Mall Traffic Presents Ambulance Hazard
* I am very concerned about the closing of Westlake Hospital’s emergency room. One thing that really disturbs me is the time required to get to Los Robles by ambulance.
A few weeks ago I saw an ambulance on Hampshire Road with lights flashing and siren blaring, and even this didn’t stop three cars from pulling out of the side street by Kmart right into the path of the ambulance. It just seems like this is a game to some people. They have no respect for life, not only the life of the person being “rushed” to the hospital (at 10 mph because of these uncaring drivers) but also for the life of the ambulance drivers.
The two shopping malls being constructed at the corner of Westlake and Thousand Oaks boulevards will generate a lot of traffic; I predict that it will take an ambulance a lot longer than 10 to 15 minutes to get from Westlake Village to Los Robles Hospital due to increased traffic and irresponsible drivers.
JUDY HOFFMAN
Westlake Village
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