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No, it must use the carriageway under ordinary rules.
No. Without an urgent call, ordinary traffic rules apply. Priority vehicles’ exceptional powers require urgent service and must not endanger others; officers’ orders always apply. Traffic officers’ service needs and an emergency or breakdown are separate cases; they do not authorise every ambulance to routinely drive along the shoulder.
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No, it must use the carriageway under ordinary rules.
Yes, every ambulance may use it as a lane at any time.
Yes, having no patients is sufficient.
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