neiliosxi
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An ambulance driver allegedly clocked at 104mph while delivering a liver for a lifesaving transplant operation has been charged with speeding. Mike Ferguson, a senior ambulance driver with West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service, was in an official vehicle with blue lights flashing when he was spotted by police on the A1 in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire.
What u all think of this? I recon its a disgrace, it was 2 in the mornin by the way!
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ajscorsa
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fuckin shokin
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3CorsaMeal
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i thought they allowed to speed,
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Gareth.O
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the police don't class transporting an organ as an emergency.
I think it's a disgrace !!
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blebo
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
i thought they allowed to speed,
Not legally....just common sense that they should be allowed to get to where they need to go very quick.
Not even the cops are allowed to speed
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SetH
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The law in this country has got a fetish for catching people speeding, over 4000 cameras and now they are picking on ambulances. what a joke.
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Pablo
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Shockin, thats stupid!!!
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someone
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Yeah discraceful
they wouldnt of said anything if it was a cop car chasing a speeding car would they
he was speeding to save someones life
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antonOO2
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wonder how the copper would feel if his wife or kid was waiting in hospital in a critical condition.
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Tommy
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Stoopid pigs
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Keeley
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quote:
Not even the cops are allowed to speed
I bet they do tho not all coppers follow the rules
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Keeley
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its disgusting that they charged him for speeding it was for a lifesaving operation r the coppers thick or what
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3CorsaMeal
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Originally posted by Miss CorsaSri
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Not even the cops are allowed to speed
I bet they do tho not all coppers follow the rules
 really?
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Gareth.O
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/2937910.stm
Crown prosecutors say a vehicle carrying vital transplant organs does not qualify as an ambulance - and have charged an ambulance driver with speeding after he was clocked at 104mph.
West Yorkshire driver Mike Ferguson was rushing a liver from Leeds to Cambridge for an emergency transplant when he was caught.
Both Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire Police recorded the ambulance speeding on the A1 in the early hours of the morning of 16 January.
Mr Ferguson, who has an unblemished record of 36 years service, was in an official vehicle with blue lights flashing. Traffic was light and road conditions were understood to be good.
'Dangerous precedent'
While Cambridgeshire officers have not taken any action, their counterparts in Lincolnshire charged Mr Ferguson.
Mr Ferguson told BBC News Online: " I was just doing my job, but the police have a differing point of view."
And he added: "I was asked to move an organ as soon as possible.
"I didn't know the condition of the organ, or the recipient."
Lincolnshire Police referred inquiries to the Crown Prosecution Service.
"Not an emergency"
Alison Kerr, the chief Crown Prosecutor for Lincolnshire told BBC News Online: "Having looked at all the facts, the CPS believes that this was not a medical emergency, and therefore should be put before the court for them to decide.
"As the law stands a vehicle does not qualify as an ambulance if it is carrying transplant organs."
Mr Ferguson's union, the GMB, has taken up his case, saying in a statement that he was acting routinely to deliver the organ in time.
Union spokesman John Durkin said the case could set a dangerous precedent.
He said: "If certain police forces say that drivers risk prosecution, then do they have the right to say who will survive these life-saving operations?
"I don't want that on my conscience."
Unison, the biggest union representing ambulance workers, has called for an urgent review of legislation to take the burden of responsibility off individuals in life-or-death situations.
Mr Ferguson's case at Grantham Magistrates' Court has been deferred at the request of the defence solicitor.
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someone
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i just remebered thing off telly where organ was in polce car that they had to get to other side of town in like 20mins through rush hour and the police cars where driving through parks on the pavements etc. and they where praising the police for this.
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SetH
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jesus christ, what is this country coming too. And i feel bad now, was doing 90+ on the A1 last week, only cos every other bugger was. This whole thing is pathetic.
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3CorsaMeal
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was it american?
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Keeley
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
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Originally posted by Miss CorsaSri
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Not even the cops are allowed to speed
I bet they do tho not all coppers follow the rules
really?
yeah really
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Gavin
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wat the fcuk is going on.... you got a guy doing his job to deliever a organ and gets done for speeding..
wat a bunch of TW@TS 
pew pew pew pewwwww
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steph69
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its pathetic!!! i cant see the courts agreeing to the fine!! thought the police, ambulance and other emergency services were meant to work as a team!! not against each other!! the pigs are just after money!! next they'll be fining a postman for trespassing!!!!
[Edited on 27-05-2003 by steph69]
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Richie
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they havent got a case, they are just wasting time
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vibrio
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he willget off. can't see that sticking.
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