Tour Scotland Travel Video Scottish Ambulance Service Going Through Traffic Lights Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a Scottish Ambulance Service vehicle going through traffic lights on visit to the city centre of Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Ambulances are allowed to break the speed limit, run traffic lights, go the wrong way through one way streets, etc. But, the one rule they must always follow, is that they must practice " due regard for safety " If an ambulance commits a grossly unsafe act, a police officer may pull the ambulance over. In 1948 the newly formed National Health Service contracted two voluntary organisations, the St Andrew's Ambulance Association and the British Red Cross, to jointly provide a national ambulance service for Scotland. The service was known as the St Andrew's and Red Cross Scottish Ambulance Service. The Red Cross withdrew from the service in 1967; the service was renamed the St Andrew's Scottish Ambulance Service. In 1974 the service was taken over by the NHS, the title being shortened to the Scottish Ambulance Service.

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