Riding through town in the dark this morning - came upon a police car sideways in the street. Lights flashing....
I stopped and asked, gesturing, if I could go around as I could see fire trucks down a side street, but not on my intended route.
He got out and walked up to me and hollered, "no!"
Reason being, there was a very fat fire hose laying in the dark just on the other side of his squad car!
In the glare of all the flashing lights, I never would have seen it.
Stig