Stupid Motorist Law does exist

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The “Stupid Motorist Law”, which corresponds to section 28-910 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, states that any motorist who becomes stranded after driving around barricades to enter a flooded stretch of roadway may be charged for the cost of his/her rescue.
The need for the law came from the lack of storm sewers in the deserts of the Southwestern United States, combined with heavy rainfall in the desert, usually associated with the summer monsoon season. This lack of adequate drainage leads to short term flooding. Many desert cities and towns do not use culverts to channel minor washes (also known by the Spanish name arroyos) beneath the roadway. Only major washes and floodplains have bridges over them. Storm drains, when they are present at all, are spaced quite far apart. Consequently, during rain storms, storm runoff flows over the roadway. During severe rain storms, the washes, underpasses, and areas around large storm drains can flow fast and deep enough to pick up an automobile and carry it downstream. During particularly strong floods, one might see a motorist stuck in a middle of a wash, sitting on the roof of a dead car submerged to the windows.[citation needed]
In such cases, if public emergency services (such as a fire department, or paramedics) are called to rescue the motorist and tow the vehicle out of danger, the cost of those services can be billed to the motorist, plus additional liability of up to $2,000.

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don't think your right on 'non emergency' calls being charged

Yes, you do

Our office got charged, I had to pay the bill.

Our Fire alarm got set off twice accidentally and it was auto linked to the FB (central London, Leicester Sq in fact so a great place to drive an Engine to ) We got a letter saying if they were called out again we would be charged. It was the toaster so we binned and banned the toaster in the office.

About a week later the Fire alarm goes off again, smoke pouring out of the Microwave as one of our socially stupid software developers had tried to toast his croissant in the Microwave.

I rang the FB said please don't turn up, it's not a real fire.

They said "Sorry, got too, you could be an arson type telling not to turn up"

They turned up, we said sorry, developer got a bloody good telling off.

I got an invoice / fine that from memory was about £1500

(may be different for commercial properties connected automatically to FB via smoke alarms)

Tiger wrote:

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don't think your right on 'non emergency' calls being charged

Yes, you do

Our office got charged, I had to pay the bill.

Our Fire alarm got set off twice accidentally and it was auto linked to the FB (central London, Leicester Sq in fact so a great place to drive an Engine to ) We got a letter saying if they were called out again we would be charged. It was the toaster so we binned and banned the toaster in the office.

About a week later the Fire alarm goes off again, smoke pouring out of the Microwave as one of our socially stupid software developers had tried to toast his croissant in the Microwave.

I rang the FB said please don't turn up, it's not a real fire.

They said "Sorry, got too, you could be an arson type telling not to turn up"

They turned up, we said sorry, developer got a bloody good telling off.

I got an invoice / fine that from memory was about £1500

(may be different for commercial properties connected automatically to FB via smoke alarms)

o/t Common practice for fire brigades to charge companies for false call out's,thats generally as far a it goes tho there has been talk of charging a nominal fee for non-emergencies.

b/o/t it's a brave person who say they have never done anything stupid,be careful what you wish for  Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5.