scruffyponies
Well-Known Member
We have a local station, so see a lot of ambulances. For the record our local drivers have always been fantastic, and we as riders go to great lengths to get off the road for them and give them a clear run past us. I know they don't like going past us quickly, so we bend rules for them by going onto pavements and private property etc, so they don't have to slow down.
Today however, one really got my goat. We were riding single file down a wide road, well to the left at trot; plenty of room to pass. An ambulance overtook us and the uniformed passenger shouted out of window at me "you should look over your shoulder more often".
The implication is that it is my fault that he chose not to overtake, and that he chose not to let me know he was there by using his siren (he could have seen me 200 yards away and used them briefly to give warning).
I can't turn my neck fully due to an old injury, and in any event, is it now on me as a rider to keep swivelling in the saddle, just in case there is an emergency service vehicle, or some prat tailgating who can't make his own decision.
I appreciate that he was probably having some kind of dilemma as to whether to use his siren, and responding to an emergency but in my view he was out of order. AIBU?
Today however, one really got my goat. We were riding single file down a wide road, well to the left at trot; plenty of room to pass. An ambulance overtook us and the uniformed passenger shouted out of window at me "you should look over your shoulder more often".
The implication is that it is my fault that he chose not to overtake, and that he chose not to let me know he was there by using his siren (he could have seen me 200 yards away and used them briefly to give warning).
I can't turn my neck fully due to an old injury, and in any event, is it now on me as a rider to keep swivelling in the saddle, just in case there is an emergency service vehicle, or some prat tailgating who can't make his own decision.
I appreciate that he was probably having some kind of dilemma as to whether to use his siren, and responding to an emergency but in my view he was out of order. AIBU?