A Siren in the Distance
As a rule of thumb, motorists should always move as far to their left as possible to make way for emergency vehicles, however, not so far that they go into the Emergency Lane as this will always be our first choice of route.
On our congested roads, ambulances rushing from accident to accident are a commonplace occurrence. However, precisely because our roads are so grid-locked with traffic, paramedics struggle to weave their ambulances to their patients.
People react stupid when they see an ambulance or hear an ambulance behind them. Some people hit anchors the moment they see or hear us. The public in general get upset with emergency vehicles passing through.
A further frustration for paramedics is when people refuse to go through red traffic lights in order to make way for the emergency response vehicle. Some motorists won’t, under any circumstances, go over a red traffic light, or move into an intersection before the traffic light turns green, for fear of getting a fine. They need to understand that should they receive a fine, they simply let authorities know that they ignored the red traffic light as they were taking evasive action to clear path for an emergency vehicle. If there is a camera at an intersection, it will take a photo of the ambulance too – making it easy to prove.
Motorists who travel with their music very loud don’t hear us behind them and don’t concentrate on the passing emergency vehicle.
On our congested roads, ambulances rushing from accident to accident are a commonplace occurrence. However, precisely because our roads are so grid-locked with traffic, paramedics struggle to weave their ambulances to their patients.
People react stupid when they see an ambulance or hear an ambulance behind them. Some people hit anchors the moment they see or hear us. The public in general get upset with emergency vehicles passing through.
A further frustration for paramedics is when people refuse to go through red traffic lights in order to make way for the emergency response vehicle. Some motorists won’t, under any circumstances, go over a red traffic light, or move into an intersection before the traffic light turns green, for fear of getting a fine. They need to understand that should they receive a fine, they simply let authorities know that they ignored the red traffic light as they were taking evasive action to clear path for an emergency vehicle. If there is a camera at an intersection, it will take a photo of the ambulance too – making it easy to prove.
Motorists who travel with their music very loud don’t hear us behind them and don’t concentrate on the passing emergency vehicle.
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