Originally Posted by
cafe latte
Police ambulance and the fire brigade all must obey the road rules (I am a fire fighter). There are special dispensations, but whatever is happening you are expected, actually trained to drive in a defensive manor. There is a great advanced driving course for the fire brigade where you slide a fire truck all over the place and push it too its limits. On the road though you need to obey the rules more than anyone as the general public see flashing lights and do unexpected stupid things so the emergency services driver needs to anticipate this. I am not surprised the cop is indicating it will be second nature for the driver. Also if things go pear shaped and the Police driver has done anything wrong like not indicating resulting in an accident you would not want to be in his shoes...
Chris