Give Way to Emergency Vehicles | Saving Lane
Whenever an ambulance’s red light is blinking... Whenever its siren is on… It means a life is at stake… You must give way to the ambulance… So that it can quickly get to the scene to treat the sick or injured.. Save Lives. Give way to ambulances… With the increasing traffic on the roads, ambulances have a tough task in taking the patients to hospitals on time. The motorists must move left making way for the ambulance on hearing the siren. A recent survey conducted revealed that nearly 20,000 patients who are transported in ambulances every year could be saved from medical problems if the vehicles could reach hospitals faster. More motorists in the busy streets of Delhi and other major cities of India are refusing to yield to emergency vehicles like ambulances and fire trucks. This assessment is based on first-hand experience of our volunteers along with a sharp rise in complaints from paramedics and firefighters. Instead of clearing and pulling to the side of the road w...