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New NJB: Fire Trucks
🕑 Added 2024-08-02 10:32:41 +0000 UTCThis is a hot and spicy one. This video won't just bring out the tone police, it'll also bring out the tone ... firefighters?
YouTube: https://youtu.be/j2dHFC31VtQ
Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-how-american-fire-departments-are-getting-people-killed
One of the things that really pissed me off when I was an advocate is when a plan that was designed to make the streets safer was vetoed by the Fire Department. And that was it: whatever the Fire Department said was what we did, because nobody can question the Fire Department.
But when fire fighting is objectively done better in other countries that have safer streets, there comes a time when we need to push back a little.
It might not look it, but this was an expensive video. I paid several experts to consult for me, and I licensed a lot of stock footage and private videos, because I wanted to make sure this was done right.
This is a video that I could absolute not afford to make if it weren't for your support on Patreon, so thank you.
Also, my editors completed this early, so I'm providing it to you now: it's not going to go live on YouTube until August 11th, so enjoy the early access! The Nebula upload will go live in a few days.
Jason
Comments
Lars Oosterveen
Another great video, I really enjoyed this one. I'm also very interested in a subject touching the responsetimes for emergency services. That's the German 'Rettungs Gasse', advertised at German highways. Where traffic needs to move left and right to create a 'lane' for emergency traffic. Even if there is none of them directly in sight. It's a great preventative measure I think. Maybe an interesting idea for a video.
Pareet Shah
Great video - I'm sure it's not unique, but the (Real) London Ambulance Service has a cycling team. They even have their own twitter account https://x.com/LAS_CycleTeam ! Ah - the old days when twitter wasn't the mess it is now.
