Subj : Re: Wannbe HAM
To : TONY LANGDON
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Sun Sep 18 2016 08:09 am
-=> Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-
-=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-
JA> The rule here is you are still supposed to obey traffic laws (stop
JA> signs, speed, etc.) and you can't run lights unless you have a siren as
JA> well. Technically you can be stopped for speeding, but I've never heard
JA> of it happening. As long as you aren't wreckless and you are responding
JA> to a call, you're considered (in practice - see previous message) to be
JA> a part of the responding public service.
TL> Here, the police are strict on road rules. Even if one is on the way
TL> to the station to handle a call, all road rules must be obeyed. It's
TL> only when we've got in one of the fire truchs or support car that we
TL> can put lights and sirens on and judiciously break some laws "if it is
TL> safe and reasonable to do so". Even then, both standing orders and road
TL> law itself still set strong limits.
Wow - interesting. I'm sure they have their reasons, but time is lives, in
some cases...
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