Couple's fear for unborn baby as cars block ambulance route (From Bucks Free Press)

The same problem occurs on Post Office Lane in Beaconsfield, where residents of the affordable housing block park inconsiderately, despite moving there knowing that there is limited parking

I completely empathise with the couple as there are few things more frustrating than cars and such blocking access especially for emergency situations.... however I do think that the couple are planning to use the ambulance service as a taxi to get to the the hospital and can't understand why like the majority of the public plan and make the effort either by friend or family to get there themselves without heavily relying on already stretched services... unless of course there is a real need for the ambulance.

Simple solution, give ambulances bigger engines with more torque, stick some bull bars on the front of them, and ram badly parked cars out of the way.

I'd also advocate setting fire to them afterwards, but this may not be a good use of paramedics time.

The above comment is without question ..'Childish' and stupid.!!
Be sensible and concise on this issue and we can all get problems resolved.
Put you questions to the BFP and you will see positive responses from intelligent beings.

Kiwipuss wrote:
The above comment is without question ..'Childish' and stupid.!!
Be sensible and concise on this issue and we can all get problems resolved.
Put you questions to the BFP and you will see positive responses from intelligent beings.

Are you living in some kind of fantasy world where the BFP have power and do something useful?

So if this new development has no parking, what idiots passed it at the council with no parking facilities?

Slacker wrote:
So if this new development has no parking, what idiots passed it at the council with no parking facilities?

Exactly - too often developers are allowed to (or just do) build houses without sufficient parking. witness any recent development in Marlow by ine of the big names.

Councils just have to insist that the 2 parking slots per dwelling is adhered to.

Why will an ambulance be needed? Don't most people make their own way to hospital after 9 months preparing for the arrival of a baby?

Slacker wrote:
So if this new development has no parking, what idiots passed it at the council with no parking facilities?

Probably the same idiots that thought closing High Wycombe Hospital and making everyone go to Stoke Mandeville hospital would be a good idea.

5 is too many wrote:
Why will an ambulance be needed? Don't most people make their own way to hospital after 9 months preparing for the arrival of a baby?

yes, usually and if you have an iron deficiency you take iron tablets seems to me the couple will phone an ambulance to get to Stoke Mandeville whatever happens emergency or not.

MCarey wrote:

5 is too many wrote:
Why will an ambulance be needed? Don't most people make their own way to hospital after 9 months preparing for the arrival of a baby?

yes, usually and if you have an iron deficiency you take iron tablets seems to me the couple will phone an ambulance to get to Stoke Mandeville whatever happens emergency or not.

As someone that personally knows the couple, they have had numerous problems throughout the pregnancy for both mother and baby which has been ever so stressful given that after a tragic miscarriage last year they were told they could not have children. Yes they do plan to drive to the hospital not that it is anyone's business but due to the severity of the iron deficiency although she is on tablets she may need to at any stage undergo an emergency blood transfusion which they have been told will require her to be blue lighted to hospital, same goes if there are any emergencies with baby. At the end of the day the story is about getting views and points across to the idiots that built Findlay Mews and their thoughtless residents so therefore if you do not know the extent of the circumstances, you have no right to comment. Same goes for anybody else!

The only reason an ambulance will b needed is if like is possible i need to undergo an emergency blood transfusion. If u do not know the full circumstances and situation the couple are going through u do not have the right to pass a judgement the story is to get views and concerns of the public aired so that something can be done. Think before commenting

Charlie2013 wrote:

MCarey wrote:

5 is too many wrote:
Why will an ambulance be needed? Don't most people make their own way to hospital after 9 months preparing for the arrival of a baby?

yes, usually and if you have an iron deficiency you take iron tablets seems to me the couple will phone an ambulance to get to Stoke Mandeville whatever happens emergency or not.

As someone that personally knows the couple, they have had numerous problems throughout the pregnancy for both mother and baby which has been ever so stressful given that after a tragic miscarriage last year they were told they could not have children. Yes they do plan to drive to the hospital not that it is anyone's business but due to the severity of the iron deficiency although she is on tablets she may need to at any stage undergo an emergency blood transfusion which they have been told will require her to be blue lighted to hospital, same goes if there are any emergencies with baby. At the end of the day the story is about getting views and points across to the idiots that built Findlay Mews and their thoughtless residents so therefore if you do not know the extent of the circumstances, you have no right to comment. Same goes for anybody else!

I hope the couple that you know so well, don't mind you posting personal medical information on a public website.

Marmite XO wrote:

Charlie2013 wrote:

MCarey wrote:

5 is too many wrote:
Why will an ambulance be needed? Don't most people make their own way to hospital after 9 months preparing for the arrival of a baby?

yes, usually and if you have an iron deficiency you take iron tablets seems to me the couple will phone an ambulance to get to Stoke Mandeville whatever happens emergency or not.

