Laws to Put the Brakes on Ramming Emergency Vehicles

Offenders who deliberately ram an emergency services vehicle will face up to 14 years in jail under proposed Queensland laws. The reforms to be introduced to parliament next week will also impose up to seven years’ imprisonment for a person who causes wilful damage to an emergency vehicle. Premier Steven Miles said some young offenders were deliberately targeting authorities on the roads and boasting about it on social media. “It’s dangerous for our first responders, our police, our ambos, our firies,” he said on April 26. “It’s dangerous for them and they don’t deserve to be treated like that when they go to work every day to take care of Queenslanders....