The Telegraph
MOSCOW — Police in Moscow are to carry out special checks on ambulances after reports that emergency vehicles have been fitted with plush interiors and are being rented out to VIP commuters hoping to dodge the city’s abysmal traffic jams. Random checks will be performed on the vehicles after companies advertising rides in “ambulance-taxis” for upwards of 6,000 roubles ($182) per hour appeared on the internet.
The vehicles are said to use their sirens to scatter traffic and deliver harried businessman to meetings on time. A law enforcement source told Izvestiya newspaper that one such vehicle had already been identified. “During one patrol, a medical car was stopped because it was breaking traffic rules,” said the source.
“The driver appeared strange, and did not resemble an ambulance driver at all. The police officers opened the automobile to check it and saw that the interior was fitted out like a high-class limousine with comfortable seats for transporting VIP passengers.”
Full story: Moscow ambulances decked out for VIPs trying to avoid traffic jams