The Ambulance trick!

clevermax · 28th May 2008, 23:13

I was driving through a busy Hosur Road towards silkboard junction from e-City in Blr 2 days back. The traffic was very slow moving. Suddenly I could hear a loud siren from my back and see some flashing lights on a vehicle which looked like an ambulance through my rear view mirror. On the next very chance, I swereved to the left so that it could pass me. Many other vehicles also made way to it, probably thinking the same. As the vehicle was overtaking me, I noticed that it is not an ambulance but a BMW recovery service van!!!

What crap?!!

Do everyone on the road has to suffer just because a BMW just broke down somewhere? Can such a vehicle could use a beacon light and a loud siren?

ramie2400 · 28th May 2008, 23:54

I think this is not legal,you just cannot do this to public just for a piece of IRON junk got stalled on the road.

jesal · 29th May 2008, 00:02

since someone bought this up once there was a real ambulance and same pattern everyone was trying to give way, i guess i did too. after he got the clear he put his alarm off and drove away normally. even cops do that i have seen it several times. specially in crowded places. juhu and lokhandwala famous for this

GTO - Touring · 29th May 2008, 00:07

Crap!! I wouldn't have said it otherwise, but the siren & lights make his intentions very clear.

ramie2400 · 29th May 2008, 00:08

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Originally Posted by jesal

since someone bought this up once there was a real ambulance and same pattern everyone was trying to give way, i guess i did too. after he got the clear he put his alarm off and drove away normally. even cops do that i have seen it several times. specially in crowded places. juhu and lokhandwala famous for this

Ive noticed this quite a few times,so what do we call this "Full Utilization of the Resources" (FUR...rrrrrrrrr from the traffic jam)

CorsaLove · 29th May 2008, 00:19

I dont think that is legal. But i guess the Beemers name does not get the cops attention

neoranjit · 29th May 2008, 00:42

may be they are promoting sheer servicing pleasure

Abhijat · 29th May 2008, 01:35

Recovery vans can have yellow beacons but no sirens.

I would never budge for a yellow strobed car.

Yet i know some people who have sirens for the sake of getting way on

highways especially for buses and trucks.

In a country where every damn politician, bureaucrat and even their extended families have a red sirened vehicle,

where i have seen over inflated egos and rouge driving

just because you have a vehicle registration number that resembles VIP.

I am sure you can pass this incident off.

I always make a bad wish for someone who acts this way on road, who

knows it might hit them

, sometime it just helps me cool off.

ravikn · 29th May 2008, 10:17

This is really unacceptable. If such recovery vans or the real ambulance vans also start playing trick. soon there will be days where we see people not giving way for Ambulance even when there is an emergency

rkbharat · 29th May 2008, 10:55

Every second safari/scorpio/bolero has got red light and siren here in Gurgaon. Everybody is politician here and all are VIPs.

I really hate them, they use siren just to make way

devnull · 29th May 2008, 11:27

Here in Hyderabad, one doesn't even need a siren to make others get out of the way - all you have to do is honk constantly. I face this almost everyday while coming back from work in the choc-a-bloc stretch at Madhapur. Some moron inevitably will be coming from behind with the horn pressed. Others just clear out of the way out of irritation.

shuvd · 29th May 2008, 11:31

but, I would gladly give way to a recovery vehicle rather than a VIP.

aaggoswami · 29th May 2008, 11:40

There are only two types of vehicles with siren for whom i make way:
1) Ambulance
2) Fire extinguisher vehicles ( rarely ply in vadodara )

Once I braked very hard so that an Ambulace can pass the junction. I had fight with Bus driver behind me that why i braked hard.

The utilization of Siren is now very common and even relatives of relatives of VIP can use sirens. They make their intentions very clear that they are arrogant and useless persons and using sirens to make their way.

Again the good and disciplined people are to suffer here.

spadival · 29th May 2008, 12:03

VIP's hardly use sirens . Mostly, they just have the red strobe light on. If I were a VIP, I wouldnt want an ear splitting siren at an arm's length while I am travelling.

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Originally Posted by aaggoswami

2) Fire extinguisher vehicles ( rarely ply in vadodara )

You mean a fire engine?

eclectix 1st · 29th May 2008, 12:06

The question of giving way does not arise at all in case of a non-ambulance/Fire truck. Even the cops are not supposed to use it in non-emergency situations.

I say you should stop them and call the cops. The cops are supposed to penalise any unauthorised person using the beacon & the siren.

