05-05-2016, 03:27 PM
(05-05-2016, 10:07 AM)Canard Wrote: What is the ground clearance of a typical ambulance?
While the Functional Design Plans spec OPSD 600.090, the profile of the actual curb poured here does not match - OPSD 600.090 is a "semi mountable curb" with a nice sloped profile to aid vehicles in going over them, but the curbs actually poured along the rapidway on Charles are nearly vertical. It would take a hell of a machine to climb over those (and withstand the drop on the other side, within the rapidway), and certainly not while driving parallel to it - you'd just chew up your sidewalls.
I can't help but wonder if something fell through the cracks here. CTV recently ran a piece on how ambulance drivers are upset that along King, they foresee a clusterf because they know drivers will want to stop when they hear their sirens, but won't be able to pass. (Personally, I love Darshpreet's response in the video - clipped from the article)
I know CTV used the term "ambulance drivers", but a lot of my friends are Paramedics and if there is anything else they hate more than being called ambulance drivers is.... well, actually, that is what they hate the most...
Coke