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Great job thread. Keep it going. Amazing content. Uber derail into beer derail into ambulance right of way derail. 
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As the person who is driving the ambulance with the lights and sirens, I would actually prefer if you don't run a red even when you have an ambulance behind you. All it takes is one jackass who isn't paying any attention, you get creamed, and now everyone's day is worse. If you can make space safely, do so, but don't put yourself in serious risk.
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Mar 17, 2017 16:12
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"Keep driving and also begin breaking laws" is definitely not the procedure for when an emergency vehicle comes up behind you at a red light.
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Mar 17, 2017 16:18
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But it's good circumstances to be injured because emergency vehicles were in the way
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Mar 17, 2017 16:21
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Ak Gara posted:You know when you're at a red light and an ambulance comes up behind the row of cars and everyone walks through the red light to get out of it's way? Did you get mixed up with the function that UK traffic lights have that detects blue flashing lights? It automatically changes all the traffic lights to red so that only the ambulance, fire, and police can pass through.
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Mar 17, 2017 16:23
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Saint Freak posted:"Keep driving and also begin breaking laws" is definitely not the procedure for when an emergency vehicle comes up behind you at a red light. No one is suggesting you just see the ambulance and floor it. But for example I live in Edinburgh, not a city blessed with the widest roads so when you see an ambulance you try to pull out of the way,if you're at a red light you just kinda roll forwards and pull out of it's way.
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Mar 17, 2017 16:44
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ffs for all of you saying 'no u rong just pull forward' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/advice/why-you-could-be-fined-for-letting-an-emergency-vehicle-past/
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Mar 17, 2017 16:54
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Aramoro posted:No one is suggesting you just see the ambulance and floor it. But for example I live in Edinburgh, not a city blessed with the widest roads so when you see an ambulance you try to pull out of the way,if you're at a red light you just kinda roll forwards and pull out of it's way. That sounds both dangerous and illegal.
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Mar 17, 2017 17:11
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Saint Freak posted:That sounds both dangerous and illegal. Yeah, I thought 'well a yard forward can't hurt and it might help someone' so I googled up 'uk red light fine ambulance' and welp; educated myself.
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Mar 17, 2017 17:20
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Zamujasa posted:An expensive smartphone is $600. Stick it in a pocket and leave. Huh. For some reason I was thinking of those tumblrites trying to cram 600 dollars worth of make up palettes into their tiny purses.
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Mar 17, 2017 17:27
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NoneMoreNegative posted:Yeah, I thought 'well a yard forward can't hurt and it might help someone' so I googled up 'uk red light fine ambulance' and welp; educated myself. Not only do you help people get potentially life saving assistance faster you also get to contribute to the strained public coffers. It's win win.
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Mar 17, 2017 17:30
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value-brand cereal posted:Huh. For some reason I was thinking of those tumblrites trying to cram 600 dollars worth of make up palettes into their tiny purses. This was about a decade ago so you have GPS, PDAs, iPods, Pocket Cameras, cell phones, all poo poo that fits in a pocket and costs around $1000. A lot of theft was people emptying paper shredder boxes and trying to stuff them with 5+ high end video cards or a bunch of Blu-Ray movies. Something like that would be around $2k in value. One of our LP guys was former security for WWE and broke a thief's rib slamming him onto the pavement. LP got paid commission based on value or type of recovery. The more they recovered, the more money they made, so there was a very good incentive to stop people.
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Mar 17, 2017 17:33
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quote:Despite watching CCTV images clearly showing Catherine’s Vauxhall Zafira moving over for the 999 call – then swiftly moving out of the bus lane as soon as the fire engines had passed – adjudicators warned her that however well intentioned, she appeared to have committed an offence. Sounds like some adjudicators need to get fired for being fuckwits.
