but... the pedestrian *wasn't* killed, due to the care and attention that was being taken by the driver of the ambulance. As Tom says, the ambulance was at a halt before it got to the zebra lines. The ambulance was going fast and trying to get round the city traffic obstacles like it should, but was still safe and hurt no one. I don't think this excuses the sheer muppetry of a person who crosses the road when there's an ambulance approaching, zebra crossing or otherwise. Why are commenters sitting at their computers criticising the ambulance driver in a rush to save a life without risking others, but perhaps not processing the finest letters of traffic law at every second... and not the boy who couldn't manage "stop, look, listen, think"?