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Oahu drivers learn how to react to sirens

By Kim Fassler
Advertiser Staff Writer

A growing number of calls for emergency medical help, increasingly crowded roads and drivers uncertain about how to respond when an ambulance approaches have led to a new public awareness campaign.

“We’re not saying the public is blatantly breaking laws — I think a lot of them just don’t know what to do,” said Bryan Cheplic, spokesman with the city’s Emergency Services Division.

A “Please Abide, Move Aside” campaign, scheduled to be announced by city officials tomorrow, comes as the ambulance service is experiencing a 10 percent increase in emergency calls over the past three years, Cheplic said.

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