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Remember the poor ambulance driver who is being taken to court for
speeding
whilst delivering organs for transplant? Well if you'd care to show your
support, you can do by following the link below.

http://www.gmb.org.uk/petition/form.asp

Was it on a motorway, "dangerous" A road, or built-up area?

There are situations where speeding is not acceptable, by anyone.

Motorway, A1 i think, and in the middle of the night IIRC - it was
definately very quiet.

Wasn't it 104mph on dual carriageway A1 at 3am in the morning.

The amusing thing is that a friend of ours was absolutely disgusted at
this speed, saying it was totally unacceptable.

This was one week after he was quite happy doing 40mph in a built up 30mph
zone.

Pete.

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Remember the poor ambulance driver who is being taken to court
for speeding whilst delivering organs for transplant?
Well if you'd care to show your support, you can do by
following the link below.

http://www.gmb.org.uk/petition/form.asp

**** him, he wasn't in an ambulance. He was speeding in a private
vehicle and illegally using blue lights. He got caught, end of story.

Not that I don't have sympathy for him, it's a pretty ****ty thing for
them to do, but he obviously knew the risks and the 'but we always do
it' crap isn't really much of an excuse.


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Lordy

If you're gonna speed, do it with pride and shut the whinging **** up
when you get caught.

Was it on a motorway, "dangerous" A road, or built-up area?

IIRC it was on the A1, early hours in the morning, and only 104Mph,
in a Vectra. I've driven a vectra at an indicated 145mph, and they
are a safe, stable, capable car.

Yup, even my old Cav V6 sat at 140 like it was just doing 70.
In comparison to the turbo, which sits at 70 like it's doing 140


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Lordy

Was it on a motorway, "dangerous" A road, or built-up area?

IIRC it was on the A1, early hours in the morning, and only 104Mph,
in a Vectra. I've driven a vectra at an indicated 145mph, and they
are a safe, stable, capable car.

Yup, even my old Cav V6 sat at 140 like it was just doing 70.
In comparison to the turbo, which sits at 70 like it's doing 140

Indeed - a mate of mine's recently bought a 2.6 Carlton (saloon) and whilst
it's no rocketship off the line, it's very happy sitting on the motorway at
120-130mph.

Peter

Of course The old Bill don't have to fill out a form proving they were on a
999 call. They have to fill out a form and do a report as well!!!
Its gone ****ing MAD!
"Carl Farrington" wrote in message
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Tim S Kemp wrote:
Was it on a motorway, "dangerous" A road, or built-up area?

IIRC it was on the A1, early hours in the morning, and only 104Mph,
in a Vectra. I've driven a vectra at an indicated 145mph, and they
are a safe, stable, capable car. Annoys the hell out of me this kind
of thing.

If you want to see bureaucracy at its best see this one
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2307983.stm

I wonder if police cars have to fill out the same form proving that they
were on a 999 call when speeding/jumping red lights?

"Lordy" wrote in message
lworld.com...
Remember the poor ambulance driver who is being taken to court
for speeding whilst delivering organs for transplant?
Well if you'd care to show your support, you can do by
following the link below.

http://www.gmb.org.uk/petition/form.asp

**** him, he wasn't in an ambulance. He was speeding in a private
vehicle and illegally using blue lights. He got caught, end of story.

Not that I don't have sympathy for him, it's a pretty ****ty thing for
them to do, but he obviously knew the risks and the 'but we always do
it' crap isn't really much of an excuse.


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Lordy

If you're gonna speed, do it with pride and shut the whinging **** up
when you get caught.

Did he OWN the car? NO. So how can you say it wasn't an "official" vehicle,
on an "official" "mission of mercy"?

"Black Ops" don't exist in "civvy street" Pillock!

"Huge" wrote in message
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"Flewolfece" writes:

"Lordy" wrote in message
tlworld.com...
Remember the poor ambulance driver who is being taken to court
for speeding whilst delivering organs for transplant?
Well if you'd care to show your support, you can do by
following the link below.

http://www.gmb.org.uk/petition/form.asp

**** him, he wasn't in an ambulance.

Doesn't matter.

esp as ambulance purposes do not require the use of an ambulance, something
which is forgotten by people who can't read legislation properly

He was speeding in a private
vehicle

Irrelevant.

it was not a private vehicle it was a 'company' vehicle as such belonging to
/ leased to an NHS trust


and illegally using blue lights.

Untrue.

the use of blues was legal , however the claiming of exemptions is under
debate




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**** him, he wasn't in an ambulance.

Doesn't matter.

Obviously it does, the Police seem to think so.

He was speeding in a private
vehicle

Irrelevant.

See above.

and illegally using blue lights.

Untrue.

Like **** is it.

"The GMB does not endorse abuse of blue lights and excessive
speeds. But we are concerned that this action has serious
consequences for this man’s career"

That is a quote from the GMB themselves on the link that was given at
the start of this thread. That clearly states that he was not authorised
to be using blue lights.

Pay no attention to "Lordy". He's a drooling retard

A lot of people say the same about you...

and nothing he has posted in this case is correct or relevant.

So you're saying the GMB themselves are liars.

And you reckon *I'm* a retard


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Lordy

Did he OWN the car? NO. So how can you say it wasn't an "official"
vehicle, on an "official" "mission of mercy"?

So why are the second Police force still interested in prosecuting
him... ?

"Black Ops" don't exist in "civvy street" Pillock!

No, and nor do blanket exemptions to commit whatever crime you want.



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Lordy

esp as ambulance purposes do not require the use of an ambulance,
something which is forgotten by people who can't read legislation
properly

I tell you what, seeing as you can read so "properly", have a go with
this little quote and see if you can comprehend what it means;

"As the law currently stands, there is no exemption from speed
limits for the carriage of blood and human organs. This was
specifically excluded from the legislation by those writing
the law."

HTH


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Lordy