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From: mike@dolqci.UUCP (Mike Stalnaker)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: the right to speed (Warning: Tac Nuke used in lieu of Flame Thrower)
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Date: Wed, 1-May-85 07:49:39 EDT
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> david@ut-sally:
> > One time my little sister had received burns over 20% of her body ,and
> > all over her face in an explosion ... while speeding on the way to the
> > Hospital some ASS HOLE like YOU got his SELF-RIGHTEOUS car in my way
> > and would not let me pass ... I had to just run him off the road ...
>
> Saumya Debray: 
> Curious -- don't they have them beasties called "ambulances" down in Texas?
> You know, those vans painted kinda funny with them flashing lights that
> tell people to get outa their way?

Look Ass-hole, In burn cases time is CRITICAL!  1 lousy minute spent
waiting for "them beasties called 'amublances'" can literally mean the
difference between life and death!!!! Have YOU ever had to wait for the
"timely" arrival of an ambulance?  Generally, they do ok. (Please note:
this is not a flame about ambulance crews, I have nothing but praise for
those guys) But consider the following situation:  I live approx 7 miles
from the nearest Ambulance (out in the country), it's also approx 7
miles from my house into the hospital in town.  If some one is in a life
threatening situation (eg bleeding to death from a wound or a burn victim)
I'll be DAMNED if I'm going to wait 14 minutes at best (60 mph is the
absolute max average speed on the roads where I live due to twists and
turns) and possibly longer if the closest ambulance crew happens to be
out on another call, and dispatch has to send a different one!  Think
before you make some smartass comment like above! Not everyone lives in
the middle of a city or town where there's an ambulance within a few
blocks!!!!!!!
Flame off.
 
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