Project Description
Back in 2011, GEM co-funded the production of a hugely-successful video series offering simple advice on how to stay legal and safe when making way for an emergency vehicle on a ‘blue-light’ journey. Today the current suite of videos explains what to do at junctions and roundabouts, on motorways and along roads with double white lines.
During an hour of discussions and audience questions, our panel of policymakers and emergency service driving experts discuss:
- Recent or upcoming changes to legislation regarding blue light driving standards and training requirements
- Updates to legal exemptions granted to blue light drivers during emergency responses
- Differences in the rules or exemptions for different services
- Addressing common errors made by other road users when making way for emergency vehicles
- The role of the Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006 and how it impacts drivers who fail to make way for emergency vehicles
- Current legal requirements and best practices for managing driver fatigue among emergency service drivers
Paul Tolley
Head of Education and Training
West Midlands Ambulance Service
Roger Gardner
Staff Officer to DCC Terry Woods
National Police Chiefs’ Council
Kevin Dell
Driver Training Advisory Group lead
National Fire Chiefs Council
Lisa Daniels
Account Director
TSO
This webinar was broadcast on Tuesday 17th June
