PMID- 17384375
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070504
LR  - 20240416
IS  - 1472-0213 (Electronic)
IS  - 1472-0205 (Print)
IS  - 1472-0205 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 4
DP  - 2007 Apr
TI  - An audit of compliance with motor traffic regulations and use of green warning 
      lights by consultants recalled to hospital to attend emergencies.
PG  - 244-7
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To determine consultants' compliance with motor traffic regulations 
      on recall to hospital to attend emergencies, and ownership and use of green 
      warning lights (GWLs). To determine the views of senior police officers on 
      consultants complying with traffic regulations on emergency recall with and 
      without GWLs. METHOD: Questionnaire survey of all consultants in obstetrics and 
      gynaecology, paediatrics and emergency medicine in the Yorkshire Deanery, UK, and 
      members of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). RESULTS: 220 
      consultant questionnaires were distributed and 166 replies were received; 21% of 
      respondents owned a GWL. Almost 50% of consultants would consider exceeding speed 
      limits when returning to an emergency. Between 43% and 80% consultants would 
      cross red traffic lights; driving habits varied with usage and ownership of a 
      GWL. 12.7% (21) of respondents had been stopped for traffic violations attending 
      emergencies, 2.4% (4) had been prosecuted and 4.8% (8) had been involved in 
      accidents. The ACPO advised that consultants should observe all traffic 
      regulations at all times. CONCLUSION: Consultants recalled to their hospitals for 
      emergencies disregard speed restrictions and traffic light signals both with and 
      without GWLs and risk both accident and prosecution for ignoring traffic 
      legislation. They should consider using a GWL to ease their progress through 
      traffic when attending an emergency and observe all traffic laws.
FAU - Pring, D W
AU  - Pring DW
AD  - Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, York Hospital, York YO31 8HE, UK. 
      david.pring@york.nhs.uk
FAU - Young, R A
AU  - Young RA
FAU - Feaster, H
AU  - Feaster H
FAU - Tang, T
AU  - Tang T
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Emerg Med J
JT  - Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
JID - 100963089
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Traffic/*prevention & control/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Automobile Driving/*legislation & jurisprudence
MH  - *Emergency Medicine
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Physicians
MH  - Police
MH  - *Safety
MH  - Statistics, Nonparametric
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - United Kingdom
PMC - PMC2658227
COIS- Competing interests: None.
EDAT- 2007/03/27 09:00
MHDA- 2007/05/05 09:00
PMCR- 2010/04/01
CRDT- 2007/03/27 09:00
PHST- 2007/03/27 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/05/05 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/03/27 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 24/4/244 [pii]
AID - em39404 [pii]
AID - 10.1136/emj.2006.039404 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Emerg Med J. 2007 Apr;24(4):244-7. doi: 10.1136/emj.2006.039404.