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by Rebelgecko 956 days ago
I don't think either of those are legal. The only law I can think of that has a relevant exception would be the law about phone use while driving, which has a 911 call exemption.

Regardless, I think those situations are relatively rare and the potential lives saved would pale in comparison to daily traffic deaths

I saw a post here recently about how even ambulance companies are considering revising their policies for speeding and disrupting traffic because there's data showing it leads to worse mortality outcomes. And that's WITH a professional ambulance driver using their lights and sirens

Edit: here's the link https://www.ems1.com/ambulance-safety/articles/14-groups-iss...