Senator Calls Ambulance to Beat Traffic

[ChrisChris]

ROME (Reuters) - An Italian senator's boast on television that he cheated traffic jams in Rome during a visit by President George W. Bush by calling an ambulance may cost him a court appearance, officials said on Sunday.

Conservative opposition senator Gustavo Selva risked being late for a TV interview on Saturday because streets around the Senate were blocked for Bush's visit.

So he dialed 118 for an ambulance asking to be rushed to his heart specialist -- giving the TV studio's address.

"I used an old journalist's trick to get here," he boasted on live television.

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[maximum]

"I used an old journalist's trick to get here," he boasted on live television.

Maybe a smart judge will have the legal opportunity to tell him:

"Well, Sir, seeing as you love getting there fast, and you like having sirens being wailed just for you so folks move out of your way as you get there, I think I have just the solution for you.........Bailiff, please make sure to use the sirens on the patrol car, and drive as fast as you safely can, on your way to take the good senator over to the jail to serve his sentence for abusing the system and putting those who may have really needed that ambulance at risk........Senator, don't worry. I'm sure you'll be over to the jail in no time flat, President Bush or no President Bush. That way you can start to get your sentence over faster." :p

 

[bizwiz]

Well he certainly was creative but I dont think he should have used an ambulance like that.