Emergency Driving 101: Safe First Responder Driving on the Road

By Randy Rider

I passed Sheriff Earl Lee one time on an “officer needs help” call. I was going a little over the speed limit—well, way over if you consider the conditions I was driving in at the time.

After the arrest and everything was settled, he asked me two questions. Was it worth the Mario Andretti speed and risk-taking? What words would I give him to tell my pretty little wife, Linda, that I killed myself on the way to a call that could have waited two minutes? I learned a big lesson that day and many more since.

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