[Ber999T]

As one of the Emergency Services I would like to thank all of the comments made so far on this thread and can say that IF YOU[B] feel that to go over the line at lights is unsafe or dangerious then we will have to wait for the lights to change then we can proceed.

If that happens we have "to turn off the siren and sit there with blues on" until it is safe for us to pass other road users.

While it is great to see that Doug has pulled over and the others road users did what they did (not too sure if I was driving then) that happens quite a lot where a car 3 or 4 in front know we're coming but the cars behind haven't seen or heard us and try to overtake the car that is stopping/slowing down.

That can cause us to brake hard!!!!!

Whenever I am driving under emergency coditions I always use my siren I am well known through the Ambulance Service for using them.

So if you hear the sirens tonight in and around Accrington it could well be me.

In the early hours of the morning we tend NOT to use them but if we have to we are allowed to.

The vast majority of times that sirens are used is going to a call (no patients on board both crew in front) but there are times when we will have some very ill and then "B&2" to hospital.

Thanks again for all of the careful and considert drivers and plaese note that if you can give us that extra inch when we're under Emergency conditions IT DOES HELP.

Bernard