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Mar 17, 2017 17:57
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Mar 17, 2017 17:59
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH3a12zBdsk
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Mar 17, 2017 18:06
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The part I don't get about shopkeeper's privilege (or whatever the official legal term is that lets store security detain people) are the bystanders. If I happened to stroll up to the front of a store and saw a man refusing to let go of a woman's purse: I'd... well okay, to be honest it's hard to say what I'd actually do. It's easy enough to sit here and say I'd step in and save the apparent damsel in distress, but I guess you never really know until it happens. But in any case, my sympathies certainly wouldn't be with the dude refusing to let go of a girl half his size. Do bystanders, unaware that the altercation is a plainclothes-store-security-vs-shoplifter situation, ever step in and "rescue" the shoplifter? It's got to happen, at least occasionally.
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Mar 17, 2017 18:21
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Powered Descent posted:The part I don't get about shopkeeper's privilege (or whatever the official legal term is that lets store security detain people) are the bystanders. If I happened to stroll up to the front of a store and saw a man refusing to let go of a woman's purse: Yeah, and then you get charged with aiding and abetting, and probably assault. Don't ever intervene over property, someone may have a knife or gun. If life and limb is at stake, that's more worth it.
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Mar 17, 2017 18:33
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The guy barfing in the plane is maybe my favorite
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Mar 17, 2017 18:33
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Powered Descent posted:The part I don't get about shopkeeper's privilege (or whatever the official legal term is that lets store security detain people) are the bystanders. If I happened to stroll up to the front of a store and saw a man refusing to let go of a woman's purse: I worked in a psych ward and we would often physically restrain patients to administer medication. One time we were assisting a young woman with her court ordered medication and her best friend on the unit came to her rescue. Imagine watching a 300+ pound woman running and leaping onto the back of my poor buddy. She tried chewing through the top of his scalp.  Poor guy. The video we had of the incident is still one of the funniest things I've ever watched.
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Mar 17, 2017 18:34
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Yes, Powered Descent, please tell us more about how you would "rescue" the poor little girl from the big strong man who is saying "stop. stop. You can't shoplift here" I wonder what it says about you that your first thought in this situation would be that the man is the criminal? hmm.
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Mar 17, 2017 18:36
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I'm sure it does, but run your scenario a little further along. You help the "damsel in distress" and she runs away, when the cops show up, what's that LP person gonna tell them? LP: "Yeah, that guy right there helped her escape, they're clearly in cahoots!" You: "No, I was just breaking up a fight!" LP: "I said she was shoplifting and I'm with the store and he still helped her get away." Cop: "Well, let's get the good samaritan a nice set of steel bracelets until we get this all sorted out." At that point, you'd better hope that there's security footage of the LP person going way over the line, but even with that, you're probably still gonna end up being arrested for your good deed and then you'll need to have a lawyer sort it out.
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Mar 17, 2017 18:37
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The guy sees that there's stolen poo poo in the purse, clamps his hands down on the purse and doesn't let go. All of the other physical contact is initiated by the woman, she takes swings and kicks at him a bunch of times. All he ever does is change his body position so that he has enough leverage to hold on to the property that he gets paid to protect.
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Mar 17, 2017 18:47
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Basebf555 posted:The guy sees that there's stolen poo poo in the purse, clamps his hands down on the purse and doesn't let go. All of the other physical contact is initiated by the woman, she takes swings and kicks at him a bunch of times. All he ever does is change his body position so that he has enough leverage to hold on to the property that he gets paid to protect. He was also totally within his rights to pin her to the ground at that point. He has the authority to use whatever force is necessary to effect the arrest.
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Mar 17, 2017 18:50
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Sagebrush posted:Yes, Powered Descent, please tell us more about how you would "rescue" the poor little girl from the big strong man who is saying "stop. stop. You can't shoplift here"  Did you miss the part where I said I don't actually know what I'd do? I just said where my sympathies would be upon first impression, and asked if it ever happened that someone did intervene in a situation like that.
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Mar 17, 2017 18:55
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What I'm taking away from this is the next time I snatch a purse I'll just yell "Stop! Shoplifter!" And everyone will applaud me as I rugby tackle an old lady and steal her pension.
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Mar 17, 2017 19:02
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Powered Descent posted:
The dude wasn't silent the whole time, he kept saying that she was shoplifting and the store employees were telling her to stop. There was nothing ambiguous about the situation. On first impression my though would be "that lady is crazy" and then I would go to the ice cream counter and get 2 scoops of rainbow sherbet in a cup.
