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How many blue light users can you name?
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Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:42 pm
by jamei
How many organisations can you name that use blue lights other than on ambulances, police and fire vehicles. I can think of 10 at the moment.
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Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:02 pm
by martine
I can think of 12
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Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:55 pm
by crr003
martine wrote:I can think of 12
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12, but check out the O2 Airwave vehicle
http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/
(under "Others")
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Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:44 am
by manilva15b
When I was living in the UK some years ago and working for them, I recall ICI had an emergency response vehicle based at their Yalding works in Kent. The vehicle was dedicated to response to chemical spillage incidents, and was, I recall fitted with blue lights. That part of ICI has since been bought by Syngenta, based in Guildford (in 2000). I don’t know if the EV was retained or not.
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Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:58 pm
by jasonh
Once on an M1 entry slip I was passed by a motorcyle which had - I'm virtually certain - blue lights and siren, but it was emblazoned with the name of a recovery service. Anyone know what that was about (suggestions that I was hallucinating should be kept to yourselves)?
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Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:22 pm
by James
I weill try and answer the question but there will no doubt be many I have missed:
Police
Ambulance
Fire
Bomb Disposal
Coastguard ?
Some Parking Removal Trucks
Some Prison Transport Vehicles
Blood
Some Military Vehicles
Feel free to cut and paste the above and add to it...
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Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:05 pm
by gordonb
James wrote:I weill try and answer the question but there will no doubt be many I have missed:
Police
Ambulance
Fire
Bomb Disposal
Coastguard ?
Some Parking Removal Trucks
Some Prison Transport Vehicles
Blood
Some Military Vehicles
Feel free to cut and paste the above and add to it...
Mountain Rescue
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Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:52 pm
by jasonh
gordonb wrote:James wrote:I weill try and answer the question but there will no doubt be many I have missed:
Police
Ambulance
Fire
Bomb Disposal
Coastguard ?
Some Parking Removal Trucks
Some Prison Transport Vehicles
Blood
Some Military Vehicles
Feel free to cut and paste the above and add to it...
Mountain Rescue
Doctors (BASICS and HEMS)
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Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:17 pm
by wisden
Cave Rescue
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Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:23 pm
by James
Police
Ambulance
Fire
Bomb Disposal
Coastguard ?
Some Parking Removal Trucks
Some Prison Transport Vehicles
Blood
Some Military Vehicles
Cave Rescue
Hems - (not basic doctors they are on green lights with no exemptions)
Mountain Rescue
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Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:13 am
by Rick
Parking removal trucks? Surely not! Not that i am disagreeing with the answer, but if that is correct it is ridiculas.
Lots of factories/refineries have there own Emergency service vehicles and also drive on the road on B&2's which opens a big can of worms... if anyone with legal experience would like to input on that point plase feel free, as it was a big worry for me when i was in the driver training field.
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Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:37 am
by vonhosen
Rick wrote:Parking removal trucks? Surely not! Not that i am disagreeing with the answer, but if that is correct it is ridiculas.
Lots of factories/refineries have there own Emergency service vehicles and also drive on the road on B&2's which opens a big can of worms... if anyone with legal experience would like to input on that point plase feel free, as it was a big worry for me when i was in the driver training field.
The regs define who can use blue lights, if people want to argue they qualify for the regs where Police believe they don't, that's a matter of fact for the court to decide.
Of course not all blue light users have the same exemptions from other offences.
Some only red traffic lights, some red lights & keep left bollards & even less both of those & speed.
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Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:47 am
by James
James wrote:Some Parking Removal Trucks
Knew it would cause a stir!
I have never known them to respond nor need to... I wouldn't worry too much...
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Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:05 pm
by jasonh
James wrote:Hems - (not basic doctors they are on green lights with no exemptions)
http://www.hants.org.uk/basics/
Sorry James, you are wrong. Hampshire BASICS is one scheme which uses blues, and if you look at the UKEV site you'll find more I'm sure.
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Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:37 pm
by James
They look mor elike hems or paramedics to me. When you said basic doctor I was thinking about thamesdoc or something...