As someone that personally knows the couple, they have had numerous problems throughout the pregnancy for both mother and baby which has been ever so stressful given that after a tragic miscarriage last year they were told they could not have children. Yes they do plan to drive to the hospital not that it is anyone's business but due to the severity of the iron deficiency although she is on tablets she may need to at any stage undergo an emergency blood transfusion which they have been told will require her to be blue lighted to hospital, same goes if there are any emergencies with baby. At the end of the day the story is about getting views and points across to the idiots that built Findlay Mews and their thoughtless residents so therefore if you do not know the extent of the circumstances, you have no right to comment. Same goes for anybody else!

I hope the couple that you know so well, don't mind you posting personal medical information on a public website.

As a good friend would i had asked first thanks. And iron tablets is not exactly major medical info. The point is if u do not know what u are talking about do not bother commenting

Charlie2013 wrote:

Marmite XO wrote:

Charlie2013 wrote:

MCarey wrote:

5 is too many wrote:
Why will an ambulance be needed? Don't most people make their own way to hospital after 9 months preparing for the arrival of a baby?

yes, usually and if you have an iron deficiency you take iron tablets seems to me the couple will phone an ambulance to get to Stoke Mandeville whatever happens emergency or not.

As someone that personally knows the couple, they have had numerous problems throughout the pregnancy for both mother and baby which has been ever so stressful given that after a tragic miscarriage last year they were told they could not have children. Yes they do plan to drive to the hospital not that it is anyone's business but due to the severity of the iron deficiency although she is on tablets she may need to at any stage undergo an emergency blood transfusion which they have been told will require her to be blue lighted to hospital, same goes if there are any emergencies with baby. At the end of the day the story is about getting views and points across to the idiots that built Findlay Mews and their thoughtless residents so therefore if you do not know the extent of the circumstances, you have no right to comment. Same goes for anybody else!

I hope the couple that you know so well, don't mind you posting personal medical information on a public website.

As a good friend would i had asked first thanks. And iron tablets is not exactly major medical info. The point is if u do not know what u are talking about do not bother commenting

I was referring to your x factor style back story of your best friends

tragic miscarriage last year they were told they could not have children

Still, if your best friends want that splashed all over the place, then that is up to them. Personally i wouldn't. I also wouldn't start telling people what they are allowed to comment on in an open forum. But again, that is just me.

Marmite XO wrote:

Charlie2013 wrote:

Marmite XO wrote:

Charlie2013 wrote:

MCarey wrote:

5 is too many wrote:
Why will an ambulance be needed? Don't most people make their own way to hospital after 9 months preparing for the arrival of a baby?

yes, usually and if you have an iron deficiency you take iron tablets seems to me the couple will phone an ambulance to get to Stoke Mandeville whatever happens emergency or not.

As someone that personally knows the couple, they have had numerous problems throughout the pregnancy for both mother and baby which has been ever so stressful given that after a tragic miscarriage last year they were told they could not have children. Yes they do plan to drive to the hospital not that it is anyone's business but due to the severity of the iron deficiency although she is on tablets she may need to at any stage undergo an emergency blood transfusion which they have been told will require her to be blue lighted to hospital, same goes if there are any emergencies with baby. At the end of the day the story is about getting views and points across to the idiots that built Findlay Mews and their thoughtless residents so therefore if you do not know the extent of the circumstances, you have no right to comment. Same goes for anybody else!

I hope the couple that you know so well, don't mind you posting personal medical information on a public website.

As a good friend would i had asked first thanks. And iron tablets is not exactly major medical info. The point is if u do not know what u are talking about do not bother commenting

I was referring to your x factor style back story of your best friends

tragic miscarriage last year they were told they could not have children

Still, if your best friends want that splashed all over the place, then that is up to them. Personally i wouldn't. I also wouldn't start telling people what they are allowed to comment on in an open forum. But again, that is just me.

Well im sorry but i would say that is a tragedy and this is my opinion that i am voicing in this open forum. At the end of the day my quibble is with those that feel the need to judge without knowing the full facts. That is all

I wouldn't worry about personal info on Bucks Free Press... Your Facebook page is public and everyone can see all your info and posts / conversations. In the liight of media interest highlighting your name you might want to rethink that. Just saying.

The amount of parking spaces are not always down to the developers. Often it's the planners that want less parking spaces and narrow roads, that way they hope it will make people use public transport.
There is often talk about taxing parking places at peoples place of work, again to get people to use public transport but all this will do is make people park all over the place and not in a car parks.

The amount of parking spaces are not always down to the developers. Often it's the planners that want less parking spaces and narrow roads, that way they hope it will make people use public transport.
There is often talk about taxing parking places at peoples place of work, again to get people to use public transport but all this will do is make people park all over the place and not in a car parks.

The police are monitoring it. Hello.
If you block the road preventing emergency vehicles access you are breaking the law. Give them tickets. Come on TVP. It is your responsibilty.

Unfortunately it is not against the law to park on the highway.
You should not obstruct emergency vehicle access, but you need to establish who causes the obstruction. Had a NAG meeting last night and this was one of the topics.

