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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (3 children)

[off topic?]

Back in the day, Orson Wells was one of the best paid actors on radio. In those days, shows would broadcast live twice a night, once for the East Coast and then again for the West. Wells like to book two shows a night, but had troulbe getting from studio to studio quickly enough.

He discovered that there were a lot of rules for operating an ambulance, but no where in the rules did it say that the ambulance had to be carrying an actual patient, or going to get one.

Wells had his own private ambulance carrying him from studio to studio.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I recall a story about assholes in Turkey doing the same thing, and as a result other drivers got into the habit of blocking ambulances to spite them.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Apparently, rich folks in Moscow can buy a special license to run with lights&sirens. Same result.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

You can do that in the US without the lights. Just cover the cost of the red-light cam ticket for your driver. When his license is revoked, throw him away and get another driver.

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