Originally Posted by Thrush

1) if you were unable to brake in time, you were either i) not paying attention to the lights sequence of green to amber to red, ii) were using exessive speed meaning covering more ground in less time, thus outbrakeing yourself, or iii) were attempting to "beat the lights" and jump through on amber.

2) I'm not advocating the police break the law anytime they so wish. I often sit behind cop "panda" cars around town and clock them at 40 in a 30 etc, but I can't say nothing, I do that also - I bet you do too. But what I am saying is if they are on an emergency call, blues and twos on, and they need to get somewhere fast, they have no problem running red lights, turning right on "no right turn" intersections, and breaking the speed limit, by however much is nesacary, so long as it is safe to do so... And with all that in mind, I have no problem with them doing that. That is not them "doing it whenever they want", thats them doing it cos thats whats required.

As for if you are worried about getting a ticket should you go in a bus lane or across white lines etc when letting a police car past - make a note of the date and time, and if anything happens, contest it, ask for photo evidence and ask for the time and date to be corralated against emergency response calls in the area. You'll get off.