We have 'THE FINAL' exam of the Tech Training. Yippee. It will cover the Highway Code, Road Signs & Ambulance Driving Manual.
Road signs is not too bad, although got 'No exploding cars' and 'No horse drawn carriages' on the last paper??? When has anyone seen those??
The Highway Code element is mainly about common sense, so as long as I do not have the old 'Rep' head on (Sales people are notoriuos for having no common sense when driving; coffee, phone, donut and filofax in hands and can still steer!!) should be OK with that one.
Revising and learning the Ambulance driving manual, particually our exemptions are going to be a little tricky, have 3 hours left to do it.
As emergency services, we have certain exemptions from the Highway Code rules. I am going to be boring and list them, simply as an aide memoire for me to learn the damn things. We are exempt from;
- Stopping on clearways
- Parking within the zig zag lines of a pedestrian crossing
- Parking in areas controlled by double white / double yellow lines
- Leaving the engine running whilst parked
- Parking on offside of the road at night
- Parking on a footway, verge or central reservation
- Exceeding statatory speed limits
- Treating a red traffic light as a Give Way
- Using audible warnings at night
- Observing Keep Left/Right bollards
- Motorway Regulations
- Entering a bus lane/street
- Entering a pedestrian precinct.
There are several things we are not exempt from, the most memorable being that we have to observe the rule about not crossing a double or solid white line in the middle of the road. Even when stuck behind a tractor doing 10mph!
So if you are in an Ambulance and they seem to be travelling really slowly, and you live in the country, that is why!
Will try and post while I am away this week.
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