Waiting

Well Here I sit waiting to see if the motocross is going to get canceled tonight due to heavy rain and storms or not. so as I sit here I am looking over all my class notes because Tuesday is when I head to Millwaukee for the computer state test I hear they take security pretty seriously you have too bring two forms of ID no jewelery no watch's no chewing gum and they finger print four times before they let you into the testing area they also photograph you and make yo take everything out of your pockets and put it in a locker. my lord getting into the country takes less and is easier. Oh was I pissed the other day I was paged out to a medical call across town to the old folks home for a lady who fell and was complaining of back and hip pain so my car has a red L.E.D bar on the window to let people know I am an emergency vehicle and to pull over well I got behind a truck with really dark tinted window I was behind that truck for three min before he noticed me so I passed him came to a stop sign did a rolling stop and went well i guess he is friends with our EMS director and called him and said I blew the stop sign and next time if I did that or anything else he will call the sheriff's office and complain instead of calling the director next time . Well the director E-mailed me and told me about it and how the red light means nothing more then it show the police and fire who we are on scene and we can park in places were we would normally cant and to be a true emergency vehicle we need to have sirens according to the state statutes well and we should obey all the traffic laws. I admit I do speed when i use the red light and some times I have had police giving me an escort to the scene lets say doing ninety some. And whats the purpose of being an EMT-First responder if you don't get there before the ambulance does? And I am not the only one who breaks this rule I have followed behind other medics to go to calls and looked at my speedometer and as they have started to pull away from me then I notice I am doing sixty plus in town were normal its twenty five so what is it "do as I say and not as I do" Know what when its your family and your emergency maybe next time I will follow all the rules of the road and take my time and see what happens I so am sick and tired of this small town BS

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