09-12-2007, 03:29 AM
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Well actually there are some exceptions. If the paramedic says to shut off the siren then there's your exception. Some people being transported have a problem with a thing called Shock as well some are just freaking out therefore we may turn down the interior lights and shut off the siren.
This is exactly my point; and when this siren is off there is and increased chance of causing an accident. Something needs to be done about the sound issues inside the compartment then.
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Some people are long transports between hospitals and they are sedated etc..
Then neither lights nor sirens are needed. Don't use one w/o the other.
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The bottom line is that with the way cars are made today (quiter and tighter) and certainly at night the lights are many times the first and most noticeable warning. The siren is most effective at intersections, but that's not to assume that the guy with the windows up and the ipod in his ear hears it.
That's a huge assumption. At least give drivers a chance to first HEAR the siren and then SEE the lights. ipods should be illegal while driving anyway.
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Like I said before if it's "NOT CRITICAL" I'm not waking up the neighborhood at 4am.
The lights overwhelm an area and if, at 4am a driver, not you, doesn't see them I'm good enough that I don't ever assume that the other driver does sees them, then I will hit the whale, if that freaks him out so be it.
Like I said before, if it's "NOT CRITICAL" there's no need for lights or a siren.
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As I said earlier it is a standard procedure that if the lights are on then the siren should be on. Facts are, that is just not always what's best for the patient etc.. This is where you may be having a struggle see it's really not about you.
No...it's not about me...it's about increased public safety. You always "HEAR
before you "SEE".
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Oh and BTW, if you see an ambulance comming around the corner you may not hear the siren untill after you see him, depending on where in the cycle the siren is.
I guarentee the you have a 100% chance of not hearing a siren when it's not on. At least give drivers a chance to HEAR the emergency vehicle coming. Again...I'm not talking about the times that you HEAR the siren and then SEE the lights. I'm talking about the times...in broad daylight...down a straight road....or even coming around a corner...when you see drivers almost slamming into the back of other drivers or passing them on the right almost causing an accident because they don't HEAR a siren.
Food for thoughts...
If an ambulance is driving in the forest and it's lights are on...does it's siren make a sound?
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Edited by - wjbillock on 09/12/2007 07:35:40
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