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echo: amateur_radio
to: TONY LANGDON
from: JIMMY ANDERSON
date: 2016-09-17 07:55:00
subject: Re: Wannbe HAM

-=> Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

 -=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-

 TL> Siren? :)

 JA> She's a school teacher by day - volunteer fire fighter and
 JA> first responder all other times (and part time EMT).

 TL> Different road laws I suspect.  Here, private vehicles are not allowed
 TL> to have lights and sirens.  Only those which are part of an emergency
 TL> service are allowed to be fitted with and use the flashing lights and
 TL> sirens.  And our DMOs (the mechanics employed by the fire service) look
 TL> after those.

I'm not sure if a private vehicle is allowed to unless it's part of a 
service. Yes, it is privately owned, but she's a member of the 'services.'
Even has an E tag (emergency) becasue of her medical license. Before that
she had an F tag (Fire).

The rule here is you are still supposed to obey traffic laws (stop signs,
speed, etc.) and you can't run lights unless you have a siren as well.
Technically you can be stopped for speeding, but I've never heard of it
happening. As long as you aren't wreckless and you are responding to a 
call, you're considered (in practice - see previous message) to be a part
of the responding public service.


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