-=> 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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