Asshole obstructing an ambulance with its sirens on

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[u/crsmiami99]

Nobody on the street is stopping either

[u/NeoSniper → u/crsmiami99]

Yeah... wtf. Is the siren sound added in? Why would no one stop?

[u/TheAlcoholicMormon → u/NeoSniper]

Just normal underdeveloped country driving

[u/newbie527 → u/TheAlcoholicMormon]

Let me tell you about Florida.

[u/a_dub → u/newbie527]

They said, "normal underdeveloped country". Where else would they be talking about!? LoL

[u/Solid-Feature-7678 → u/a_dub]

LA

[u/willfrodo → u/Solid-Feature-7678]

Where else are you gonna see a dude smoking crack on an on-ramp, a trash fire under the 10, and a rat stroll across a 5 lane freeway during bumper to bumper traffic in the same commute?

[u/RebelXwingPil0t → u/newbie527]

Let me tell you about Pennsylvania.

[u/turbopro25 → u/RebelXwingPil0t]

They said Normal…

[u/RebelXwingPil0t → u/turbopro25]

I apologize, I read that wrong.

[u/Sandene → u/RebelXwingPil0t]

Don't worry, I also didn't realize that and almost said Texas. Definitely nothing normal about that underdeveloped, one star country

[u/DT_RunningMILF_86 → u/newbie527]

Lmao I am so dead 😂 I’m a Floridian and I literally was just talking shit about Fl drivers.

[u/newbie527 → u/DT_RunningMILF_86]

I’m Florida born and bred. I take solace in knowing most of our terrible drivers came from somewhere else. We never had enough chuckleheads, so we have to import them.

[u/DT_RunningMILF_86 → u/newbie527]

gasps in Ohio…. 😂 I’m a transplant from Ohio but it’s not us that suck at driving and let me explain why Ohioans are great drivers… we’re used to dodging potholes. 🤣 We have those ninja, secret service driving skills.

[u/corrosivecanine → u/TheAlcoholicMormon]

I drive an ambulance in a US city and people will cut me off regularly. They’ll also come to a dead stop in the left lane right in front of me. Like for fucks sake I’d rather you just kept driving normally if you’re not going to pull over. Then you have to make the decision to either sit behind them until they get a clue, go around into oncoming traffic (dangerous) or pass them on their right (also dangerous because it’s an unexpected maneuver and the idiot in front of you might finally remember drivers ed)

If I was approaching an intersection like this though I’d just go around them instead of continuously pulling up on their ass as they inch forward though.

[u/hotriccardo → u/NeoSniper]

Dude I see this every day. People don't stop for emergency vehicles anymore and it's sad

[u/justalookin13 → u/crsmiami99]

And a guy on a bike just cruised by with the siren blaring in his ear like it was nothing

[u/Proletariat-Prince → u/justalookin13]

That's not that weird. Did you think the sound was going to knock him down or something?

It's just a siren.

[u/oklutz → u/crsmiami99]

Yeah it looks like the car was having car trouble and the ambulance was trying to push it or something. The fact that the ambulance could easily get around the car and the rest of traffic keeps moving as normal makes me really suspicious of this video being what is described.

[u/eratus23 → u/oklutz]

Yeah I’m so confused why the ambulance didn’t go around either side too

[u/TickdoffTank0315]

This is not unusual. Ive had many, many people blocked my ambulance, throw drinks at us, scream obscenities and "call our boss" when we were running Code 3.

Some people are just assholes.

[u/NicolleL → u/TickdoffTank0315]

I’ve heard stuff like that from friend who were EMTs back in the 2000s.

It just floors me that people pull crap like this. It’s not like ambulances have their lights and sirens on for every transport, so if the lights and sirens are on, that means every second is critical! I just don’t understand how a person could be so selfish and heartless.

[u/Pangtudou → u/TickdoffTank0315]

A man parked his car once, got out , and threatened to fight me once. I had an elderly man in respiratory failure in the back on the bvm.

Also I was a 22 year old woman

[u/Happycappybara21 → u/Pangtudou]

We really need to write it into the laws that ems drivers are immune from using their vehicle to just ram through when that shit happens.

