resident parking permit. I still have my sticker.
Posted on 04/10/2014 9:40:18 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
A Boston BMW owner made the mistake of parking illegally in front of a fire hydrant, so fire fighters battling an 8-alarm blaze simply smashed a hose through the windows Wednesday night.
It appears to be an act of retaliation at first, but firefighters say the fire hose must be as straight as possible to maintain water pressure.
And with this multi-home inferno, they needed everything in perfect working order.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Of course he thinks he’s better than anybody else.
He’s a racist republican too.
People are easily led to class envy.
A little surprised to see it here.
(ftr, I’m with the FD)
Once they had broken the drivers window couldn’t they have released the parking brake, put it in neutral, and pushed it back getting it all the way out of the way?
Wouldn’t that have worked better than running a kinked hose through broken glass???
A former city municipal worker used to tell us about the local PD officers thought it would be OK to get a free car wash when the workers were clearing the lines or making sure the fire hydrants were in good working order.
One LEO moved in front of the hydrant at a low rate of speed. When he got back to the HQ, the entire right side of the squad car was smashed in to the reinforcements.
I don’t think the transmission can be shifted into Neutral without the key in the ignition.
You’re right — I just checked my non-BMW and the key does have to be in the ignition — another drawback of newer vehicles.
Not just newer vehicles, though it depend on how you define ‘newer’.
Every vehicle with a automatic transmission I’ve owned since 1970 needed the key to get it out of Park.
Would not be surprised if the owner gets sued by the fire victims as the car impeaded the FD from putting the fire out timly.
You just called me out. I own a BMW as I would not buy a Gov motors car.
when I lived on lower Comm Ave in the late 70's I paid 35.00 a month for my space in back of my building.
What's the difference between a porcupine and a BMW?
oh man, that was a good one..!!!
^_^
I had to look it up...
Another BMW moron heard from.
Not only is there a diplay of ignorance abour hydraulics... I doubt is he/she knows what the word means.
To say nothing about the difference between gravity and very high high pressure flow behavior.
20 of 'em could have picked up one end and swung it out of the way. Or they could have used the Jaws of Life to provide better clearance on the curb side door.
resident parking permit. I still have my sticker.
I have no problem with this policy.
That joke is often repeated with *Porsche* substituted for *BMW* driver.
Haters gonna hate.
That joke is often repeated with *Porsche* substituted for *BMW* driver.
Haters gonna hate.
We outa-staters used to make mobiles with the unpaid parking tickets.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.