Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
> So presumably you'd want to widen this to including firefighters,  
> ambulance drivers, doctors, nurses etc.

  No, because they don't patrol the streets while on duty.

  You are still slipperysloping.

> An ambulance driver is on their  
> way back from a call stops off in a no-parking zone to grab a meal because  
> a) he needs to keep an eye on the vehicle and b) needs to be able to  
> respond to an emergency.

  Ambulance drivers eat at the hospital (or whichever place they are when
not on a call). They are not even supposed to eat while on a call.

> >   Basically you are saying that in a situation where doing both things
> > at the same time is not possible by the strict letter of the law, for
> > example because there are no available parking slots nearby, the police
> > officer must sacrifice one duty for the other.

> Or to put it another way he has to do what everyone else has to do.

  Everyone else don't have the same duties as police officers. A police
officer has more responsibility, thus it's only logical to make him
fulfilling this responsibility as easy as possible.

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