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1. pc86+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-02 21:58:36
Literally any accident where stopped traffic can be more dangerous than slow-moving traffic (such as any highway).

It's really not a strange concept and it's weird to me that you can't comprehend a first responder having a need to move a large, heavy, immobilized object.

replies(1): >>stuaxo+og
2. stuaxo+og[view] [source] 2020-06-02 23:44:22
>>pc86+(OP)
Seems pretty weird from the UK POV that they would do it with the car, pretty sure that's not what happens here ?
replies(2): >>rconti+kY >>pc86+Ws1
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3. rconti+kY[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-03 06:41:07
>>stuaxo+og
I googled it; sure enough, can't find UK police vehicles with one. Perhaps it's a policy decision where clearing a road is left to tow trucks, which would take longer to arrive. Obviously there's separate liability there in allowing the police to do the "pushing". And perhaps, in a country of more compact dimensions, the added 1+ft in vehicle length is considered to be not worth the benefit.
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4. aaronm+0d1[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-03 09:19:27
>>rconti+kY
Generally yeah, tow trucks or specialist wreckage recovery vehicles do this here (UK), however, in an emergency, it's not uncommon for fire trucks to ram things out of the way too.
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5. pc86+Ws1[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-03 12:17:01
>>stuaxo+og
What else are they going to do it with?
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