242

You MUST NOT leave your vehicle or trailer in a dangerous position or where it causes any unnecessary obstruction of the road.
Laws RTA 1988, sect 22 & CUR reg 103
243

DO NOT stop or park

near a school entrance
anywhere you would prevent access for Emergency Services
at or near a bus or tram stop or taxi rank
on the approach to a level crossing/tramway crossing
opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space
near the brow of a hill or hump bridge
opposite a traffic island or (if this would cause an obstruction) another parked vehicle
where you would force other traffic to enter a tram lane
where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users and powered mobility vehicles
in front of an entrance to a property
on a bend
where you would obstruct cyclists’ use of cycle facilities except when forced to do so by stationary traffic.

They had a similar problem on Gunthorpe Road a few years ago when a fire engine was needed... the fire engine rammed the van out of the way! Not saying for one moment that the ambulance would do likewise though!

I can understand their fears. Pregnant women have enough to worry about in Wycombe now being so far from Stoke and Marlow is even further. Cars potentially blocking an ambulance is just another thing that could go wrong so wise up car drivers and park responsibly!

Ivor'sbestfriend wrote:
242

You MUST NOT leave your vehicle or trailer in a dangerous position or where it causes any unnecessary obstruction of the road.
Laws RTA 1988, sect 22 & CUR reg 103
243

DO NOT stop or park

near a school entrance
anywhere you would prevent access for Emergency Services
at or near a bus or tram stop or taxi rank
on the approach to a level crossing/tramway crossing
opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space
near the brow of a hill or hump bridge
opposite a traffic island or (if this would cause an obstruction) another parked vehicle
where you would force other traffic to enter a tram lane
where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users and powered mobility vehicles
in front of an entrance to a property
on a bend
where you would obstruct cyclists’ use of cycle facilities except when forced to do so by stationary traffic.

Well according to this Thames valley police could issue at least 50 tickets during school drop off and pick up times monday to friday in my road. Surely that's easy money tvp!!
If anyone in my road were to need an ambulance (or fire service) at these times they wouldn't stand a chance!

BucksComment wrote:

Slacker wrote:
So if this new development has no parking, what idiots passed it at the council with no parking facilities?

Exactly - too often developers are allowed to (or just do) build houses without sufficient parking. witness any recent development in Marlow by ine of the big names.

Councils just have to insist that the 2 parking slots per dwelling is adhered to.

I don't think that's the current guideline - I suspect that usually only one space is allowed per house/flat. The planning authorities believe that if people can't park, they'll take public transport. This doesn't allow for those who work unsocial hours, work somewhere not on a bus route, drive for work and bring the vehicle home, need to take children to schools in different directions at more or less the same time while driving to work somewhere else, who are disabled or have any other reason for not being the simple, logical machines they believe we are. Therefore there are usually more cars than the planners expect - but the response is usually to provide less parking next time.

LivingtheDream wrote:
I completely empathise with the couple as there are few things more frustrating than cars and such blocking access especially for emergency situations.... however I do think that the couple are planning to use the ambulance service as a taxi to get to the the hospital and can't understand why like the majority of the public plan and make the effort either by friend or family to get there themselves without heavily relying on already stretched services... unless of course there is a real need for the ambulance.

First point, yes, it's not just this couple who could be affected. What if someone has a house fire and is trapped, while the fire engine is held up? What if an elderly person has a stroke or a bad fall? Some years ago we were unlucky enough to have a kitchen fire caused by a faulty dishwasher; we live on a narrow lane, and at the time it was funny to see the firemen hauling the neighbours out of bed to move their cars at 2am. The next day it hit me that it wouldn't have been funny at all if it had been a worse fire and we'd been trapped upstairs.

Second point, I needed an ambulance both times - though luckily that was before I moved to this narrow lane. The first time I was only 31 weeks, my husband was working away from home, and I was taken in to see if they could stop the baby coming. They couldn't; I was certainly in no state to drive and had no-one else. The second time I called the hospital to say I was coming in - and had my husband ready to take me - and then she started to arrive. Got stuck halfway, so an ambulance was called. I can only assume that those who think no ambulance is needed have no children. This lady's been told the baby may arrive early, it may well arrive while her husband's at work. Not everyone has a birth process lasting several hours, and if there's been difficulty with the pregnancy it wouldn't be safe to wait anyway.

Ivor'sbestfriend wrote:

Kiwipuss wrote: The above comment is without question ..'Childish' and stupid.!! Be sensible and concise on this issue and we can all get problems resolved. Put you questions to the BFP and you will see positive responses from intelligent beings.

Are you living in some kind of fantasy world where the BFP have power and do something useful?

BFP do something useful?, would be a whole lot better if our council and elected MP done something useful !!!!!!, all of them a bunch of overpaid, hypocritical, know all useless cretins who only look to serve thier own purpose and stuff the rest of us.

Charlie2013 wrote:
The only reason an ambulance will b needed is if like is possible i need to undergo an emergency blood transfusion. If u do not know the full circumstances and situation the couple are going through u do not have the right to pass a judgement the story is to get views and concerns of the public aired so that something can be done. Think before commenting

Do ambulances carry blood?