+David Dobry it is a bit rough around here on the highways. The worst though is lower Wacker drive. It is like a demolition derby down there.
What city is this? Reg. Gas is $2.86
+Frankie Russell Chicago Illinois
I recognize that road. It's in Chicago. And I know too cause the 93.9 radio station was in the back lol
Over the Thornton Quarry. I grew up over there
Good tip Thank you
Are you doing this off duty? If so, do you have lights on your POV? I'm a brand new cop and trying to figure out what I can and should do off duty, as far as road obstructions, driver assist,... etc. Thanks!
I dont know if your state has a move over law, but here in utah you could have funded the entire states budget from all those move over tickets you could have issued.
$2.86 for gas!!! Holy fuck it’s only $2.19 here in Texas
people wont change lane to allow police to work safely. in florida is the law to move to the other lane.
Another great video
In my state tow trucks don't have emergency lights. They just have the yellow ones. Only police, paramedics, and fire vehicle's have red and blue lights.
+Parley Eubanks yeah, same difference.
Getting hit by a car at 70 MPH is one of those things that will only happen once. AND it hurts a lot less than if the car is going 20 MPH
+Eric Taylor Idk about that. I've seen a few people who had time to think about the error of their ways after an E-way hit. Wasn't pleasant.
Well, it's like that body armor test you did. In most cases getting hit with a .30-06 round hurts less without a vest than with a vest, but only because toy have to be alive to feel pain.
I have helped after accidents as well. In one, the driver was ejected in a roll over, then the car rolled over him, crushing his body, but leaving his head intact. He was alive and alert for about 30 minutes, but passed not long after EMT's arrived (it was a very remote location). By far the least pleasant thing I've had to do was comforting him as he died. I'm sure you've seen worse, but I'm not a cop.
Please buckle up.
Do you have any suggestions for EMTs on an ambulance as far as where to stand when waiting for a break? It's hard to see over the ambulance as they're around 9'6" I usually stand on the driver side peeking my head over the corner, but you bring up a great point where if the vehicle is hit, it'll go into me.
+Lochness Monster my explorer is way taller than me. Few people could stand on the passenger side and see over it. Just stand a little further off the passenger side and watch traffic. Or if it is a bug ol rig, the passenger side rear as long as you have the space to run if some drunk comes to those red lights like a moth.
Why is red light becoming used instead of blue ? What does red mean anyway?
Any tips for lighting use as a roadside assistance driver? I use my Chevy impala for roadside assistance as a contractor in Chicago with amber strobe lights in front of my car and amber/white strobes in the back of my car with directional traffic advisor.
I use an Amber light bar on my car. It's just good to have if you need to clear debris from the road or you are broken down. I just mounted it to the back window.
Smart.
Please do a video on auxiliary pokice and what powers do they have generally and in your state. Are they law enforcement?
Have you picked a new duty light yet?
I guess I would had my light bar on so there was less chance to get hit. They would move over.
Chief Joe depends, there is far less ignoring of reds and blues (a bit less of ambers) than of four ways. I move over or slow (damn near to a crawl with four ways) for anybody, but when i’m roadside, my blues are a godsend. Was coming back from a road test of one of our trucks, overheard a dispatch for a MVI (not our district, but was driving past) stopped to make contact, had amber flashers on, reds on, lightbar on, traffic advisor on, was like I wasn’t even there.
That's why the Irish and Brittish think we are stupid for driving on the other side, we have it so the driver gets out in traffic and they get out on the sidewalk !
I see this type of thing here in Tampa Florida quite a bit. Who exactly is responsible for accident damage cleanup for car parts. I heard it was the wrecker folks. Please advise
+Eddie Leal it is supposed to be the wrecker, but things happen and debris gets on the road from falling off garbage trucks, open bed semi's, and from idiots driving pickup trucks all the time.
Rog..thank you! I appreciate your reply. Stay frosty out there! ;)
Why would you just throw it over onto the ground pick it up and throw it away
When I’m older I am going to be a police officer
+is_church 091 cool! Good luck!
Does your state not have a move over law?
What car is this?
why you dont respond to colls with the vid one?
Hey do you know anything about these law enforcement hiring expo cause I saw it pop up in a few states in my area and there advertising on the spot hires for these law enforcement agencies which I don't think that would happen but I'm just going to somebody that probably would know more than I do about about that stuff for info
Very informative please keep the videos coming.
Shouldn’t drivers be pulling over. I pull over for every situation. Even cars broken down and tow trucks. For everyone’s safety.
Great coat tommy!
I have a question. I'm looking for a home defense handgun and I can't decide what caliber. My top picks are a SIG P226 (9mm) and a SIG P227 (.45). I can shoot 9mm and .45 about the same. What would you reccomend.
+Abhishek Singh Whichever you want to carry on your person as you are lounging around the house. Otherwise you aren't defending anything with it you are just having an unrealistic fantasy day at the gun store. I would also suggest not storing large quantities of narcotics in your house or getting involved with a gang. Realistically, if you aren't involved in either if those things you are at quite a minimal risk of a home invasion. Most burglars don't come in the middle of the night like on TV, they come in the middle of the day when nobody is home because they don't want a fight.
If your question is about caliber it really depends only on the ammo you wish to use and your expectations of what it will accomplish. Both the 226 and 227 are excellent guns and you couldn't go wrong with either for any purpose you would need a handgun for.
I’m curious how you got the thumbnail picture..that’s the agency I work for
+m_rock492 I don't even remember. It is just a zoom in and modification of a pic I had in my "stock photos" file.