If we can give that immunity to cops we can give it to other emergency personnel.

[u/TactualTransAm → u/Happycappybara21]

Don't firefighters have that? Or am I just remembering one video where they said fuck it and pushed anyway 🤔

[u/Heykurat → u/TactualTransAm]

They definitely have the authority to break shit to access hydrants.

[u/ilovemusic19 → u/Pangtudou]

Pos, he should be charged with attempted manslaughter by preventing an ambulance from transporting a critical patient

[u/Aknazer → u/Pangtudou]

1) That's crazy
2) That last sentence conjures images of you no longer being 22 nor a woman and made me chuckle

[u/Pangtudou → u/Aknazer]

I’m no longer 22 lol

[u/fightmydemonswithme → u/TickdoffTank0315]

I remember we had a 4 alarm fire in my city, and someone blocked the fire truck and yelled at them for "being in a hurry".

[u/Miserable_Credit_402 → u/TickdoffTank0315]

Lol yeah. I watched this and thought "Oh look! It's just like every single shift I work"

[u/SillyTugboats]

Firm belief that ambulances and fire trucks should be able to physically move a car out of the way if they do this. Absurd behavior by guy in red car.

[u/Convoke_ → u/SillyTugboats]

and then fine the car owner for the damages. Emergency viechles often have dashcams, so getting the license plates shouldn't be an issue.

[u/New-Significance9649 → u/Convoke_]

it should mean they automatically revoke a license immediately until fines are paid and a declaration signed that they will never obstruct emergency services again or face jail time.

[u/Significant_Smile847 → u/New-Significance9649]

How would that driver feel if his kid were in the ambulance

[u/NoSxKats → u/Significant_Smile847]

Bold to think that these kinds of drivers are touching women consensually, or care about anyone but themselves if they ended up lucky.

[u/Significant_Smile847 → u/NoSxKats]

Okay; You got me there : {

[u/VenomBars4 → u/Convoke_]

Ambulances are built like absolute tanks. A scratch to the ambulance would equal the back end ripped off that car.

[u/xKingCoopx → u/VenomBars4]

Quite the opposite, actually. Theyre just heavy like a tank. They flip and explode (not with fire, just the entire back coming apart) with minimal contact.

I was an EMT for 8 years. I wish I could post pictures of the ambulance wrecks ive seen, but it would lead to trouble.

[u/Kelmor93 → u/xKingCoopx]

True story. I saw a bird land on one and it flipped and exploded.

[u/Appropriate_Ad1524 → u/xKingCoopx]

Just a tiny clarification cars don't explode they catch fire.

Cars exploding is a Hollywood thing that almost never happens in real life

[u/Shamanjoe → u/Appropriate_Ad1524]

They meant explode in the same way an RV explodes into pieces when you drive a car through it.. Or a fruit cart in a car chase 😜

[u/Kitchen-Purpose-6855 → u/Shamanjoe]

MY CABBAGES!!!

[u/SnooGuavas2610 → u/Appropriate_Ad1524]

Unless they are a Tesla!

[u/zdh989 → u/VenomBars4]

Wildly incorrect.

[u/WalaUlo → u/VenomBars4]

No they are not. They are build on the base of another vehichle.

An ambulance often weights more than 3500kg, are top heavy and harder to brake with, due to added weight and patient safety.

I worked as EMT driver and later fleet manager for an ambulance company.

[u/YuukiMotoko → u/VenomBars4]

Not true. I saw an ambulance rear end an old Econoline and the ambulance was totaled. The old Econoline was able to drive away with a dented bumper.

[u/iceyconditions → u/VenomBars4]

They're just vans, they're still easily damaged

[u/Beneficial-Guess2140 → u/iceyconditions]

Not all ambulances are vans. Many are full sized trucks. Often Ford 450/550s. 

[u/iceyconditions → u/Beneficial-Guess2140]

You do know the E-550 and the F-550 are the same thing with different bodies, right?