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Mar 17, 2017 19:05
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FCKGW posted:The dude wasn't silent the whole time, he kept saying that she was shoplifting and the store employees were telling her to stop. There was nothing ambiguous about the situation. Whip out your phone and yell "worldstar!" like a normal person.
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Mar 17, 2017 19:06
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FCKGW posted:The dude wasn't silent the whole time, he kept saying that she was shoplifting and the store employees were telling her to stop. There was nothing ambiguous about the situation. Yeah, it's pretty easy to tell what is going on. cakesmith handyman posted:What I'm taking away from this is the next time I snatch a purse I'll just yell "Stop! Shoplifter!" And everyone will applaud me as I rugby tackle an old lady and steal her pension. This is an excellent wild caught example of the classic internet "be willfully obtuse and then put words in everyone's mouths" post.
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Mar 17, 2017 19:27
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Chichevache posted:Whip out your phone and yell "worldstar!" like a normal person. This is always the correct option.
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Mar 17, 2017 19:57
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Powered Descent posted:The part I don't get about shopkeeper's privilege (or whatever the official legal term is that lets store security detain people) are the bystanders. If I happened to stroll up to the front of a store and saw a man refusing to let go of a woman's purse: Hey, maybe your reflex would be to post up, arms folded, near the confrontation-in-progress and scold both parties for not being polite enough, like that awful old woman facing the camera in the video. Her chiding the man to "be a gentleman!" was so loving stupid. Why would that be what anyone would do in that scenario? What in you calls you to loving referee this poo poo?
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Mar 17, 2017 20:28
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an inner battle between justice-fetishism and racism.
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Mar 17, 2017 20:30
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Beeswax posted:Great job thread. Keep it going. Amazing content. Guardian did an article about football celebrations gone wrong and there's an incident just like this in it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ybOqQm59Q Hell the whole article is thread relevant. https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/mar/16/the-joy-of-six-football-celebrations-gone-wrong
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Mar 17, 2017 20:42
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https://i.imgur.com/LAMbdpc.gifv https://i.imgur.com/fI9c0DH.gifv
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Mar 17, 2017 20:51
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poop dood posted:Hey, maybe your reflex would be to post up, arms folded, near the confrontation-in-progress and scold both parties for not being polite enough, like that awful old woman facing the camera in the video. Her chiding the man to "be a gentleman!" was so loving stupid. Why would that be what anyone would do in that scenario? What in you calls you to loving referee this poo poo? reminded me of the woman screaming "STOP!" in this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGsc5_WYchA
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Mar 17, 2017 21:02
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Hot Smart ARYAN Girl posted:This is an excellent wild caught example of the classic internet "be willfully obtuse and then put words in everyone's mouths" post. I'm not putting words in anyone's mouth, I'm making a joke. You may have heard of them?
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Mar 17, 2017 21:08
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Chichevache posted:He was also totally within his rights to pin her to the ground at that point. He has the authority to use ftfy
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Mar 17, 2017 21:42
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cakesmith handyman posted:I'm not putting words in anyone's mouth, I'm making a joke. You may have heard of them? It's impossible to tell what level of irony you were posting from. Your joke is indistinguishable from being a legitimate dumbass.
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Mar 17, 2017 22:04
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Hyperlynx posted:It's impossible to tell what level of irony you were posting from. Your joke is indistinguishable from being a legitimate dumbass. it was very clearly a joke you massive clod
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Mar 17, 2017 22:05
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poop dood posted:Hey, maybe your reflex would be to post up, arms folded, near the confrontation-in-progress and scold both parties for not being polite enough, like that awful old woman facing the camera in the video. Her chiding the man to "be a gentleman!" was so loving stupid. Why would that be what anyone would do in that scenario? What in you calls you to loving referee this poo poo? I payed my way through community college working security for bars/stores and especially construction sites and every time we had to intervene physically there was almost always some dumb rear end in a top hat going "Hey hey break it up cmon!!"
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Mar 17, 2017 22:05
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china bot posted:reminded me of the woman screaming "STOP!" in this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGsc5_WYchA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTx4LLHxMyM
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