[scoopertrooper]

What are the privacy concerns relating to ambulances?

[dalben]

The concern was related to being able to know where emergency vehicles were. If you build a system that announces to traffic light “I’m police/fire/EMS, coming through”, you also build an early warning system for criminals and terrorists who either want to avoid or target you.

[mosselman]

That doesn't make any sense. How would criminals know even if the traffic light receives a signal like that?

[__alexs]

At least in the UK ambulance crews are extremely tightly monitored (mostly for good reasons) so surprised there would be any privacy concerns for crew on the clock.