Comment on When traffic comes to a standstill, drivers instantly shift left and right to create a Rettungsgasse, an emergency corridor right down the middle, so ambulances

• swarley@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Correlation != Causality. If an emergency vehicle needs to get somewhere fast, it will run sirens and lights to drive faster. Faster verhicles are obviously more likely to get into accidents. Still, this seems like a reasonable tradeoff to keep response times low overall. I severely doubt that sirens and lights by themselves cause any significant accidents.

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  • MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Main point is that running with lights & sirens is more detrimental to the patient vs. flow of traffic transport.

    Again, simple concept.

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    • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Just include a single link. It won’t kill you

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      • MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        No. My 30+ years of driving an ambulance is enough testimony.

        For the record. I am not blaming the actual lights & sirens. It is the ambulance drivers that make mistakes during vehicle operation.

        But, here, take this, jackass:

        Improving Safety in EMS Reducing the Use of Lights and Siren.pdf share.google/hJmCHItsBGTMOhC0r

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