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A Taxi driver was arrested for moving an ambulance on an emergency call
A taxi driver was arrested after he got behind the wheel of an ambulance answering an emergency call and moved it to make way for his own vehicle, police have said.

Officers attended the incident after the ambulance crew reported their vehicle had been driven away from outside an address in Pevensey Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, as they were preparing to take a one-month-old baby to hospital on Sunday.

A Sussex Police spokesman said: "They reported at 12.40am that a taxi driver had objected to the road being temporarily obstructed, so he had just got into their ambulance and drove it a short distance up the road, before driving away in his own taxi.

"The ambulance crew retrieved their vehicle and took the baby to hospital.

"The 64-year-old came to the police station of his own accord a short while later and was arrested on suspicion of taking a vehicle without consent, and obstructing an emergency worker contrary to the Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006."

He said the man was bailed until August 31 pending further inquiries.

it can be very frustrating I got held up for over 10 minutes a couple of months ago by a transport ambulance that couldn't find room to park to unload but brains in gear moving the ambulance = driving withouit insurance surely

I hope common sense prevails and he just gets a stern telling of.

the crew left the keys in a £50K frontline ambulance full of drugs?...

They want dragging over the coals for doing that.

They probably will be.

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Grandad,

I hope you are right.

But I think he will get points and a fine via the driving without insurance bit.

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IDFIMH

But at least he kept his license.

http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/ ... _1_2535413

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IDFIMH

Why wasnt he also done for taking a vehicle without consent and driving without insurance...what a bloody Idiot...

Good.

What a [edited by admin].

Hope its a relation of his next time.

The law and common sense are very different things. Technacly he broke a few laws but come on he moved an ambulance a few feet out of his way and now he is over £600 out of pocket.

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I remember clearly (as if it was yesterday) dad taking me to his works (hauliers) in the school holidays and like any proper 8 or 10 year old the row of redundant/scrap trucks HAD to be played in, the one with the key in the ignition especially, when it actually started up i almost crapped my shorts.....about 46 years ago now

the moral?

well i NEVER get in ANY vehicle with permission (especially while wearing shorts)

dad drove a new (then) Guy Warrior tipper, 8 legger/4 in hand, with greedy boards

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