Quick question....are you actually a police officer?
+Daniel MacKinnon yep, at least until I get a better offer. LOL
Gee, I didn't know littering by police in your state was acceptable.
Speed limits "don't mean anything"? Really? I guess traffic laws don't mean anything either.
Good to know.
+Daaavid Darley littering would be depositing the crap on the road, I'm removing it. There is the law and there is reality. I live in reality. If I accelerated to 55 mph and shut my lights off I'd likely get hit by someone doing 85 mph on the highways here.
As an officer you gotta be pretty brave overall, however, what would you consider your worst fear?
+Abraham Hernandez I have a vid on theta already : czcams.com/video/qtpXjyk7BCc/video.html
free field training thank you, I will check it out
I see no one believes in the get over law anymore
A lot of people are stupid and have no idea of the move over law. Mainly cause the poor education the DMV allows for someone to driver
In Denver no one moves over
POILCE car 911 yes
on sorry!!!
Pulling over to the side of the road seems to be sufficiently covered but what about hazards in the middle of the highway? Fallen mattress, bumper, car sear, scrap metal? I know it is free field training and not free field academy but how would you handle removing a hazard like that while traffic is moving at 60 to 80+ miles per hour.
California has its own method, specifically the department of the highway patrol. It looks effective but not necessarily the safest from what I can gather from other LEOs in different states. I shit you not sir. I have seen one of these guys break traffic traveling at an average of 70+ during rush hour, park their shiny explorer in the middle of a 4 + 4 lane highway and then proceed to sweep the lane like day laborers on a gravel plantation. I know its a safety hazard for the road but is that really the safest thing to do? What happened to those 40 new M6 Avalanche street moppers the state district ordered last year? I haven't heard of anyone doing this sorta thing outside of California. Is there something different you guys do in Illinois.
CHP = Caltrans with guns.
+Daniel KB6AOK I'm not a highway guy but we have idiot help trucks which are built on a semi truck chassis and have crash bumpers in the back or a tow setup. If the hazard is large they get it off the road. If the hazard is from a collision the tow company is supposed to take care of it.
Well, that sounds... neat. I would love to watch them tackle a full bed frame. That would be pretty cool.
+Daniel KB6AOK they would probably just push it off the road with the front bumper. They are quite impressive trucks. www.flickr.com/photos/chicagofd1996/11242136454
I think we have something similar although more wrecker styled. Sorta like the Int. Workstar looking trucks. There pretty much flatbeds with a small work crane on em and they got big blade style push bars on em.
However bro, nothing beats the speed and availability of a push bar. Boxes, scrap, bed frames, and even other cars.
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+Daniel KB6AOK I have no doubt, but the liability laws in Illinois are off the hook. We just call a tow. Luckily here in the city they aren't far off most of the time. Longest I've waited on a hook this year was 15 min.
Ran lights on my car doing Security to scare bad guys doing motel left them on all night
Lol dude what would you do if a trooper pulled up? He’d be like who the fuck are you ahahah
+d ob Wave. Most of them in this area know me and I'm not doing anything illegal at all. If they questioned why I'd tell them the truth and show them the camera setup. I see no problem.
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Did you toss it into the quarry? LOL
+Gatekeyper nah, this isn't near the bridge area. It was on the east side.
Yeah right, keep dreaming. In a big city, everybody only cares about them selves.
+david USMC not the truckers man. They lose their ability to make money if the have an accident or get a mover.
free field training It is not that, it is just majority of driver only care about themselves. There is only a handful of people I like, and fewer that I can call friends.
It is just people I do not know, that I do not trust. I have been screwed over way too many times. Trust has to be earned, not given.
2.86 holy fuck
I'm taken that from this gas is expensive
Facts bro lmfaooo
very interesting. i missed the "how to drive a police car" one, so i'll check that out.
do you guys actually use the push bars to clear cars from traffic lanes, or are those a penis extension? i've always wondered that. i know they help you in crashes, but i've always thought that's a secondary thing. inquiring minds want to know.
skip davis penis extension? And I thought typically the bars on the front of police interceptors were for the safety of the driver incase of a ram or PIT, as well as multitude of other uses.
yeah, ok. that wasn't meant as anti cop. anyone that has seen my comments on this channel knows that. i DO know that we're militarizing our police with surplus military equipment, etc, and if *i* were a cop, i'd prefer to keep a lower profile.
all that, plus i'm just curious what those bars are really for. i think it's a fair question.
+skip davis some places near me do use them to push cars off the road (which is BTW their real purpose) I've never had them on any car I used though. We have a tow company contracted that moves any cars I need moved anywhere I want them put.
PA state police push cars on a daily basis. Nothing pisses them off more than having to close a lane for an MVC haha
As if ur a real cop
+Mason Fm lolololol
Please someone that is a real Cop tell me if he is like one of those pretend firefighters and a
Poser. A lot of kidnappings and murder happen from fake Police. I just keep thinking he was a cop and was fired and trying to make money with making videos. Maybe this is a felony impersonating an officer? Let me know please.
John Brown I met him at the EMS expo in November 10/10 he is a cop.
hiker3481 that is still 8 years ago. You don't think he got fired? He hides a lot and other cops making videos show their car and badge etc... He hides a lot.
hiker3481 Thank you for getting back to me. What is EMS?
John Brown Not 8 years ago in November 2017.
hiker3481 I read 10/10 what is EMS?
Are u even a cop?
What a “police officer you are” by the way there are fines and consequences for littering and I’m pretty sure u just moved it and then littered again ! Just sayin