Years ago, I worked one floor up from the corner of 1st & King, South end of downtown Seattle. When emergency vehicles run their sirens, its difficult to tell which direction they are coming from & how close they are because of the tall buildings. One morning there was a really loud crash: a black & white with siren & lights on went through the red light at our corner & T-boned a lady driving a new Audi. She had the green. Surprisingly the Caprice was really crumpled up but the Audi was able to drive away afterwards. The officer's extra training didn't help that day.