I understood likewise of the event in December when a fire truck from RNAS Culdrose reversed on the exact same roadway obstructing the roadway to traffic for a number of hours. This had a destructive affect on trade to regional businesses on the Lizard till the roadway re-opened.
A couple of weeks ago I was driving on the A3083 Lizard Road heading towards Helston. Suddenly a fire truck taking a trip from Predannack Airfield approached the junction of the A3083 at speed and turned onto the Lizard Road without looking. This required me to brake truly tough to prevent an accident.
To my shock and wonder a 2nd fire truck following almost did precisely the exact same, seeing me at the last minute and jamming on its brakes. This left the fire truck midway throughout my lane requiring me to swerve onto the opposite of the roadway.
Fortunately there was no traffic coming the other method otherwise I would either have actually struck the side of the fire truck or had a head on crash with a vehicle coming the other method. These big old heavy cars are taking out onto a 60 miles per hour roadway!
The function of my letter is to accentuate the pertinent workers at RNAS Culdrose that plainly the drivers require some training on how to drive these cars securely prior to somebody gets hurt or God prohibited killed.
Three events in 3 to 4 months including these cars is more than a coincidence and something should be done about it prior to it’s far too late.
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In action a Royal Navy representative said: “We can confirm that fire response vehicle drivers based at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose are fully trained to drive on public highways. Any incidents involving the vehicles are taken extremely seriously and fully investigated.”
