Submitted by Guest945612 (not verified) on Sat, 10/15/2011 - 2:09pm.
It was a NON-EMERGENCY transport!! This means that there was no sirens involved!!! He did not flip the lights and sirens on because he didn't realize he was about to run a red light because he probably wasn't paying attention!! And even if he had time to flip the lights and sirens on....it's not going to magically remove the cars from the intersection!! He probably still would have hit someone! Also, if an ambulance is going to far above the speed limit it will "out run" it's siren....meaning that other drivers will not hear the siren in time to move out of the way before the ambulance is upon them. This is a sad situation for everyone involved! Including the driver who will have to live with a mistake he made! This was indeed just a mistake! I'm sure this man would never do this purposefully! We all have moments where we aren't paying attention while driving....some of us are just lucky enough NOT to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
What?
It was a NON-EMERGENCY transport!! This means that there was no sirens involved!!! He did not flip the lights and sirens on because he didn't realize he was about to run a red light because he probably wasn't paying attention!! And even if he had time to flip the lights and sirens on....it's not going to magically remove the cars from the intersection!! He probably still would have hit someone! Also, if an ambulance is going to far above the speed limit it will "out run" it's siren....meaning that other drivers will not hear the siren in time to move out of the way before the ambulance is upon them. This is a sad situation for everyone involved! Including the driver who will have to live with a mistake he made! This was indeed just a mistake! I'm sure this man would never do this purposefully! We all have moments where we aren't paying attention while driving....some of us are just lucky enough NOT to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.