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[Proz]

Being a firefighter and i have completed the EFAD course you can go through red lights "slowly and carefully" ....but if anything happens i belive the driver is at fault ....mind you its a few years since i done my EFAD but that was what they instructed then ... laws might have changed by now  :-/  

[Taxi_Driver]

I may be wrong, but I believe ambulance drivers don't have the advanced driver training that the police and firemen have.

they still have to do a blue lights course, but not the advanced and aggressive driving courses.

The driver of this ambulance would have failed that course then, as he didnt have them turned on!

[Elite Pete]

Well. if your going to crash into something, then an Ambulance is probably the best thing to hit

[Danny]

I may be wrong, but I believe ambulance drivers don't have the advanced driver training that the police and firemen have.

going off my experience last week of a c*ck trying to turn across the front of me in his ambulance while not on an emergency call, and i was driving my brother's lexus at the time and had to swerve to avoid him, i really dont think they even have to pass a standard driving test!!

Well. if your going to crash into something, then an Ambulance is probably the best thing to hit

but if you hit him cos of his incompitent driving, his life-saving skills may be nothing to brag about!

[theolodian]

I may be wrong, but I believe ambulance drivers don't have the advanced driver training that the police and firemen have.

going off my experience last week of a c*ck trying to turn across the front of me in his ambulance while not on an emergency call, and i was driving my brother's lexus at the time and had to swerve to avoid him, i really dont think they even have to pass a standard driving test!!

That reminds me, during the same week down by Milton Keynes a Vectra estate with Ambulance written on it purposefully cut me off!  It was in a roundabout with traffic backed up.  He thought I was trying to go around him when I was taking the other exit - TO GET ON THE M1!  Friggin Fukwit!  

I was tempted to pull over on the slip road, walk back up there, bang on his window, get his badge/id info and make a formal complaint.

[Jim]

Why is it that ambulance driver and other emergency vehicles NOT on emergency duty think they can use bus lanes in London, fare enough if they are on a blue light emergency run but if they are not, if I drive in a bus lane in London I get a £120 fine for the privilage

[davlad22]

My hearing isn't great and i really struggle with direction of sound too! I really rely on the visual flashing lights and would have struggled in the same situation.

Wasn`t there a 'special' type of directional-wailer tried on emergency vehicles a couple of years ago; it contained tones/cadences giving clues to speed and direction to help people with hearing difficulties.......did it work?

I was gonna say...most people find it hard to pinpoint the position of the emergency vehicle due to the doppler effect of the siren.

[Gaffers]

Wasn`t there a 'special' type of directional-wailer tried on emergency vehicles a couple of years ago; it contained tones/cadences giving clues to speed and direction to help people with hearing difficulties.......did it work?

'White Noise Siren' still used a bit, but was never really rolled out country wide, not sure why

When I was a student in Sheffield I cycled everywhere, one day going up West street I heard this new type of siren reaaly close behind so I pulled right over straight away, turned to look for the ambulance expecting it to whizz past me as I turned only to spot the ambulance a few hundred meters away!  It was unreal!

[Kevin Wood]

To not have his blue lights on is disgusting. How does he expect deaf drivers to know what's going on? My dad is hard of hearing and won't hear a siren full stop.

.. and AFAIK, for emergency vehicles some provisions of the road traffic act have a blind eye turned - as long as they're very careful to make sure they stay safe. They remain entirely responsible should an accident occur.

But Theo's comment does make me realise why, when I was in the US this week and a police car came up the road on blues and twos, all the traffic endfed up on the pavement  sidewalk out of his way. (but not mine - who'd be a pedestrian there!)


Kevin

[HolyCount]

My hearing isn't great and i really struggle with direction of sound too! I really rely on the visual flashing lights and would have struggled in the same situation.

Wasn`t there a 'special' type of directional-wailer tried on emergency vehicles a couple of years ago; it contained tones/cadences giving clues to speed and direction to help people with hearing difficulties.......did it work?

I was gonna say...most people find it hard to pinpoint the position of the emergency vehicle due to the doppler effect of the siren.

The ambos here all have white noise generators -- and they ARE very effective --- problem is they have their own switch and the driver has to toggle in on and off while driving!!!!   The note of the siren also changes .... two tones for straight runs and whelp & wail with white noise at intersections.