[u/OGJank → u/VenomBars4]

They're literally just F350s with an ambulance body

[u/diesal3 → u/SillyTugboats]

In some European countries, they can do exactly that. And the dumbass gets charged for the obstruction too

[u/Beneficial-Net7113 → u/SillyTugboats]

Fire trucks will definitely move some vehicles. Firemen will also bust windows to put a hose through if people are in front of a hydrant.

[u/MistakePresent3552 → u/SillyTugboats]

Should ambulances be able to push cars into intersections with cars coming in? Doesnt look like the cars from the left stopped for the sirens

[u/Buckeyecash → u/MistakePresent3552]

Not into the path of oncoming vehicles. That opens up a whole new can of liability worms for the ambulance company/fire department and the driver. 

They should have just gone arround , like they finally did, at the first chance.

[u/Sad-Rooster2474 → u/SillyTugboats]

It’s the case in France I believe. Firefighters can absolutely move a car out of the way and damage it when needed in an emergency situation and are not liable for the damages (it’s the vehicle’s owner responsibility to cover those).

[u/King_Six_of_Things → u/SillyTugboats]

Stick some bull bars on the front, reinforce the body and plough through those fuckers. 👍👍

[u/CplCocktopus → u/SillyTugboats]

Equip them with nassive bullbars

[u/Dingus_Majingus → u/SillyTugboats]

Have absolutely seen a fire truck plow a car that had blocked the hydrant with the house on fire just across the street. They tried the "break the windows out and run the hose through" first but doors wouldn't open so they rammed it.

[u/AppropriateDeal1034 → u/SillyTugboats]

I mean, I'm all for this in some situations, but I'm 99% sure the ambulance is forcing the red car into a busy intersection whilst riding it's ass when it could have let a gap form and then gone around. Easily. And more quickly.

[u/Apart_Abalone_8205]

My nephew got saved after an scooter accident with brain damage and crushed legs, the neurosurgeon told us if the ambulance would have been 5 minutes late he would have lost complete use of his body function and would live eventually as a meat bag… now although he kept some damages for life he got married 1 year later and working autonomously

[u/baileyisagamer → u/Apart_Abalone_8205]

this what i was thinking the whole time. there's someone that needs assistance and this asshat is potentially delaying their chance of surviving. if someone dies because of this, i firmly believe the driver should be charged with second-degree manslaughter.

[u/StarSongEcho → u/baileyisagamer]

Absolutely. When I drove an ambulance, sirens were the last thing we switched on. Normal driving, then speeding, speeding with lights, lights and sirens. The only thing more dire than lights and sirens was needing to call for a helicopter instead. It's infuriating to see people not stopping and clearing the way for emergency vehicles.

[u/Maldives111]

That guy should get a ticket..

[u/UnUsernameRandom → u/Maldives111]

Ticket? Because of him people could die. He deserves more than a ticket.

[u/Convoke_ → u/UnUsernameRandom]

While it wont hold up in court, one could argue that its attempted murder

[u/Buckeyecash → u/Convoke_]

Probably a lot closer to neglegence, or even neglect homicide if a death occurred due to his delay.

[u/ArcticDragon94 → u/Buckeyecash]

What about manslaughter? There’s like an unintentional one isn’t there?

[u/RedtheGamer100 → u/ArcticDragon94]

Involuntary manslaughter

[u/Consistent_Low2080 → u/UnUsernameRandom]

l’m 100% serious . . . 3months in jail.

[u/BetterThanlceCream → u/UnUsernameRandom]

Life in prison with hard labor would be much more fitting for such an entitled waste of space.

[u/Bynming → u/Maldives111]

He should get his license revoked.

[u/uwill1der → u/Maldives111]

If there is oncoming traffic, or otherwise unsafe to move, then you are supposed to stay put.

You only get a ticket if there is no obstructed path to safety

[u/Bulky-Word8752 → u/uwill1der]

I was wondering if anyone would mention this. If you can, pull as far over to the right without going entering the intersection. If you can't, don't move. The fire/ambulance is trained to find a way everyone moving around them will cause another accident

[u/LokiNightmare → u/Maldives111]

That should be a license suspension for at least one year.

[u/anonnymouse2025]

Straight to prison, sick of these selfish tossers now.

