I heard from a few others that received the same email that I did.....

I wouldn't exactly call it bogus though.....

I believe it may be a backdoor awareness campaign, perhaps started by "emergency services" themselves.
The references to the HWY Traffic act are accurate, as well as the fine amount.

I think it's a great idea to improve awareness on this subject;
these people expose themselves to a lot of risk in the performance of their job.
If something like this makes it just a little safer out there for them, I'm all for it.

 

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Since it seems to be successfully building awareness there we'll likely see it here. We're usually about 2 years behind.

That's when we got cars, refrigerators, colour TV, internet behind you folks, although it took at least 10 more years to get cold beer liquor stores.

 

hmmmm ...where do I start with ^