'No More Speeding Fines' for Ambulances

[MMiz]

'No More Speeding Fines' for Ambulances (http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3153781)

By Nick Foley, PA News


Ambulance drivers on emergency calls will no longer be prosecuted for speeding, the Government is expected to announce today.

Health minister Rosie Winterton will declare that all emergency services responding to 999 calls will be exempt from fines in a speech to the annual conference of the Ambulance Service Association in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

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[cbdemt]

Does this affect all of the US?

[ffemt8978]

I got the impression that this was happening in Scotland.

[cbdemt]

:huh: HA. Guess I should read more carefully. I thought the "minister of health" sounded funny.

[ma2va92]

Originally posted by cbdemt@Jul 5 2004, 04:34 PM
:huh: HA. Guess I should read more carefully. I thought the "minister of health" sounded funny.
responding to 999 calls

that should have made me look twice also.....

ohh well ..
read once
read again
have it explained
read again
tell me about it
then i'll start to remember

jim

[MariaCatEMT]

I was kind of curious why ambulances responding to calls would be subject to speeding fines to begin with? (even though this is in another country) It just doesn't make sense. :blink: