A few years ago there was a letter in our local paper from a woman who moved into a house near the fire station and was complaining about the noise from the sirens. More recently another letter writer made the same point saying something along the lines of, "it's obvious that not ALL the calls can be emergencies." It's a good point. I personally favour the emergency services writing polite letters to motorists asking if they wouldn't mind getting out of the way if it's not too inconveinient. That seems a much better scheme than all this uncouth siren nonsence. :-)) Phil