Emergency vehicles rushing around may or may not be good overall. They have a few advantages over your average crazy driver though such as lights and sirens to

Emergency vehicles rushing around may or may not be good overall. They have a few advantages over your average crazy driver though such as lights and sirens to get the other vehicles attention so they can move out of the way. Police often have additional driver's training. I happen to think that police often drive faster than they should, but this is less the case for emergency vehicles. I rarely see an ambulance or fire truck moving at high speed. They are pretty aware of their job to get somewhere safely, and I am typically only passed by an ambulance if I am stuck in traffic myself.