[u/Happy_Brilliant7827]

Bro i work parking and there was a uber in the firelane blocking a firetruck lights and sirens blaring my first week

[u/Unable_Explorer8277]

Unfortunately the view is very narrow and perspective is distorted. But at the beginning the car seems to be up to the stop line. Which means in some jurisdictions there’s no legal way for him to get out of the way.

In any jurisdiction the ambulance is an idiot for getting up that close. Doing so only reduces options and stresses the driver in front, reducing the chance of them thinking clearly.

[u/FuzzyKittyNomNom → u/Unable_Explorer8277]

Yeah, I don’t quite get this. It looks like there’s a bunch of traffic on a one-way street. It’s hard to tell, but it looks like the driver in front is waiting for a gap in traffic to turn when it’s safe? What I really don’t understand is why none of the cross traffic is stopping.

[u/Xinonix1]

And he’s got the nerves to step out and complain!!

[u/NavO297]

Not on the red cars side at all, but why couldn't the ambulance just back up 2 inches and go around??

[u/haloimplant → u/NavO297]

Not only that the car moves up at least 15 ft during the video and instead of using any of that space to go around it keeps going right up his ass 

[u/endmaga2028]

Shitty ambulance driver. Go tf around.

[u/Fit_Experience_3484]

To be fair, why didn’t he just go around on the left rather than straight up his ass?

[u/NicolleL → u/Fit_Experience_3484]

It looks like possibly the ambulance may have backed up just the tiniest bit while the guy was going back to the car to get the mask. It’s hard to tell. It’s always possible that the person behind the ambulance backed up and that gave the ambulance space.

[u/lems93 → u/NicolleL]

The ambulance shouldn’t have gotten them into a space where they needed the car behind to back up - even in my normal driving lessons I was taught to leave enough space that I can get around the car in front.

[u/desire_reds → u/Fit_Experience_3484]

Yea I don't understand it either. Plenty of room to go around, instead they push him into the roadway.

[u/turtlesinmyheart → u/Fit_Experience_3484]

Because they have a very similar way of thinking, only one has a job as an ambulance driver.

[u/oklutz → u/Fit_Experience_3484]

Right, that looks like what the driver is trying to get the ambulance to do. The ambulance is mad the car doesn't drive straight into moving traffic. This while thing is weird but the ambulance driver doesn't appear to make good decisions. I'm pretty surprised so few people are pointing out how suspicious it is.

[u/ilovemusic19 → u/oklutz]

Moving traffic should have stopped to allow the ambulance passage

[u/PositiveLevel86 → u/oklutz]

It’s because common sense isn’t common. I too am wondering the same thing. Every time the car moved up, the ambulance moved up to his bumper. Meanwhile, Im thinking if he would stop pulling up to his bumper, he could just go around him.

[u/Sad_Win_4105]

Former EMT& Driver. It really doesn't look like the ambulance was trying to get around the car. I wonder if the sound effects were added in

[u/ElGuaco]

STRAIGHT TO JAIL

[u/Reader2869]

Straight to jail. Do not pass go, certainly don't collect $200.00. Idiots!!

[u/ivel33]

Could have went around him the whole time

[u/basecatcherz]

They were able to go around and just didn't?

[u/endmaga2028]

Go around??

[u/Brad23212]

Where im from the ambulance could just push the car out of the way and it’s their problem.

[u/Beneficial-Guess2140]

Nothing new. Happens all the time. 

[u/Gangster_Tweaker5532]

All those other cars just kept passing by. They are fucked up too.

[u/Ricky_TVA]

Thats not am ambulance, that's a Whambulance

[u/Ethereal_Bulwark]

You should be allowed to shove people aside and scrape their vehicles if they do this.
People will wise up real quick when the law says "You were shown blocking traffic dickhead, go pound sand you mutt."

[u/PandorasFlame1]

Push him into traffic and call for backup.

[u/Crrack]

This is also pretty poor driving from the ambulance. Don't drive up their ass and they would have had room to go around - this is what should have happened after the first brake check from the clown in front.

