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Originally Posted by 388cube_edxr8
Lo all
Sitting at a set of lights today, it went green but I stayed put as an Ambulance station wagon running lights and siren had run the red and was cautiously making his way across the intersection. Before you ask, no I did not have a problem with his driving. He conducted himself in a very safe and predictable manner.
No, my gripe is with his vehicle. Once clear of the intersection, he nearly punched the loud pedal through the firewall, and the Commodore V6 wailed its little head off and... nothing. The wagon took an eternity to even reach the 60 speed limit again, and then there was another red light.
My question is, why are the heroes charged with saving lives burdened with V6 Commodores and Diesel vans? Is it a budget thing? What is a human life worth nowadays?
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Have you seen how much gear we carry, not to mention we have to fit a patient in the back. Over in W.A we use merc vans and they actually do have some get up and go. You asked what is a human life worth? It is worth heaps and that is why we have vans FULL of equipment to help us help the patient. Without this gear you might as well just go to the hospital yourself because we won't be able to help you, to carry this gear we need vehicles capable of fitting a stretcher with enough room for us to still do things in the back, we need to carry the weight of the patient, all our equipment etc. We also need the vehicle to be a stable platform whilst we do this and so having a vehicle capable of warp speed is not useful to us. We can still go fast but it takes a few more seconds to get up to speed and we make up those seconds by being able to have right of way.
As for the commodore I am not sure as you are in QLD and over here the team leaders use territory's and forresters.