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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — First responders say they’re dealing with a growing problem: drivers who aren’t getting out of the way for emergency vehicles.
A month-long News4Jax investigation caught dozens of motorists failing to yield to fire trucks, ambulances and police cars as they rushed to urgent situations with lights and sirens on.
News4Jax teamed up with Jacksonville Fire and Rescue officials to install cameras on rescue vehicles all across town to record drivers who blocked them while rescuers responded to 911 calls. JFRD responds to more than 120,000 calls a year, records show. The cameras, mounted on the inside and outside of JFRD vehicles, recorded cars cutting in front of rescuers multiple times. As engine 44 approached Baymeadows Road with lights and sirens on, seven drivers kept going, in front of the fire truck.
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