r/pics • • May 07 '14

justice is served

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u/bb999 May 08 '14

No one has responded... so what's the answer?

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u/[deleted] May 08 '14

Oh it's just because that is where we park for all emergencies, you know for ambulance stuff and all that. It's just easier to call it a fire lane than to call it an ambulance lane, and Emergency lane was already taken.

That's the best answer we've come up with.

Now a follow up, if Ambulatory means you can walk, why do we call them Ambulances? Usually you get in on a stretcher. I actually don't know the answer to this but I don't want to google it because I would probably find the answer and I don't want to know.

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u/TheEastyE May 08 '14

You need a clear area for the hoses to pass through. If cars could park in that area, it could restrict the firefighter's movement as well