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Emergency Response Drivers (Protections) Bill 2017-19
cp8759
post Sat, 13 Jan 2018 - 19:29
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Should the courts be able to take into account the higher levels of training that appropriately trained emergency drivers have?

http://www.polfed.org/newsroom/5210.aspx
https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-1...rotections.html

I don't disagree with the principles behind the bill (if an advanced pursuit driver cannot drive to a higher standard than a "careful and competent" driver, his training can't be that advanced), but I'm curious as to what others think.


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post Sat, 13 Jan 2018 - 20:25
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What are the principles?

Why would an "advanced" driver fall below the "careful and competent" threshold? And if he did, why should be protected?
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cp8759
post Sat, 13 Jan 2018 - 20:44
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QUOTE (666 @ Sat, 13 Jan 2018 - 20:25) *
What are the principles?

Why would an "advanced" driver fall below the "careful and competent" threshold? And if he did, why should be protected?

As I understand it the proposed logic is that, in deciding whether the driving is dangerous, the court will be allowed to take into account their high specialist training and skills. This is not a blanket "protection", it simply means that their training and skills will be one of the (many) factors the court will be allowed to take into account (As opposed to the current position which is that the court is prohibited from attaching any weight whatsoever to their specialist training and skills).


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southpaw82
post Sat, 13 Jan 2018 - 21:58
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As a Private Members Bill it’s not very likely to pass.


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post Sat, 13 Jan 2018 - 23:50
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But would this also affect drivers who are not emergency drivers yet are also qualified as a police-level advanced driver?
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post Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 00:02
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QUOTE (typefish @ Sat, 13 Jan 2018 - 23:50) *
But would this also affect drivers who are not emergency drivers yet are also qualified as a police-level advanced driver?


Do you mean IAM or something else?
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southpaw82
post Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 00:13
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QUOTE (baggins1234 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 00:02) *
QUOTE (typefish @ Sat, 13 Jan 2018 - 23:50) *
But would this also affect drivers who are not emergency drivers yet are also qualified as a police-level advanced driver?


Do you mean IAM or something else?

I don’t know what he means but for example you (in a few years) or I, as persons who have held police driving qualifications.


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post Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 00:20
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QUOTE (southpaw82 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 00:13) *
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QUOTE (typefish @ Sat, 13 Jan 2018 - 23:50) *
But would this also affect drivers who are not emergency drivers yet are also qualified as a police-level advanced driver?


Do you mean IAM or something else?

I don’t know what he means but for example you (in a few years) or I, as persons who have held police driving qualifications.


Years? You did of course mean months....

Weren’t you A to B only in a noddy car?
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post Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 01:38
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QUOTE (typefish @ Sat, 13 Jan 2018 - 23:50) *
But would this also affect drivers who are not emergency drivers yet are also qualified as a police-level advanced driver?

No this would be restricted to drivers who's qualification allows them to exceed the speed limits, who are on duty and in an appropriate vehicle. The idea isn't to allow off-duty police to go and get their weekly shopping really quickly.


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post Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 08:52
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QUOTE (cp8759 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 01:38) *
QUOTE (typefish @ Sat, 13 Jan 2018 - 23:50) *
But would this also affect drivers who are not emergency drivers yet are also qualified as a police-level advanced driver?

No this would be restricted to drivers who's qualification allows them to exceed the speed limits,


Is there such a thing? The exemption in law [Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 87(1)] applies to the vehicle and its purpose, regardless of who is driving.
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QUOTE (baggins1234 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 00:20) *
Weren’t you A to B only in a noddy car?


And only on days without a y in them.

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But would this also affect drivers who are not emergency drivers yet are also qualified as a police-level advanced driver?

No this would be restricted to drivers who's qualification allows them to exceed the speed limits,


Is there such a thing? The exemption in law [Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 87(1)] applies to the vehicle and its purpose, regardless of who is driving.

IIRC, some exemptions only apply if the driver has done an appropriate course.


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post Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 16:42
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QUOTE (666 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 08:52) *
QUOTE (cp8759 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 01:38) *
QUOTE (typefish @ Sat, 13 Jan 2018 - 23:50) *
But would this also affect drivers who are not emergency drivers yet are also qualified as a police-level advanced driver?

No this would be restricted to drivers who's qualification allows them to exceed the speed limits,


Is there such a thing? The exemption in law [Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 87(1)] applies to the vehicle and its purpose, regardless of who is driving.

