Cole Harbour RCMP Officer Charged for Traffic Accident

Because people seem to think this is a grey area.

THE RESPONSIBILITY IS ON THE OPERATOR OF THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE AT ALL TIMES FULL STOP.

Exemption of police or emergency vehicle

109 (1) The speed limitations as set forth in this Act shall not apply to vehicles when operated with due regard to safety under the direction of the police in the chase or apprehension of violators of the law or of persons charged with or suspected of any such violation, nor to fire departments or fire patrol vehicles when travelling in response to a fire alarm, nor to public or private ambulances when travelling in emergencies and the drivers thereof sound audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle. (2) This Section shall not relieve the driver of any such vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway, nor shall it protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequences of a reckless disregard of the safety of others.

Also this section

Entering a highway and emergency vehicles 123 (1) The driver of a vehicle entering a highway shall yield the right of way to all vehicles approaching on the highway. (2) The driver of a vehicle upon a highway shall yield the right of way to a police or fire department vehicle, public-safety vehicle or ambulance if the driver of any such vehicle is displaying the vehicle’s flashing lights and operating the vehicle’s bell, siren or exhaust whistle. (3) Subsection (2) shall not operate to relieve the driver of a police or fire department vehicle, public-safety vehicle or ambulance from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway, nor shall it protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequence of an arbitrary exercise of such right of way. R.S., c. 293, s. 123; 2014, c. 20, s. 6.

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