[Closed] You may be saving lives but don't block my drive...

I once got rage beeped at by a car behind mine for allowing a hearse and two or three following cars across a roundabout, granted it was my right of way but some people simply don't care about anything apart from themselves.

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And as drivers go I would suggest ambulance drivers may be better skilled at driving than your average driver.
The blue light drivers atleast.

In a future where ambulances drive themselves will they put people out of jobs or will there be two paramedics in the back.

What about the bloke* who drives the 'ambulances' that ferry old folks

round here ambulance care assistants / patient transport services drivers IIRC

What about the bloke* who drives the 'ambulances' that ferry old folks with no other means to and from hospital?

Talking to ambulance dri.... sorry paramedics, it seems most start in the service doing such work and obviously receive an amount of first aid training. They have an option, if they choose to move on to full paramedic training. Some metioned that quite a few never do, the relatively small increase in pay doesn't make up for the huge increase in responsibility and stress.

Just watched the Runcorn bloke having a go at the paramedic. What a weapons grade spunk trumpet. Luckily a few people have posted his name and address on the Cheshire Police facebook feed so hopefully a he'll be getting such feedback directly.

Some procedures are much easier with two people but I did spend 7 years working on the rapid response car by myself and it's surprising what you can get done when control tell you there's no additional help to send.
Re. the post above about one qualified member of staff and a minimum wage gopher...already happens, when I started 17 years ago two paramedics on a vehicle was normal but now it tends to be one paramedic and one ECSW (emergency care support worker) or whatever variation a particular trust are using...think of them as the care assistants in a hospital and you're on the right track, that's not to say they aren't helpful (as I said earlier, two pairs of hand are often required) but their training is basic and I personally think it's a step backwards.

About the guys and girls ferrying oldies to and from outpatients appointments...they tend to be called Ambulance Care Assistants and work on the patient transport service (PTS) branch of the service...pretty much first aid and automatic defib training only, no blue light training either.

Hope that helps, regarding what to do if an ambulance comes up behind, just pull over to the left...simple, if you can't (say parked traffic on either side and only room for one vehicle down the road) drive at the pace you were, don't slow down, get past the parked cars and then pull over...again simple, why this isn't taught in the driving test I don't know...i even had a driver pull across me to the right while I was overtaking on the right, needless to say we collided and the bloke admitted he had no idea what to do and was trying to get into someone's driveway!...i admired his intention but the consequences were an RTC and having to stand down on the emergency...for once the service backed me instead of just paying out and pursued it for a 50/50 (anyone in the ambulance service knows how rare this is, usually blame on us is a given!)...weirdest evasive action I've come across yet.
Thankfully off road now and in control (the dark side!).

An ambulance has a driver. Therefore there is such a thing as an ambulance driver, in the same way that there is such a thing as a car driver.

That’s really pushing it to the extreme, you could belittle any job by looking at the most basic of skill and calling them that.

What about the bloke* who drives the 'ambulances' that ferry old folks with no other means to and from hospital?

Ambulance Care Assitants.

Talking to ambulance dri.... sorry paramedics, it seems most start in the service doing such work and obviously receive an amount of first aid training. ....Some metioned that quite a few never do, the relatively small increase in pay doesn't make up for the huge increase in responsibility and stress.

At one time many moons ago maybe but far from it now and the pay difference is significant.

Drac - Am I helping or hindering in my post above?

Probably a bit of both crews probably laugh at you to ne honest.