Subsection (3) to section 87 RTRA:

But (except where it is being used for training the person by whom it is being driven) subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to a vehicle by virtue of subsection (2) above unless it is being driven by a person who has been trained in driving vehicles at high speeds.

Incidentally as far as I'm aware this only applies to speed restrictions, so if you're taking someone to hospital in an emergency the other exemptions (such as treating red lights as give way signs) still apply, providing you can justify that it is severe enough an emergency.

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post Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 17:33
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QUOTE (cp8759 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 16:42) *
QUOTE (666 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 08:52) *
QUOTE (cp8759 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 01:38) *
QUOTE (typefish @ Sat, 13 Jan 2018 - 23:50) *
But would this also affect drivers who are not emergency drivers yet are also qualified as a police-level advanced driver?

No this would be restricted to drivers who's qualification allows them to exceed the speed limits,


Is there such a thing? The exemption in law [Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 87(1)] applies to the vehicle and its purpose, regardless of who is driving.

Subsection (3) to section 87 RTRA:

But (except where it is being used for training the person by whom it is being driven) subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to a vehicle by virtue of subsection (2) above unless it is being driven by a person who has been trained in driving vehicles at high speeds.

Incidentally as far as I'm aware this only applies to speed restrictions, so if you're taking someone to hospital in an emergency the other exemptions (such as treating red lights as give way signs) still apply, providing you can justify that it is severe enough an emergency.

There are exemptions for red lights too.


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post Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 19:08
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QUOTE (southpaw82 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 17:33) *
There are exemptions for red lights too.

That's what I said, the point I was making is I don't believe you need any special training to use the red light exemption, the "high speed training" only applies to those who wish to use the speed exemption.


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post Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 19:12
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QUOTE (cp8759 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 19:08) *
QUOTE (southpaw82 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 17:33) *
There are exemptions for red lights too.

That's what I said, the point I was making is I don't believe you need any special training to use the red light exemption, the "high speed training" only applies to those who wish to use the speed exemption.

Oh, I see.


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post Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 22:30
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QUOTE (cp8759 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 16:42) *
QUOTE (666 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 08:52) *
QUOTE (cp8759 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 01:38) *
QUOTE (typefish @ Sat, 13 Jan 2018 - 23:50) *
But would this also affect drivers who are not emergency drivers yet are also qualified as a police-level advanced driver?

No this would be restricted to drivers who's qualification allows them to exceed the speed limits,


Is there such a thing? The exemption in law [Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, section 87(1)] applies to the vehicle and its purpose, regardless of who is driving.

Subsection (3) to section 87 RTRA:

But (except where it is being used for training the person by whom it is being driven) subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to a vehicle by virtue of subsection (2) above unless it is being driven by a person who has been trained in driving vehicles at high speeds.

Incidentally as far as I'm aware this only applies to speed restrictions, so if you're taking someone to hospital in an emergency the other exemptions (such as treating red lights as give way signs) still apply, providing you can justify that it is severe enough an emergency.


Thank you. But - forgive me if I'm being thick - doesn't the reference to subsection (2) mean that subsection (3) applies only to National Crime Agency purposes?

Even if I'm wrong, and subsection (3) applies generally, then it seems pretty meaningless in the absence of any definiton of either "training" or "high speed".
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post Mon, 15 Jan 2018 - 01:36
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QUOTE (666 @ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 - 22:30) *
Even if I'm wrong, and subsection (3) applies generally, then it seems pretty meaningless in the absence of any definiton of either "training" or "high speed".

Definitions of both should become available once section 19 of the Road Safety Act 2006 is brought into force, but I think you are correct, as things stand only NCA purposes are covered by the training requirement. I haven't looked into it further, but I assume that absent a statutory definition, the courts would use the ordinary rules of statutory construction to determine what "training" and "high speed" means for the purposes of this section.


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post Mon, 15 Jan 2018 - 10:08
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The Police Federation have quite a bit of stuff about this on their website.

The way it's been put across internally was that on an emergency response it is very likely the drive would in one way or another fit in to the definition of careless driving and there is no exemption from this. Whilst there wouldn't be a prosecution for speeding or failing to adhere to a red light these actions could still be used to support careless driving.

(Wether the Feds view is correct or not is another question!)


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