Emergency Driving

Question 1

List the exemptions afforded to blue light driving.

Answer 1

• Stopping on clearways
• Parking within the zigzags of a pedestrian crossing
• Parking in areas controlled by double white/yellow lines/red lines
• Leaving the engine running while the vehicle is unattended
• Parking on the offside of the road during hours of darkness
• Parking on a central reservation
• Parking or driving on a cycle track
• Parking at a designated bus stop
• Double parking or parking across a dropped kerb
• Exceeding statutory speed limit.
• Treating red light as a Give Way, including light
controlled crossing and temporary lights.
• Using audible warning instruments on a restricted road between 23:30 and 07:00 hrs.
• Travelling on the incorrect side of a keep left or keep right sign.
• Motorway regulations (where you need to do so to avoid
or prevent an accident, or to obtain or give the help
required at an accident or emergency).
• Stopping within a yellow box junction
• Entering a pedestrian precinct
• Entering a bus lane/street may be permitted under local bylaws.

Question 2

Audible warning time frame exemption

Answer 2

2330-0700

Question 3

Emergency driving non-exemptions

Answer 3

1. Dangerous driving.
2. Dangerous parking.
3. Careless driving.
4. Refusing to stop the vehicle if involved in a traffic collision.
5. Driving without a seat belt.
6. Failing to adhere to a red light at a fire station or level crossing.
7. Crossing a solid white line in the centre of a road unless it is safe to do so (e.g. overtaking a slow-moving vehicle).
8. Failure to adhere to a ‘one-way’ traffic sign.
9. Failure to adhere to a ‘no entry’ sign.
10. Failure to adhere to a ‘stop’ or ‘give way’ sign.
11. Failure to adhere to other instructional signs.