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You can be fined more than £100 for making way for emergency vehicles.

Al Knebel: Absolutely ridiculous! In what universe does it make sense to fine someone for essentiall­y helping to save someone’s life? This country is getting worse!

Avarmae Parkin: Makes absolutely no sense!

You have to make way for emergency vehicles, which is blatant respect, so now your getting fined £100 for respect.

Carole Barker: Human lives at risk versus I might get a fine, I know which option I’ll be taking.

Judith Dolan: What a load of rubbish! How pathetic! I will always make way for emergency services.

Sammy Agatha: To be fair there's only a certain type of person that wouldn't automatica­lly move for an emergency vehicle surely.

Michael Harford:

Makes total sense! The amount of people who just slam their brakes on and pull over whenever they see a blue light is mental!!

Billy Potts: If you go through a red light you could cause an accident with the traffic going through on a green in other directions. Blue Light drivers will work their way round you, that's what they're trained to do, just use common sense and move over as soon as it is safe to do so.

Anettte Roper: You move out of the way when it is safe to do.

Glen Parkin: Would rather take the £100 fine than not let them through.

David Wilson: Only move out of the way if you are not breaking another law.

Luke Kirtley: Say you're stuck at a red light, You are not meant to move out the way unless they keep their sirens on.

Karl Metcalfe: You are not meant to move out of the way unless it's safe to do so and your not putting anyone else at risk, if the roundabout is busy and you can't make a way through by pulling into live traffic then they have got to wait.

Danny Rogers: I'd take the fine if it saves a life.

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