Ambulance death sounds siren on drivers making way (3)

"Out of respect for life and their conscience, people have no excuses not to make way for ambulances or fire engines. But I suspect that there are so many "privilege vehicles" which abuse their powers so often that people have lost trust in them and don't know if they are really on special or emergency tasks even with sirens on. That's why some drivers refuse to make way," said Internet user "zhigaozhimingriyue."

"It's really woeful! I have to say that many ambulances and police cars misuse sirens even without any emergency tasks. The true murderer of the woman is the loss of trust," added Weibo user "betty-lmw."

Wang refuted the rumors of misuse of sirens by ambulances, saying that their vehicles are supervised by the central command center and they only use sirens when it is really necessary.

"Actually, we are also the victims of siren misuse by other privilege cars," Wang said. "People would indiscriminately think that we are the same as them. Out of distrust or disgust, they refuse to make way for us, too."

Zhang Shaojun, who was driving the ambulance during Friday's incident after having worked at the center for several years, said about half the drivers on the road would not make way for his vehicle.