On 2019-03-02 01:35, Paul Allen wrote: > On Sat, 2 Mar 2019 at 00:22, Sergio Manzi <s...@smz.it <mailto:s...@smz.it>> > wrote: > > On 2019-03-02 00:59, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: >> Being picky, but (at least out here) they're not exempt, they're just >> allowed to break them :-) eg in an emergency, an ambulance can go through a >> red light, but if they cause an accident by doing so, the driver will be >> charged (& they have been) > > Sorry, but I'm inclined to categorize the above as BS, or "fake news", if > you prefer, until you provide evidence (in which case I'll apologize and eat > my words). > > http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/blue-light-use/ scroll down to, or search for, > section headed > "Exemptions from Road Signs." Applies in UK, may be subject to change by > future legislation. > Essentially if they cause an accident by jumping a red light they're in the > shit. Because they're > allowed to go through a red light only if it is necessary AND it is safe to > do so. If they end up > causing an accident, it obviously wasn't safe to do so. > > -- > Paul >
Of course. And the operative word here is "*exemption*". The truth is that a driver *could *be in deep troubles for "reckless driving" while having caused the accident (/because there was actually no emergnecy, because he was intoxicated, because ther was an 18 wheeler in the mdst of the crossing at that time and he ignored it, etc./), but not for having jumped the light "/per se/". What your street code says about the behaviour drivers at a crossing (with lights) must have when there is an incoming emergency vehicle? Sergio
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