Pull over, don’t freeze up AFTER DEAN Sturko was dragged across a field by a bolting pair of Belgian work horses, he needed emer- gency transportation to the hospital. His mother, Doris Sturko, travelled in ihe ambulance with him from his New Remo home to the hospital. She was astonished at the number of cars which didn’t pull over when the am- bulance came up behind “them, “He. didn’t have a iife- threatening injury, but what if he had?’’ asked Doris. “Pd hate like hell to im- agine what would happen if someone had life- threatening injuries, but the ambulance driver was held up,’? Along the highway and the four-lane stretch into town, four drivers were quite slow in getting out of the way of the ambulance. And this was during Sunday traffic on July 13. Fortunately, Dean suffered only a broken leg and ripped stomach muscles, so his in- juries weren’t critical. Wayne Moi, unit chief’ with the Terrace ambulance service, says drivers who are slow or fail to react are a problem. “They stay in the lane they're in and freeze up,” he said. When a driver sees or hears an emergency vehicle with sirens on, they should move over to the far right hand lane, he said, and slow down or stop. Ambulance drivers aren’t allowed to pass drivers on ‘the right hand side. That's because there’s too great a chance the driver could panic and swerve at the last ambulance's progress. PARAMEDIC WAYNE MOI reminds drivers that when they see lights or hear sirens on an emergency vehicle, pull over to the right lane and slow down or stop. On a racent trip from New Remo to the hospital, four drivers impeded the minute. months for The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 30, 1997 - A9 New vaccine out | THE HEALTH ministry is offering chil- * compared to an average of 250-450 in dren an improved vaccine for pertussis other recent years. This year "there have (whooping cough). 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But Doris says it's up to drivers to know the rules of the road, and that having a cepling certain tesponsibilities. Of drivers who panic, she says if they can’t. handle that kind of stress, maybe they shouldn’t be driving. Moi says it’s just the oc- are busy casional driver who doesn’t pull over right away. Luckily there haven’! been - any accidents due to bad drivers in the Terrace area. However, July and August paramedics, so Moi reminds motorists to keep an eye on their rear view mirror and not to turn the music up too loud so they can’t hear the sirens, tease Pig ss Bait id tite ia Ae ieaha City to probe health issues CITY COUNCIL is planning to organize a task force on health care issues facing Terrace. Councillor David Hull said the idea arose from council’s June think tank session and it would be similar to the task force organized by northwest mayors to probe the forest industry. 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