A Fire Department ambulance transporting a crash victim was struck by a vehicle. When another LAFD vehicle arrived to investigate, it too was involved in a crash.

While attempting to transport a car crash victim to a hospital on Wednesday morning, a Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance was struck by another vehicle, authorities said.

When a battalion chief arrived at the scene to investigate the crash, they were involved in another collision at the same intersection.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Or, get this: make it so people don’t take the car. Most of the accidents that involve serious injury or death involve cars or some other fast, motorized vehicle. Why not make more bike and pedestrian infrastructure?

    Of course, I agree. But living in North America, this would never work because NIMBYs would keep any politician who even makes that suggestion out of office.

    The fear of change, even if it offers unlimited freedom, safety, and convenience, has such a tremendous influence in our infrastructure’s design.

    I once asked a city planner why we don’t stop people from parking in bike lanes. His answer was that “we wouldn’t have bike lanes if we didn’t compromise”, stating that the pushback at the idea of removing on-street parking would basically kill the idea of safe cycling infrastructure. That’s the kind of small-minded BS we have going on here.

    • hanrahan@piefed.socialEnglish
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      2 days ago

      That’s the kind of small-minded BS we have going on here.

      Not just the US; Australia, NZ, UK, Canada