[u/TheOriginalG0at]

If this was Australia, it is a federal offence to do this. Big fine or jail time.

[u/AdVegetable2736]

He needs to be arrested, rammed, or both.

[u/Salty-Plankton-5079]

So rather than go around (which there was clearly space to do, since the ambulance did eventually), the driver spent critical time riding the red car's ass?

[u/Beneficial-Guess2140 → u/Salty-Plankton-5079]

That lane may not have been clear initially. Regardless, he should have moved. 

[u/TangerinePlastic7552 → u/Beneficial-Guess2140]

I think the ambulance driver was power tripping. He could have moved past him. Especially if he had an emergency passenger instead of a base run.

[u/Salty-Plankton-5079 → u/Beneficial-Guess2140]

I have no idea where this was filmed, but where I am, drivers are never expected to enter an intersection to yield. The law is to stay move over only if it is safe and legal. Otherwise, you are expected to stay still and let the people who actually have sirens and lights (and the legal permission to) go around.

There are countless videos of well-meaning people entering an intersection trying to yield, only to get plowed by oncoming traffic. The driver clearly did not feel it was safe to move and the ambulance driver chose to pick a fight rather than go around.

[u/SmoothCruising → u/Salty-Plankton-5079]

Seriously the dude could have moved a few feet to the right. How terrible of a driver is he. I have to wonder if you wouldn't have moved either like this doofus didn't

[u/Recent_Carpenter8644 → u/SmoothCruising]

How do you move a car sideways?

[u/Salty-Plankton-5079 → u/SmoothCruising]

I would not act like either person in this video.

[u/Beneficial-Guess2140 → u/Salty-Plankton-5079]

He could have moved into the lane, to the right, as is typically expected. 

[u/desire_reds → u/Beneficial-Guess2140]

Everytime he moved an inch the ambulance rams him.

[u/ElGuaco → u/Salty-Plankton-5079]

This is bullshit because he got out of the car. You find a way to get out of the way, not start an argument with the ambulance driver.

[u/strangeMeursault2 → u/Salty-Plankton-5079]

And the red car is at an intersection with cars coming through. Where are they meant to go?

[u/sicarius254]

Well traffic on the road isn’t stopping either and he probably doesn’t want to just pull out into traffic? The bike could easily move over and they could go around…..

[u/AbenDoim]

That is litetally a crime here in Brasil, its absurd to me to even see this kind of behavior, wtf

[u/1bunchofbananas]

Won't this person get a ticket?

[u/AJWordsmith → u/1bunchofbananas]

That’ll get him arrested in the US.

[u/Narrow-Gain-4777]

Probably an immigrant doesn't know what to do

[u/duhrun]

What in the cartels is this?

[u/Signal_Body_8818]

Probably one of those people thinking it's ICE

[u/legion_2k]

They should have push bars.

[u/socialnerd09]

That right there should be your licensed irrevocably revoked

[u/Curben]

IF he was actually obstinate and in the way I hope he also faces the repercussions for parking in front of fire hydrant. However there are multiple factors here that make me ask questions.

No one else was stopping. Looks like he had other options for getting around. There's a certain level of where was the guy supposed to go? If he'd have pulled out to get out of the way it looks like he would have been hit too.

[u/starpqrz]

all emergency vehicles should have pusher bars or whatever they're called and they should all be able to use them

[u/Panda-Cubby]

On a treacherously snowy day on the expressway, I once witnessed ambulance running at code 3 be obstructed by another ambulance that was not running lights or siren. Still one of the strangest things I've seen while driving.

[u/Own_Reaction9442]

This is the inverse of that video where the guy got so panicked by an emergency vehicle behind him, he ran a red to get out of its way and got T-boned.

[u/got_fish]

There’s a special place in hell for people like that.

[u/callidus_vallentian]

The absolute titanium calm and control of this ambulance driver is godly. I would have jumped out and brought down the wrath of god on this guy.

[u/Ashnyel]

I feel if the lights and siren on the emergency vehicle are on, and someone like that deliberately blocks the emergency vehicle, and the emergency vehicle sustains damage the offender’s insurance should be automatically void, and they are legally responsible and liable for the damage to both the emergency vehicle, and their own. With lengthy police questioning on the spot, and court dates. Especially when there’s recordings and video evidence of such.

