Ambulance During Coronavirus Pandemic On Visit To Queens Bridge In Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring 4K travel video of an Ambulance with blue lights flashing and siren wailing responding to an emergency while driving fast over Queens Bridge, during the Coronavirus Pandemic, on May visit to Perth, Perthshire. 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. Emergency vehicle equipment is used in the United Kingdom to indicate urgent journeys by an emergency service. This usage is colloquially known as Blues and twos which refers to the blue lights and the two tone siren once commonplace, although most sirens now have a range of tones like Wail. There’s a fair chance that you’ll see a blue light vehicle most times that you are on our roads. Do you know what to do ? Don’t panic when you see blue lights, it could save a life. Consider the route of such a vehicle and take appropriate action to let it pass, while complying with all traffic signs. If necessary, pull to the side of the road and stop, but try to avoid stopping before the brow of a hill, a bend or narrow section of road. Do not endanger yourself, other road users or pedestrians and avoid mounting the kerb. Do not brake harshly on approach to a junction or roundabout, as a following vehicle may not have the same view as you. An ambulance can only turn on its sirens in an emergency situation. It is then up to the discretion of the driver of the ambulance to decide when to use sirens and lights or just the lights. They will usually switch their sirens on when approaching junctions or traffic to alert people and vehicles to the presence of an ambulance before they can be seen. An ambulance has to obey the same traffic laws, including speed limits, as other vehicles unless it is an emergency situation. In an emergency an ambulance gets dispensation from obeying certain traffic laws including the speed limit. From 26 April, Scottish Coronavirus regulations permit unrestricted travel within Scotland and between Scotland and England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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