28th May 2008, 23:13	#1
clevermax Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tvm/Amsterdam Posts: 2,086 Thanked: 2,640 Times View My Garage	The Ambulance trick! I was driving through a busy Hosur Road towards silkboard junction from e-City in Blr 2 days back. The traffic was very slow moving. Suddenly I could hear a loud siren from my back and see some flashing lights on a vehicle which looked like an ambulance through my rear view mirror. On the next very chance, I swereved to the left so that it could pass me. Many other vehicles also made way to it, probably thinking the same. As the vehicle was overtaking me, I noticed that it is not an ambulance but a BMW recovery service van!!! What crap?!! Do everyone on the road has to suffer just because a BMW just broke down somewhere? Can such a vehicle could use a beacon light and a loud siren? Last edited by clevermax : 28th May 2008 at 23:14.
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28th May 2008, 23:54	#2
ramie2400 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,903 Thanked: 66 Times View My Garage	I think this is not legal,you just cannot do this to public just for a piece of IRON junk got stalled on the road.
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29th May 2008, 00:02	#3
jesal BANNED Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,323 Thanked: 13 Times View My Garage	since someone bought this up once there was a real ambulance and same pattern everyone was trying to give way, i guess i did too. after he got the clear he put his alarm off and drove away normally. even cops do that i have seen it several times. specially in crowded places. juhu and lokhandwala famous for this
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29th May 2008, 00:07	#4
GTO - Touring BHPian Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 710 Thanked: 54 Times	Crap!! I wouldn't have said it otherwise, but the siren & lights make his intentions very clear.
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29th May 2008, 00:19	#6
CorsaLove BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 392 Thanked: 18 Times View My Garage	I dont think that is legal. But i guess the Beemers name does not get the cops attention
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29th May 2008, 00:42	#7
neoranjit BHPian Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 588 Thanked: 195 Times View My Garage	may be they are promoting sheer servicing pleasure
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29th May 2008, 01:35	#8
Abhijat BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: ACT Posts: 58 Thanked: 3 Times	Recovery vans can have yellow beacons but no sirens. I would never budge for a yellow strobed car. Yet i know some people who have sirens for the sake of getting way on highways especially for buses and trucks. In a country where every damn politician, bureaucrat and even their extended families have a red sirened vehicle, where i have seen over inflated egos and rouge driving just because you have a vehicle registration number that resembles VIP. I am sure you can pass this incident off. I always make a bad wish for someone who acts this way on road, who knows it might hit them , sometime it just helps me cool off.
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29th May 2008, 10:17	#9
ravikn BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 344 Thanked: 25 Times	This is really unacceptable. If such recovery vans or the real ambulance vans also start playing trick. soon there will be days where we see people not giving way for Ambulance even when there is an emergency
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29th May 2008, 10:55	#10
rkbharat Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Gurgaon/New Delhi Posts: 1,601 Thanked: 724 Times View My Garage	Every second safari/scorpio/bolero has got red light and siren here in Gurgaon. Everybody is politician here and all are VIPs. I really hate them, they use siren just to make way
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29th May 2008, 11:27	#11
devnull BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 145 Thanked: 15 Times	Here in Hyderabad, one doesn't even need a siren to make others get out of the way - all you have to do is honk constantly. I face this almost everyday while coming back from work in the choc-a-bloc stretch at Madhapur. Some moron inevitably will be coming from behind with the horn pressed. Others just clear out of the way out of irritation.
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29th May 2008, 11:31	#12
shuvd Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Calcutta Posts: 1,081 Thanked: 7 Times View My Garage	but, I would gladly give way to a recovery vehicle rather than a VIP.
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29th May 2008, 11:40	#13
aaggoswami Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Vadodara Posts: 4,982 Thanked: 2,931 Times	There are only two types of vehicles with siren for whom i make way: 1) Ambulance 2) Fire extinguisher vehicles ( rarely ply in vadodara ) Once I braked very hard so that an Ambulace can pass the junction. I had fight with Bus driver behind me that why i braked hard. The utilization of Siren is now very common and even relatives of relatives of VIP can use sirens. They make their intentions very clear that they are arrogant and useless persons and using sirens to make their way. Again the good and disciplined people are to suffer here.
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29th May 2008, 12:06	#15
eclectix 1st BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: BANGALORE Posts: 381 Thanked: 5 Times View My Garage	The question of giving way does not arise at all in case of a non-ambulance/Fire truck. Even the cops are not supposed to use it in non-emergency situations. I say you should stop them and call the cops. The cops are supposed to penalise any unauthorised person using the beacon & the siren.
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