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PAY ATTENTION TO THIS TAXI, THE DRIVER IS JUST SITTING THERE INSTEAD OF GETTING OUT
THE WAY DELAYING EMERGENCY HELP TO SOMEONE IN NEED
NATS: AMBIANCE
LOOK AT THESE FOUR DRIVERS, STATE LAW READS THEY SHOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT THEY DON'T
IN FACT THE DRIVER OF THE RED CAR APPEARS TO BE TRYING TO OUT RUN THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE
WITH LIGHT AND SIREN ACTIVITED
JUST SO THE DRIVER CAN MAKE A LEFT HAD TURN AT THE LIGHT
NATS: AMBIANCE
I SPENT AN ENTIRE SHIFT WITH THE SAN FRANCICO FIRE DEPARTMENT 'S MEDIC 96 AS THEY RESPONDED
TO EMERGENCY CALLS CITY WIDE
I WATCHED DRIVERS FAILING TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND SLOWING DOWN REPONSE TIMES FOR EMERGENCY
VEHICLES....... FOR EXAMPLE
ON THIS STREET THE AMBULANCE HAVE NO WHERE TO GO BECAUSE DRIVERS ARE NOT PULLING TO THE
RIGHT
NATS: AMBIANCE
AND IT REALLY BAD..... WATCH THIS DRIVER AS HE MAKES A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF THE CITY
AMBULANCE
NATS: AMBIANCE
STATE LAW READS THAT WITH-IN A 1000 FEET OF ANY EMERGENCY VEHICLE WITH LIGHTS AND SIREN
ACTIVATED DRIVERS MUST PULL TO THE RIGHT HAND CURB
IT DOSENT READ STOP IN THE LANE OF TRAFFIC AND CREATE AND OBSTICLE COURSE.... IT DOENT
SAY SPEED UP AND RACE THE VEHICLE
IT READ PULL TO THE RIGHT IMPORTANT TO NOT THIS DOES NOT APPLY ON A DIVIDED HIGHWAY
NATS: AMBIANCE
SINCE DRIVERS ARE NOT PULLING TO THE RIGHT IT CREATES BIGGER PROBLEMS LIKE HERE WHERE
THE EMT HAD DEACTIVATED THE SIREN BECAUSE MEDIC 96 IS STUCK... SO IT HAS TO WAIT
NATS: AMBIANCE
THERE ARE SOME POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CITY THAT WILL FOLLOW EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND WILL
CITE VIOLATORE
BUT THE FACT IS THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY VIOLATORS OUT THERE LETS JUST HOPE THAT YOU DON'T NEED
THE SERVICES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPART'S MEDIC SERVICES
BUT IF YOU DO, PRAY PEOPLE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE IS NOT DELAYED NOT
EVEN FOR A SECOND
NATS: AMBIANCE
IN SAN FRANCISCO STANLEY ROBERTS KRON 4 NEWS