XPost: alt.firefighters, alt.true-crime, misc.emerg-services   
   XPost: misc.legal, uk.legal   
   From: theprof@jonez.net   
      
   "MaryL"  wrote   
   > "_ Prof. Jonez _"  wrote in message   
   >> "No_He_Can_Not"  wrote in message   
   >>>¦ Reality Check© ¦ wrote:   
   >>>> "Bill Gamelson"  wrote in message   
   >>>>> "D. Stussy"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>> The article clearly states that the ambulance was on an emergency call.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> I realize this, as I am perfectly capable of reading.  I have seen many   
   >>>>> ambulances delivering patients on "slow runs" without red lights or   
   siren.   
   >>>>> Just because the ambulance was "on an emergency call" does not mean it's   
   >>>>> red lights and siren were on.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> It's SOP to have lights/siren when delivering a patient to a hospital.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> Not in all cases.  See above.   
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   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Between the two, an ambulance always has right-of-way   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> Not if red lighs and siren were off.   
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   >>> Where I live ambulances rutinely drive without lights and sirens. They are   
   >>> used for life thrreatening situations . This I believe is because they do   
   >>> not wish to cause traffic situations over things that are not of the utmost   
   >>> importance. Still some things are still emergencies and an ambulance on   
   it's   
   >>> way to the hospital with a patient should be given the right of way.   
   >>   
   >> Emergency vehicles operating without lights and sirens must follow all the   
   >> normal   
   >> traffict laws and control devices. They must obey all stop signs, red   
   lights,   
   >> speed limits,   
   >> etc.   
   >>   
   >> If they operate with lights and/or sirens, they still must obey the speed   
   >> limits at all   
   >> times. They may stop-and-go, or slow-and-go, at red lights, stops signs,   
   etc.   
   >> if they   
   >> can do so safely.   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> A cop car coming from behind is not that important in the scheme of things.   
   >>> Especially if he has time to stop and give out a ticket.   
   >>   
   >> Exactly.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I have been told (can't verify if it's correct) that ambulances will   
   sometimes   
   > run with lights but without sirens because the sound of a siren blasting   
   > overhead can be detrimental to the patient inside the ambulance--that is, can   
   > cause panic.   
      
   They may run with lights but without continuous siren, using the blast siren   
   only when approaching congested traffic or intersections, to cut down on noise   
   pollution, for the benefit of the patient and the public. Different states   
   have different protocols for lights/sirens.   
      
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   > MaryL   
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