74 The Queens Courier • BUZZ • June 2, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com Advertorial Legally Speaking By: Scott Baron, Attorney at Law Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum That Supports The THE FLYING AMBULANCE Q: I was being carried in an ambulance that was owned by the Town. In the same lane ahead of it was a dump truck – owned by a company without insurance that has gone bankrupt. My ambulance swerved to avoid the truck and collided with a tree. I am told that, suddenly, the dump truck had made a left turn into our lane. A: Under New York Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1104, the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when involved in an emergency operation, may exercise certain privileges. Under the right conditions, your ambulance driver may stop, stand or park in an otherwise impermissible way, proceed past a red signal or a stop sign, exceed the maximum speed limits and disregard various regulations. But your driver must sound the siren. 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