Rod wrote:
ARWadworth wrote:

"Rod" wrote in message
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geoff wrote:

sticking to the speed limit is just dangerous

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/dri...cle4433120.ece

And on which planet can you sensibly 'pull over and let them pass'?
The worst road in my town (IMO) has a bus lane along much of it. You
are prohibited from doing so. As it is on many, many roads
throughout the country.

You do not want to pull onto a bus lane

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1059937_fined_for_getting_out_of_the_way


There have been mentions over on legal of similar things that most of
us would regard as sensible in order to permit an ambulace to pass.
Often things like this only start to be treated sensibly again after
a major issue (e.g. patients proved to have died because drivers are
too intimidated to get out of the way). But it would probably take an
exceptional case to provide such proof, so will not occur any time
soon.

My daughters main complaint is that people don't get out of the way when
they see a large flourescent yellow/green ambulance with flashing blue
lights - assuming they actually notice it in the first place.

She ran over a dog a few months ago, it was on a lead at the time. Woman
walking it had stopped at a Zebra crossing. Bex approached on blues & twos,
used the repeater siren. Woman walked onto the crossing in front of her,
then 'spotted' the ambulance & stepped backwards - leaving the dog on the
end of the lead.

Since it was a dog & had to be reported to the police, she had to radio
control for another ambulance to collect the cardiac arrest patient in the
back of her truck - who fortunately survived.


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk