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yardwork

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4. Emergency vehicles usually assume that others are being told to stop for them.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 07:53 AM

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I think this was a broad systemic problem and the individuals caught up in the failed system aren't to blame. Human error has to be built into safety systems but it sounds like the opposite is happening here... extreme human effort is required to keep a failing system together.

A bad accident was inevitable.

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Fire truck heard 'stop, stop, stop' before deadly LaGuardia crash but didn't know warning was for them: NTSB [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Thursday OP

The dumbest thing that I think I may have ever heard. littlemissmartypants Thursday #1

Emergency vehicles usually assume that others are being told to stop for them. yardwork Yesterday #4

Stupidity is also inevitable. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #5

Exactly. Stupidity, ego, tiredness, distraction. yardwork Yesterday #6

Society has to be based in egalitarianism. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #7

Why was the aformentioned safety equipment NOT on the fire truck? niyad Thursday #2

This looks a systemic problem. yardwork Yesterday #3

Yeah. Yelling "stop.stop.stop" seems rather low tech. travelingthrulife Yesterday #8