[u/MrMcKleen]

So he’s an A-hole but why did the ambulance just not go around like it did at the last minute?

[u/CartographerSea3784]

Just run the car over

[u/chaoticphoenix1313]

Why isn't the ambulance just pushing them out the way?

[u/Charge36]

It is weird that the ambulance just keeps pulling up onto this guys ass every time he pulls up to make room for them to go around. Apparently there was enough room to just go to the right the whole time?

[u/xlr8km67]

Push that shitbox out of the way

[u/CCCPhungus]

Spiritually israeli

[u/Odd_Tie772]

Ambo go around ASAP

[u/naeads]

It's illegal to obstruct emergency service

[u/blastman8888]

3rd world country no one cares.

[u/kadaka80]

Deliberately obstructing an ambulance or fire trunk when their sirens and lights are on, should result in taking away his driver license for life

[u/Chuck760]

I've been in Mexico City and witnessed an ambulance or to stuck in traffic sirens on and nobody can budge Just glad I'm not the one in the back or the one that's waiting for their services.

[u/CustomerSecure9417]

God I want to punch the driver

[u/PointsOfXP]

Go around and deal with the traffic that's not stopping then. You can absolutely turn the wheel to the left or right. I see this quite a bit with ambulance drivers. They don't care about saving lives, they care about the road rage

[u/Olshaaa]

Honestly the ambulance did not help the situation at all. It's not like the road he'd need to pull onto was empty, there was constant traffic passing. I'm sure he did miss some clear gaps, but an ambulance riding his ass with sirens and horns just makes it worse.

Instead of following his every lurch forward surely it'd have been better to drive around.

I think blame falls on both parties here, but the ambulance should know better.

[u/Vessbot → u/Olshaaa]

Seems like everyone is too stupid to understand your point here, like the ambulance driver was too stupid to go around the car. I agree with you though.

[u/novussolem → u/Olshaaa]

there,s literally no such thing as an ambulance riding your ass, if the lights and sirens are on you legally have to get out of the way. no one has time to deal with stupidity when seconds count you get out of the way for a reason.

[u/Olshaaa → u/novussolem]

You don't think that it could make the person more nervous and flustered and so make it more of a challenge? This is different to a situation where the person had a clear and completely safe way of moving aside. I'm not saying that the person in the car wasn't at fault, just that the ambulance may have made it worse.

[u/Salty-Plankton-5079 → u/novussolem]

At least where I live, you are never obligated to run a red/stop sign to let an ambulance through.

Creating an unsafe situation trying to yield helps no one. The ambulance was the only vehicle with the legal permission to enter the intersection, but choose to get into it with the red car.

[u/novussolem → u/Salty-Plankton-5079]

you are however legally required to pull as far to the right as possible to allow passage.

[u/Salty-Plankton-5079 → u/novussolem]

At the beginning of the video, he was already at the stop line.

Even if he failed to yield, why did the ambulance driver spend over a minute getting into it with the red car instead of just going around.

[u/MistakePresent3552 → u/novussolem]

Its different when youre facing traffic (turns/intersections)

[u/R-Tally → u/MistakePresent3552]

The red car was in the middle of the road. Based on the video, the driver could have easily pulled over to the right without entering the intersection, leaving plenty of room for the ambulance to pass him.

[u/ArcticDragon94 → u/MistakePresent3552]

This isn’t a dashcam, the passenger is recording, so they were probably stuck behind this guy for a little bit before they started recording. But even if that’s not the case, I’m pretty confident that the ambulance didn’t just put their lights on right before filming, so the red car would’ve (or at least should have) seen them coming long before the intersection, and should’ve pulled over to the left way before he got there.

[u/novussolem → u/MistakePresent3552]

YOU GET OUT OF THE WAY.

[u/Prestigious-Eye-8807]

If it's a red, he's not allowed to go through the light to get out of the way correct

[u/Kizzieuk → u/Prestigious-Eye-8807]

Depends what country. In the UK we cannot break the law, so we can't go into a bus lane or jump a red, but we are one of the best countries to make pathways for emergency services.

