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Crash statistics clearly indicate the danger of emergency responses. It's simple common sense to understand how dangerous it is to navigate a road full of drivers that can be unpredictable.
Easy to research the info. Go look.
So you're pulling it out of your ass. Cool.
No, dumbass. Crash statistics are 2X for emergency vehicles running with lights and sirens.
You clearly don't have the brain capacity to grasp simple logic.
GFY.
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.
Main point is that running with lights & sirens is more detrimental to the patient vs. flow of traffic transport.
Again, simple concept.
Just include a single link. It won't kill you
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...
https://www.nemsqa.org/assets/LSChangePackage/Improving%20Safety%20in%20EMS%20Reducing%20the%20Use%20of%20Lights%20and%20Siren.pdf
That's context that would have helped initially. I do apologise for my snark however.