Running a red light to get out of the way of an ambulance

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Today while I was driving around doing errands, an ambulance came down the road. There was a line of cars sitting at a red light when the ambulance came rushing up. Two cars ran the red light and pulled over to give the ambulance room to get by. This got me thinking. If a light has a red light camera on it and an ambulance comes along and cars run the red light to get out of the way, will they still get a ticket for running the red light? It is an interesting scenario, especially if a person gets a ticket for getting out of the way of an ambulance. That may make people reluctant to move, then the person runs the risk of getting a ticket for not letting an emergency vehicle have the right of way. Do you think these red light camera manufactures take that into account or would the person who gets a ticket for running a red light to get out of the way of an ambulance would have to go to court and prove they did it to get out of the way? I don't know about other states but here my state has started to charge people for wanting a court date to defend themselves against traffic tickets. So even if you are found not guilty you still have to pay something to the courts.