Car driver fails to give way to Sengkang General Hospital ambulance with sirens on along CTE一辆轿车司机在中央高速公路 (CTE) 上未给鸣着警笛的盛港综合医院救护车让路。
A single minute may mean the difference between life, death, or permanent disability during a medical emergency.On Friday (Sept 18), a car driver was seen not giving way to a Sengkang General Hospital emergency ambulance, which had its sirens flashing.A minute-long video of the incident, which happened at about 11.30pm along the Central Expressway's Kampong Java Tunnel, was caught on...
A single minute may mean the difference between life, death, or permanent disability during a medical emergency.
On Friday (Sept 18), a car driver was seen not giving way to a Sengkang General Hospital emergency ambulance, which had its sirens flashing.
A minute-long video of the incident, which happened at about 11.30pm along the Central Expressway's Kampong Java Tunnel, was caught on a motorcyclist's mounted camera.
The video shows the blue car driving in front of the ambulance and maintaining its speed.
Based on the video, the traffic was light, and the driver had several opportunities to move away from the rightmost lane.
The motorcyclist was even seen riding up next to the car to signal for the driver to change lanes.
It took nearly a full-minute before the driver finally did so.
The video, which was shared with SG Road Vigilante and posted on its Facebook page, has received more than 270,000 views since it was posted on Sunday afternoon.
Despite the video being wrongly or mistakenly captioned as the ambulance tailgating the car, most comments left by Facebook users were against the car driver's behaviour.
Many also recognised the need to give way to emergency vehicles with their sirens on.
Failing to give way to emergency vehicles such as ambulances, fire appliances, or police vehicles is an offence under the Road Traffic Act.
Drivers of light vehicles caught doing so could be fined up to $150 and receive four demerit points.
AsiaOne has reached out to the police to check if a report was lodged against the car driver.
For certain medical conditions such as heart attack, stroke, severe infection, excessive bleeding, or neurological emergencies, ever minute matters.
Associate Professor Marcus Ong, a senior consultant, director of research, and clinician scientist at the Singapore General Hospital's Department of Emergency Medicine, said in a 2017 Singapore Civil Defence Force press release that every minute saved has the potential to improve the overall patient survival outcome.
在紧急医疗情况下，一分钟之差可能意味着生死之别，或是终身残疾。
9月18日（星期五），有人看到一名汽车司机没有给鸣着警笛的盛港综合医院急救车让路。
事件发生在晚上 11 点 30 分左右，地点位于中央高速公路的甘榜爪哇隧道。一名摩托车骑手的车载摄像头拍下了这段时长一分钟的视频。
视频显示，这辆蓝色轿车行驶在救护车前面，并保持着原来的速度。
根据视频显示，当时交通状况良好，司机有好几次机会可以驶离最右侧车道。
甚至有人看到摩托车手骑到汽车旁边，示意司机变换车道。
司机过了将近一分钟才最终这么做。
这段视频由 SG Road Vigilante 分享并发布在其 Facebook 页面上，自周日下午发布以来，观看次数已超过 27 万次。
尽管视频标题错误地标注为救护车尾随轿车，但Facebook用户留下的大多数评论都反对轿车司机的行为。
许多人也意识到需要给鸣着警笛的紧急车辆让路。
根据《道路交通法》，不给救护车、消防车或警车等紧急车辆让路属于违法行为。
轻型车辆驾驶员如被抓到这样做，最高可被罚款 150 美元，并被扣 4 分。
AsiaOne已联系警方，查询是否有人对该司机报案。
对于某些疾病，例如心脏病发作、中风、严重感染、大量出血或神经系统急症，每一分钟都至关重要。
新加坡中央医院急诊医学科高级顾问、研究主任兼临床科学家副教授马库斯·翁在 2017 年新加坡民防部队的新闻稿中表示，节省的每一分钟都有可能提高患者的整体生存率。