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November 29, 2007
It was after midnight and I was driving through the Liberty Tunnels, which run about a mile and connect the south part of the city with town. My music was turned down low, barely audible, and I was in a daze, aware that there weren’t any other cars around me.
As I drove, and my mind drifted, an ambulance quietly entered the tunnel and sped forward, inching up to my back bumper. I was about halfway through at that point, and I hadn’t glanced in my rear view mirror since I had noticed that there was nothing behind me just moments ago.
All of a sudden, and for no apparent reason, as my car softly drifted past the cracked cement walls and soft, yellow lights…
BWIP BWIP BWWWEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA / WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WHA WWHHHHEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW
I jumped two feet in the air and lunged forward as I was slammed from behind by NOISE. That tunnel is two lanes. That ambulance waited until it was right on my ass.
And that is how nervous twitches are made.
Categories: Daily, Pittsburgh
November 29th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
oh they were totally being assholes! that was unneccesary! wow i spelled that wrong. yet am too lazy to fix it.
November 29th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Well that was uncalled for.
November 29th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Be careful on that one. My first ticket was for “failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.”
November 29th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
Oh, dear. That wasn’t nice at all. Maybe you were supposed to notice their lights? Still.
November 30th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Emma - Unfortunately, due to the location, I was unable to pull off…anywhere.
Michael - No lights, no lights.
November 30th, 2007 at 12:28 am
And that tunnel is just mesmerizing to begin with when there’s no one in there. Almost trance inducing. I always start counting escape doors to stay snapped out of it…
November 30th, 2007 at 1:44 am
Oh my, that’s awful. Maybe time for a nice long bath and soothing music. Eeeugh.
November 30th, 2007 at 8:09 am
Holy Crap. THose guys had to just be messing with you. I think I would have gotten their ambulance number and called to check it out.
November 30th, 2007 at 9:35 am
OK so either you could get a ticket for not getting out of the way or a ticket for switching lanes in the tunnel. If anyone should be able to bob and weave it should be a meat wagon.
November 30th, 2007 at 9:51 am
I wonder if that’s what ambulance drivers do for fun when they’re bored… jagoffs.
November 30th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Wow. What jerks.
November 30th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
I’m convinced that most ambulances are not carrying dying people, but hot coffee. Year back, I was taking a babysitting class at the local hospital and I once saw an ambulance unloading about five cups of coffee, but no people. Conspiracy? You decide.
K.
November 30th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Yikes! I’m glad you managed to keep your cool and not swerve into the wall or something. People can be such jagoffs.
November 30th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
I rode in an ambulance the night my steph-grandfather had a stroke, 3 times, in one night. Anyway it was an ultra emergency, when someone has a stroke every second counts, so lights were on. People would not yield the right of way, I was in the front seat and a tidge emotional so I was bitching non-stop about it. Apparently that’s the norm, people not yielding that is. It scared me when they turned the sirens on, and I was in the ambulance. They are loud and with the lights designed to cause strokes I swear! and that is from inside. They were fucking with you and that was just a nasty thing to do! You should have kicked them!
November 30th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
My Dad used to tell me to make sure to give way to an emergency vehicle, and I don’t have to wait for the time that it’s my family in there to appreciate it…BUT then, what happened to you was just CRAPtastic…that was a traffic hazard no? Glad you are fine… :)
November 30th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Paramedic 1: “I bet you five bucks I can make this girl jump out of her car.”
Paramedic 2: “Dude. You are so on.”
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:12 am
Just out of sheer curiosity… did you catch the ambulance company and vehicle number?
If it was green and white… I may be able to help
December 3rd, 2007 at 4:51 pm
NYCWD - I either didn’t think to notice or forgot soon after. I don’t recall there being any green and white ambulances locally, though.