So it was bound to happen, that I would write a blog about how people need to learn how to drive. I realise that when you have a speeding ambulance coming towards you with lights and sirens on it could be scary. I realise that some people may have not been taught how to react when they see this speeding emergency vehicle coming towards them, so let me teach you a few things.
What not to do when you see an ambulance coming toward you:
1. Do not stop where you are. You would be amazed at how many people see us coming and just stop exactly where they are in the middle of the road. I'm not sure why but they stop causing us to slam on our breaks and take evasive maneuvers in order to hopefully not give them an ambulance enema.
2. Do not try and beat the ambulance. When you see us coming and you are at an intersection do not speed up and try to pull out in front of us and beat us. Don't play the "I didn't see you" excuse either. I have driven it up to an intersection and the people saw us and just glared when we honked our horn because they couldn't wait the 10 seconds for us to pass. I've been flipped off because they tried to beat us and we didn't slow down.
3. When stopped at an intersection do not run the red light or pull out in front of the people next to you. We will go around you or stop until the light changes and you can get out of our way.
4. Do not pull over to the left, if at all possible pull over to the right. The right is the other left.
5. Last but not least. DO NOT IGNORE US WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE! You would be amazed at how many people ignore us and just keep on going. Then they get mad at us when it takes us forever to get to their own emergency.
In the end please pull over to the right. Please do not put yourself into danger in order to get out of our way. We have a job to do, do not get pissed at us because we are going to some one's emergency. Remember when you have your own emergency how you were an ass and made us late to someone else's. Thank you.
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