Speeding necessary on 999 call

I feel I must respond to Kevin Pelling of Newtown's letter "Speeding laws are too much".

I'd like to ask Kevin, if a member of his family were, in need of a paramedic, waiting for an ambulance, or held up by an armed gang awaiting a police response would he insist on the emergency vehicle, in a lot of cases a motorcycle, adhering to the speed limits?

Kevin, are you aware these drivers are fully trained emergency drivers using the same motorcycle every day and night.

I now ask Kevin to consider the motorcyclists who own the "evening and weekend" motorcycle, but only when the weather is nice. I live on a route of a regular weekly motorcycle meets at a nearby public house.

I experience motorcycles speeding past at far above the limit for a busy "A" road and causing the drivers of cars, lorries and coaches to swerve to avoid them. They also do "time trials".

These motorcyclists are just "back in the saddle" after a long winter spell in the family saloon car.

I ask, have we not all at some time been driving along and a motorcycle has sped past us, or have faced one coming head on towards us because he feels he has the right to pass a car going at the correct speed, all we can do is swerve to avoid him and do we not all swear, sometimes under our breath other times out loud?

If an ambulance, paramedic, or other emergency vehicle does the same do we not all think "hope it's not one of mine" - a friend or a colleague he is chasing around for and give way.

So, I ask Kevin's question to fellow readers, do we all need speed restrictors on motorbikes?

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