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Foreign registered ambulance

  • 18-01-2017 2:29pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,561 ✭✭✭✭


    I was on the M50 this morning when i seen an ambulance in my rear view mirror. Myself and the rest of the cars changed lanes and gave it room to pass. when it passed by i noticed that it just said "ambulance" and nothing else. The organisation it belonged to was not mentioned. It also had a northern ireland number plate. Are foreign ambulances allowed to use blue flashing lights and sirens? What would a northern ireland ambulance be doing working in dublin?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 624 ✭✭✭NeitherJohn


    Patient transfer?


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Could be doing private work. I've seen one around a few times doing events.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10 victory65


    And the problem is..??.. It's an ambulance..regardless if it has blue lights flashing on it..?, pull over and let it go by..
    If you were you or your love ones in the back of it, I doubt if would care, what registration plate was on it..


  • Registered Users Posts: 40 wandering monk


    That's it, I'm buying an ambulance for the commute to work so....
    https://www.donedeal.ie/campers-for-sale/transit-ambulance-/13997269


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,408 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    victory65 wrote: »
    And the problem is..??.. It's an ambulance..regardless if it has blue lights flashing on it..?, pull over and let it go by..
    If you were you or your love ones in the back of it, I doubt if would care, what registration plate was on it..

    Why would you pull over and let it go by if the blue lights weren't on?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,133 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    What's to say it was a real ambulance. Wasn't there a lad prosecuted last year for driving around in a jeep he had done up to look like one of those reaction doctors jeeps or whatever they are called.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭timmywex


    Only ambulances belonging to/in use by PHECC (https://www.phecit.ie/) approved organisations have exemptions under the RTA


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,561 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    timmywex wrote: »
    Only ambulances belonging to/in use by PHECC (https://www.phecit.ie/) approved organisations have exemptions under the RTA


    thank you for the sensible and informative response.


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