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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I got a ticket for this about 5 years ago. Contested the ticket. Was found “in violation of running a red signal” by the adjudicator within 10 seconds of sitting down at her desk.  I appeal. “F you, pay me”

If I’m ever in that scenario again I’m sitting there at the light until it turns green. The ambulance or fire truck or police car will just have to wait.

DC govt has only itself to blame.

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You’re not hurting the DC government. You’re hurting the family whose house is burning down, or the woman who has someone breaking in, or the grandmother having a heart attack, or the baby choking.

But if you’re lucky, when you need help, maybe it will give somebody else the opportunity to join your cause by delaying your ambulance. If you die, that will really show the DC government . . . absolutely nothing. [/quote]

Then the government can stop ticketing people for doing this or change the law. But, you won't get a ticket for not doing it, since you aren't supposed to. Why do you think the government issues a ticket if this is what they want? [/quote]

I 100% agree the government should not ticket those cases. By all means, fight the ticket in court. Vote to change local officials. Write editorials and draft petitions. Those are things the government will notice.

Somebody dying because you wanted to spite the government, or you dying because someone else decided to make a similar statement, will not bother the government one iota. Most likely, your death’s only impact on the DC government will mean that one bureaucrat sitting in a cubicle somewhere will spend maybe two minutes entering your death in the system.

You shouldn’t make way for emergency vehicles because of the government’s wishes or policies. You should do it because a real human being is in desperate need of that help and you should do it because you would want others to do it for you. [/quote]

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