I‘ve benn leving in Japan for half a year now and this has always interested me. I come from Germany, usually when I see an ambulance/firefighter/police vehicle (that has their sirens on) they are fast. Normally they drive a lot faster than other vehicles on the street. They are not careless, especially in corners, bit you can difinitely notice that they are in a hurry.
Here it seems to be the exact opposite. Emergency vehicles seem to drive slower than everyone else on the street and especially in corners they spend a LOT of time. Yesterday a lot of firefighter vehicles drove by my house very fast, that was the first time I saw this in Japan.
I‘m not saying it’s bad to be careful, but they just never seem to be in a hurry, which is seems weitd for emergency vehicles.
https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/18fshy5/why_are_the_ambulances_so_slow/