I lived in one of these town for four years. Just before I moved there, they'd made national news for pulling over an ambulance. It was hauling ass taking someone to the hospital, but the local cops felt that issuing a ticket was more important.

The town is also the county seat and regional state patrol center. It's the highest ratio of law enforcement to citizens in the entire state.

The first day we arrived my wife was pulled over for doing just over 25. Welcome to town!

[–] hare_ware@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What traffic laws can ambulances even violate!?

[–] aradon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They still have to follow the rules of the road. In my state legally even running code 3 (lights and sirens) they are only legally allowed to go 5mph over the limit. And if there is an accident the ambulance driver is basically automatically assumed at fault.

[–] hare_ware@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, I sorta just assume they had some kind of wide spread exemption in a lot of situations.

[–] aradon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

There really isn't. Most of the laws regarding that is "driving with a due regard to safety." You can't just blow through intersections willy-nilly. A lot of progress has been made with driving code 3. A lot of studies have shown it honestly doesn't improve patient outcomes based on the limited time gained. There are exceptions of course.

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