See the ambulance? Make a gap.
When an ambulance is behind you, ease to the left and let it pass. Don't tuck in behind it to skip the traffic.
The person inside is having a much worse day than your commute.
Here's the science
- What happensTraffic that yields quickly to emergency vehicles
- HowFor emergencies like cardiac arrest and major trauma, the chance of survival falls with every minute before care begins
- SoFaster passage means more people reach hospital inside the window where treatment still works
How it works - the size isn't measured hereGLOBALmeasured abroad - shown for the mechanism, not the Indian number
“Survival from time-critical emergencies such as cardiac arrest declines rapidly with each minute of delay to treatment.”
We show the mechanism, not an Indian survival percentage - a single act of yielding cannot be assigned a clean national number.
Source: Emergency and trauma care - time-critical conditions - World Health Organization(checked 2026-07-18)
And when we do it
A clear gap can be the minutes that decide whether someone reaches care in time.
You couldn't have known. Now you do.