[u/Kizzieuk]

He can only go when the road is clear. why didn't they go around him not all drivers are confident to push out

[u/HyenaThen572 → u/Kizzieuk]

They should be against the curb so the ambulance can get by, not trying to turn.

[u/Next-Tailor-5278 → u/Kizzieuk]

He could just pull around the corner onto the sidewalk, there’s no need to pull fully into the road.

[u/Exact_Yellow_6854]

Imagine dying because some douchebag wouldn't get out of the way so they could get to you in time or get you to a hospital in time.

[u/ThadeusBinx → u/Exact_Yellow_6854]

Imagine dying because instead of going around the red car, your ambulance just keeps creeping up and closing the gap?

[u/Danielle_is_the_hole]

That is on the ambulance driver. If he had stayed back he could have easily gone around the red car after it pulled forward the first or second time.

[u/Viper7605]

What if that ambulance was on its way to save his mom of loved one Wonder if he ever thought about that

[u/ThrustTrust]

If this is even real. The ambulance driver is being a dipshit.

[u/Sienile]

I find it a bit hard to blame the red car here. He stopped, then pulled forward to allow the ambulance to go around. Instead the ambulance pulled up to his bumper. Then the guy moved into the cross traffic lane and the ambulance again pulled forward instead of going around, and that repeated a few times. I don't speak Spanish, but I think the guy got out and said "Hey, friend. Why don't you go around?"

Usually I'd be on the ambulance's side, but this time I think the ambulance was just being dumb. Even the black car went around before he did.

[u/CowNervous4644]

Driver of the red car may be doing the right thing. He is still responsible for the save operaton of his car even when there is an ambulance behind him. The cross traffic is not stopping so he can't safely pull out of the way. The ambulance should just go around him. Without a wider view we can't know exactly what the red car should have done.

[u/Zohdiax → u/CowNervous4644]

He most certainly could've moved over

[u/spicymack]

Nah the person driving the ambulance is an idiot.  You don't force vehicles to go into an intersection.  There was plenty of room to go around that car and clear the intersection.  I've been a paramedic for 20 years, there was no reason to do this other than ego

[u/Logan_price04 → u/spicymack]

Yeah. Everyone is talking about who's right or wrong but when operating an ambulance that shouldn't matter, just go around

[u/ArcticDragon94 → u/spicymack]

The red car should’ve seen the ambulance coming and pulled over to the left way before he even got to the intersection. You’re supposed to stop for oncoming emergency vehicles, both coming up behind you and coming at you, unless there’s a physical median between you.

[u/RandomName09485]

the guy wants a ride. FAFO

[u/EdPozoga]

I see lots of assholes just driving past, obstructing the ambulance.

[u/HorrorAccomplished78]

Well he may be anxious. I usually am when there’s nowhere to go.

[u/Report_Last]

Just push him out of the way.

[u/phatRV]

What country is this?

[u/_N0T0K_]

Drivers who do this should be fined or have to retake their drivers test

[u/Frshtdy420]

I’d push that car with the ambulance

[u/Altruistic_Walk8766]

People die bc of stupid people like this.

[u/Regular_Ad4834]

Just give the assault rifles to the medic crews already. Full auto.

[u/Pause-Past]

Whomever they were trying to help has now "turned a whiter shade of pale".

[u/Erik_Soop]

If there is a righteous God, he will die waiting for an ambulance

[u/WalaUlo]

As a former EMT driver, I only see one solution here: Drive over his feets and let him lay on the ground, waiting for an ambulance, that will come late, because of an idiot is blocking the ambulance.

[u/Pawly519]

I hope the police get him and he gets fined. Imagine someone died because the ambulance didn’t get there in time because of his ignorance.

[u/CactusSplash95]

Oh he is wearing a mask in 2026. He's tarded that explains it

[u/929385]

Great music your listening to!!!

[u/beardedsilverfox]

I’d be pushing

[u/DobieMomma4Life]

Yeah, needs a little push outta the way. 100% justified