Most afternoons, around 4 and 5 p.m., Albany’s Pacific-Ninth one-way couplet is a busy place, traffic plugging all available lanes, backing up at lights. And when you hear sirens and see the flashing lights, what you’re supposed to do to let the emergency vehicles through is impossible and may actually hold them up.
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Tags: ambulances, driver manual, emergency vehicles, Ninth Avenue, Oregon rules of the road
Tags: ambulances, driver manual, emergency vehicles, Ninth Avenue, Oregon rules of the road
When the ride seems like a cure
You can’t know how excellent a service the ambulance crews of the Albany Fire Department provide until you try it out. Twice in the last two weeks I had the unwelcome opportunity to do just that.
Tags: Albany Fire Department, ambulances, COVID-19, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center