I'm not sure if they'd do this actually, as they wouldn't know if it was safe to move them, nor would they have the adequate equipment - i.e. a stretcher.
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I'm not sure if they'd do this actually, as they wouldn't know if it was safe to move them, nor would they have the adequate equipment - i.e. a stretcher.
You should have still dialled 999, as much as an ambulance may not have been quick, there could have been the paramedics which travel in cars local, or they could have even sent police or fire brigade to help with the situation.
Let the people on the end of the phone make the decision, if they say nobody can get to you in an acceptable time then I would understand you rushing off, however, 100mph with no indication that you 'needed' to travel that fast is madness.
Let the people on the end of the phone make the decision, if they say nobody can get to you in an acceptable time then I would understand you rushing off, however, 100mph with no indication that you 'needed' to travel that fast is madness.
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Just to let you know though, she is fine and I did feel quite the hero 
But when it comes to save the day next time, I shall ring 999
But when it comes to save the day next time, I shall ring 999
Plus if you did decide then to take her yourself they could prep the emergency dept. Which saves a lot of time
From my understanding the police are very sympathetic when coming to medical emergencies.
Saw on traffic cops (or something like that) that some guy was speeding (about 100mph ish) down the motorway, cops pulled him over and he told them his mum had been taken into hospital in an emergency, and they just told the guy to go and they'd follow him and verify his story at the hospital.
Saw on traffic cops (or something like that) that some guy was speeding (about 100mph ish) down the motorway, cops pulled him over and he told them his mum had been taken into hospital in an emergency, and they just told the guy to go and they'd follow him and verify his story at the hospital.
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Depends whats up with the person, they have in the past and its later involved the roof being taken off a police car due to someone later moaning about backpain, so it clearly does happen.
My Grandfather was taken in to hospital in a life threatening condtion and my Mother was working in Wales at the time. The journey back usually took her about 3 hours on a good day with little traffic. That day however, the same trip took her a little over an hour and a half...
She said if she'd been pulled she would have explained the situation, or if she'd got points or a ban she would take them on the chin. Rather that that have her Dad die and her not be around.
I would do exactly the same thing.
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I'm going to sound like the standard OCUK keyboard warrier but I hope you will reconsider this attitude. Slightly fast is one thing, but pulling twice the speed limit over long time periods is really really dangerous. Please think about all the other people around you, who won't be expecting you to approach that fast, who also have fathers. Anything could happen, you could have a blowout and take out the whole carridgeway.
Lecture over
I would literally cream myself if I had a police escort. I don't think i'd be able to stop shaking. 
Indeed, but the officer would have to make that call on the scene.
There was once a Jag sans roof on eBay going for this reason: Driver stopped at an accident and let one the drivers involved sit in the back of his car. When the paramedics turned up he was complaining of back/neck pain so they had to winch him out, and take the roof off the Jag
I wouldn't recommending it again.
Playing the hero is all well and good, but I'm sure she wouldn't have brought you to and from work during your 12 month ban, nor paid your fine
I'm glad she was ok, but please - in future - ring 999!
Playing the hero is all well and good, but I'm sure she wouldn't have brought you to and from work during your 12 month ban, nor paid your fine
I'm glad she was ok, but please - in future - ring 999!
There was once a Jag sans roof on eBay going for this reason: Driver stopped at an accident and let one the drivers involved sit in the back of his car. When the paramedics turned up he was complaining of back/neck pain so they had to winch him out, and take the roof off the Jag
I bet it just turned out he had a stiff neck or something I'm not so sure that even being in labour is an automatic exemption from road laws nowadays, it's one of those things that seems to be an urban myth based around isolated cases.
As for your particular case I don't think panic attacks are classed as medical emergencies, and even if they were I believe you would have to have performed due diligence (i.e. ringing up for an ambulance and at least finding out the ETA) before automatically hopping in your car and hooning it about.
As for your particular case I don't think panic attacks are classed as medical emergencies, and even if they were I believe you would have to have performed due diligence (i.e. ringing up for an ambulance and at least finding out the ETA) before automatically hopping in your car and hooning it about.
I would rush too, sorry but if it's someone I know I don't care about an only potential risk in driving in a hurry, there's a difference between breaking the traffic laws ( wich are poor at best anyways, some stupid motoway limits here are purely against the air polution nothing else, I can renember loads of bits where the speed used to be 120 ( 72 mph I think) and it got reduced to 100 ( 60 mph) and places where it was 100 and reduced to 80 ( 47 mph ?) and avg speed cams hung up on the bits 
) and driving dangerously. I'd even drive my parents to the hospital without a licence. Don't care what happens to me, just want to have them safe if needed.
Offcourse such a situation where I need to get them to hospital is pretty rare and I'll most prolly never even have to think about something like that.
) and driving dangerously. I'd even drive my parents to the hospital without a licence. Don't care what happens to me, just want to have them safe if needed.Offcourse such a situation where I need to get them to hospital is pretty rare and I'll most prolly never even have to think about something like that.
A guy I work with got flashed by a gatso on the way to the birth of his first child. When he received the NIP in the post he wrote a letter, explaining the situation, a bit of brown nosing and included a copy of the birth certificate. He got let off which was nice!
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Bah! Labour can last for days - no need to rush.