saya setuju dan membenarkan bahwa sebenarnya ambulance dan PMK juga
harus memperhatikan rambu-rambu lalu lintas KECUALI JIKA DIDAMPINGI
PIHAK KEPOLISIAN OR DLLAJR. karena bagaimana seorang penolong bisa
menolong atau mencapai tujuannya jika kegiatannya merugikan orang lain
(baik pengguna jalan raya maupun pasien). untuk faktor emergensi saya
rasa bukan sesuatu hal yang bisa membuat hak orang lain terlanggar
(menggunakan Jalan Umum), tetapi dalam kebiasaanya kita hanya memberi
toleransi yang besar kepada orang yang mengalami emergensi, tetapi
dalam pikiran kita tercetak sebuah keharusan bahwa AMBULANCE or DAMKAR
melanggar rambu lalu lintas. jadi kesimpulannya mungkin kita hanya
perlu meningkatkan KOORDINASI dengan pihak kepolisian dan DLLAJR.
dan setau saya berdasarkan referensi yang pernah saya dapat, seorang
sopir ambulance hanya diperbolehkan membawa ambulance dg kecepatan
60Km/Jam (Jika ada Pasien) Dalam Kota. Tetapi untuk luar kota (Jarak
Jauh Max 80 Km/Jam. itu pun tergantung bagus tidaknya jalan.
Kesimpulannya, Saya Rasa Jika Sopir Ambulance Melanggar Lampu Merah,
Maka otomatis sopirlah yang salah...
Trims.....
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> What speed is safe on emergency runs? June 17, 2008
>
> By Dana Wilson
> The Columbus Dispatch
> Copyright 2008 The Columbus Dispatch
>
> DELAWARE, Ohio George Haggard was waiting for his wife to arrive
home so
> they could go out to dinner when he heard the sirens blaring along
Liberty
> Road.
>
> He was shocked when, instead of her Dodge Caravan, an ambulance
stopped at
> the end of his driveway along Carriage Road, near Powell. The medics
told
> him Dorothy, 67, had been in a car crash.
>
> "They said, 'Your wife is on a backboard in the back,' " Mr.
Haggard, 70,
> recalled.
>
> Her injuries mostly were minor, so he followed the ambulance to the
> hospital. Later, his wife described to him how her vehicle was hit by a
> deputy sheriff's cruiser.
>
> It was just before 6 p.m. on June 5, and Mrs. Haggard was driving
south on
> Liberty Road when she heard emergency sirens. She pulled off to the
right
> berm. Heading north on the same road, Delaware County Deputy Charles
Gannon
> Jr. lost control of his cruiser, according to the State Highway Patrol.
>
> The cruiser went off the road, then sideswiped a Liberty Township
ambulance
> stopped in traffic. The cruiser veered off the road again, then
struck Mrs.
> Haggard's van, pushing it into a GMC Sierra also along the berm.
>
> A fifth car that veered off the road to avoid the cruiser hit a tree
> instead.
>
> Gannon, 33, later told troopers that he was en route to an emergency
call
> and estimated he was traveling between 50 and 70 mph. The posted
speed limit
> on Liberty Road is 45 mph.
>
> The State Highway Patrol cited Gannon for operating a vehicle without
> reasonable control, a misdemeanor. His driving privileges at work
have been
> suspended pending an internal review, Sheriff Walter L. Davis said.
>
> "We'll look at everything," Davis said. "We understand that we have
to be
> responsible. We understand that we have to, first and foremost, use good
> common sense and good judgment."
>
> The crash, Gannon's second on-duty wreck, raises the question of how
fast is
> too fast for an emergency vehicle.
>
> *The patrol says that depends on a number of factors, including the
nature
> of the call, traffic, weather and time of day.*
>
> "He was cited for the crash, so they believe that there was some type of
> negligence, but it's a tricky call," State Highway Patrol Sgt. D.J.
Smith
> said. "There is no, per se, 'You can only go this fast.' "
>
> *Firetrucks and medics cannot go 10 miles above the posted speed
limit and
> must stop at red lights and stop signs, Liberty Township Fire Chief John
> Bernans said*.
>
> He said first-responders must evaluate every call and practice
common sense.
>
> "Are you running 90 miles an hour on a broken ankle versus a heart
attack?"
>
> Gannon said he was responding to a report of a suicidal person on
June 5.
>
> Mrs. Haggard was badly bruised in the crash and suffered torn rib
cartilage.
> Drivers or passengers in two other vehicles suffered minor injuries.
>
> *"What he did is put my wife's life in jeopardy by a poor decision," Mr.
> Haggard said of Gannon. "If you're going to save a life, you don't
want to
> endanger other people, too."*
>
