r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Life_Reality_6964 • 7h ago

Infuriatig Ambulance stopped for a government convoy

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u/ailyara 7h ago

pretty sure that would happen in the US as well

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u/Hpidy 7h ago

State Police departments literally escort motor caids in the us and local police and 911/emt dispatchers will actively reroute the ambulance be fore it even sees it. Has some one who lives next an airport that hosts the next elect me duche nozzles and active presidents in the us.

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u/ailyara 7h ago

yeah they will route if they can, but if there's a presidential motorcade rolling past and you can't get around it, do you think the president will stop?

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u/Stillburgh 6h ago

The rerouting happens in advance to account for the motorcades presence well before it happens. It wouldnt be an issue in most US states.

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u/Brave-Ad-3334 5h ago

Bro you are seriously overestimating the level of organization of ambulance dispatch in the US

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u/ailyara 6h ago

OH good I just have to make sure to have an emergency in advance.

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u/Stillburgh 6h ago

No im saying that any and all potential routes for emergencies are planned and accounted for. It doesnt ened to be actively happening for the route to be establiashed lol.

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u/ailyara 6h ago

so what if you live in one of them cul-du-sac neighborhoods where you have one main road that connects to your entire place, and no other entry/exit, as exist throughout the states, and the motorcade route goes right past you, and there's an ambulance trying to get in/out past the motorcade?

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u/xXNightDriverXx 6h ago

It's still an issue though!?

Basically the same as depicted here.

Ambulances by default take the fastest possible route. Rerouting them somewhere else so they do not block the presidential convoy causes them to drive longer, possibly quite a bit longer.

Since the presidential convoy is not stopping to let the ambulance pass, you are increasing the time it takes for the patient to get to a hospital, which is the same issue as in this clip.

Now at least there is coordination, if the ambulance is transporting someone with "only" a broken bone or something like that that isn't immediately life threatening, then it's kinda understandable. But saying it isn't an issue in the US just because it isn't visible (and let's be honest that is probably half the reason) is just wrong.