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Well, advcoste of the devil here. Statistically a fire happening roughly in the same place where the same hydrant is needed for is rather low.
But technically the level of asshole-ness of the driver doesn't decrease because of this.
And of course there's no excuse to do this.
Why don't they put curb bumpouts at fire hydrants?
Or why not placing them further on the sidewalk so there's never a car that close to it? You don't even need to have that spot free of cars, enough space for the hoses to get around it.
So cops can park there.
I've never understood why they don't for roads where there is a parking lane. Or why the connection is perpendicular to the curb rather than parallel.
However, as with most safety things I assume there must be a valid reason they have been installed in this manner for decades.
I'm guessing where it snows this would be hard to plow
Unfortunantly, the number 1 reason most safty things dont happen is cost. Red paint on a curb is way, way cheaper than a concrete bump out or other physical barrrier, and it occasionaly generates ticket revenue. Win win from a city budget perspective.
Its why bike lanes are often nice cheap white lines, or in exotic US locals pretending to care, slighlty less cheap green paint paths.
They should make rain gardens in front of fire hydrants instead of leaving the space open for parking
I’ve seen firefighters just push the car out of the way or break windows. Why not this time?
Smash doors off, pipe water through the car. It is of no concern to me how much water gets left inside the car.
Last time I was near an apartment fire, the fire department didn't even waste time asking the crowd if anyone could move the car or figuring out if another hydrant was near, they just pulled in, lined the fire engine bumper up with the SUV, and pushed it fully out of the way of the hydrant. Tires all fucked up and one popped on the curb.
100% deserved. Don't park in front of hydrants.
Maybe they did? It still would take critical time. But I agree it would be totally appropriate.
Perhaps they did, and the extra 2 minutes it cost them was enough to doom the tenant.
That's what they're supposed to do. Id be asking them why they didn't in addition to being mad at the person who parked in front of the hydrant
I’d be more than mad, I’d want to at least charge them and see if their actions fit negligent homicide. Moral luck isn’t fair, but don’t fucking park in front of hydrants and it won’t come up like this.
The fact the plate wasn't shown is disappointing. Call them out and name and shame. The one parked there during the fire needs to be charged with manslaughter.
Cars preventing emergency services like the usual