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That's a tough one. Often there is NOT a police car available here to escort family members to the hospital and the first car right behind the ambulance is family. The police tell them not to do that, but I have heard ambulance crews tell them to....
If police are available the put the family car between the ambulance and themselves, but mostly if they are at the scene they prefer to just drive family members. Our crews are often still volunteers and they are used to managing things without.... I try to assume the best in those circumstances its better fro my blood pressure.
That's another issue - people who don't know what "volunteers" means - one day DH was responding to a call with blue lights on when he got the call that the call was cancelled. So he turned into a shopping center to take down his light and turn around to come back home. Joe Citizen stopped his car blocking DH in place and started screaming at him about abusing his power to get to the pizza place.
Another local municipality had a neighbor to the fire house who so hated the sirens he parked his car sideways across the apron to prevent the fire trucks from going out.
The very wise judge sentenced him to community service hours in the fire house! LOL! He tried to avoid it and sued but the second judge not only threw out his suit but fined him and made the fine payable to the fire house.
I am a former deputy turned firefighter of 13 years. I know it does not happen often, but I was once travelling through Atlanta during rush hour on a 10 lane hwy. The ambulance, which was in the left lane turned its lights and sirens on and shoved its way over to the right lane to exit. They turned into a Waffle House, parked in a regular spot, then turned off the lights. The crew then casually walked in and sat down. It's because of idiots like that, public safety have a bad rep.
We have a waffle emergency!
