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"Periander." <bigbounce@4rubbish.britwar.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Terry" <tredmond@PANTSdoes4you.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:429267b1@212.67.96.135...
> > "Periander." <bigbounce@4rubbish.britwar.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:3ff1v4F7hp78U1@individual.net...
> > > No, I'm afraid that it's you who are entirely wrong. All emergency
> > services
> > > have to obey all traffic laws at all times. However the law provides
> > > statutory exemptions that may be relied upon depending on
circumstances.
> > In
> > > the case of the police (for instance) ...
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3671161.stm
>
> etc etc snipped
>
> > According to your theory, none of these three cases should ever have
come
> to
> > court. ...
>
> You're new to this aren't you? This is a legal newsgroup not a school of
> journalism, the relevant statute law is ... Section 87 of the Road Traffic
> Regulation Act 1984 that reads ...

please note that this law is now 20 years old and so falls under the time
limit provisions unless renewed anually thereafter.