aquascoot wrote on Jan 24^th, 2025 at 9:11am:


You are confused Scoot. If the ambulance had to slow down significantly for one car to pull over, it would not "immediately" come up behind the next car, unless it was bumper to bumper traffic. It would gain some time for each vehicle it overtakes.

Think about it over a long time period. If the ambulance overtakes 200 vehicles, then it is a long way in front of where it would have been if it was 200 vehicles further back. The fact that that 200th vehicle has to slow down a bit to pull over does not outweigh all the time gained by overtaking the previous 199 vehicles.

your point about overtaking 200 cars putting it a long way in front is only correct if it is travelling at over 80 kph between cars.

it wasnt

people were starting to slow down to try to get off the road and oncoing traffic prevented it crossing the centreline

its not too difficult a concept to uncerstand surely 

chimera wrote on Jan 24^th, 2025 at 9:27am:



i'm surprised he cant see it

the even MORE dangerous thing about this road (which is lined with 5 acre blocks) is on bin collection day

as the rubbish trucks cant get off the road as the bins are placed immediately adjacent to an 80 kph rd. they very quickly cause a massive line up, all trying to dart around them with oncoming traffic

a very stupid scenario

here is a video of the very road from a few years ago. it was a bit more congested yesterday.   judge for yourself whether it is flowing and wehther forcing every car to "EXIT STAGE LEFT" would have sped up your journey

The cars ahead hear the siren and all slow down, in sequence, making the ambulance slow down. 200 times.

freediver wrote on Jan 24^th, 2025 at 9:45am:



wow

freediver wrote on Jan 24^th, 2025 at 10:22am:



people cruising at 80 to 85 hear the siren and see the ambo coming up 5 cars back. they immediately hit the anchors looking for a safe place to pull off.
because of the prevalence of deep drainage ditches, concrete culverts and driveways, wheelie bins and other paraphenalia, they are taking quite  while to get off.
further up the road some others come to almost a complete stop, such is their panic.

this allows further traffic waiting in side streets to enter the space in front of the unfolding mess, further congesting the road.


my speedo , as i tailgate the ambo slows to 40.
some people only get 1/2 off the road as their car is nearly in the ditch
then people behind them wait for oncoming traffic to clear before dart around them and join in the nonsense

i actually just googled it and the timesaving is an average of 45 seconds per trip.
and since obviously on  a non congested road, they could save a lot of time, on a congested road, they may be going slower bringing down this average to such a mediocre saving
and a 50 % increase in crashes.

in fact, the researchers say that light and sirens should only be used in rare circumstances

maybe this dumb ambo should enlighten himself as should you.

The scariest part of this whole thread is finding out aquascoot rides a motorbike.

Thank goodness I don't live and drive on the roads in Queensland.