Message to Blood bikers : God bless you for applying your unique skillset\passion and taking up such a dangerous challenge to volunteer and put others lives before your own. You are the salt of the earth. Message to the current government of England: How dare you allow these incredibly skilled and selfless people to be unpaid volunteers, shame on you! There are so many grossly overpaid profession’s in both government and in private sector life…. To allow these life saving hero’s to be unpaid volunteers is absolutely criminal! Please fix your moral compass!!
Selfless, inspirational life savers. Thank you all, whether you’re in Kent or Cumbria, London or Lanarkshire your contribution to the community is a real treasure.
I live in the United States but I wanted to say that I look up to all of you I think you are real life angels you help people to live so God bless you and keep you safe as you go back and forth on your journeys
Very briefly I did organ transport using a Ford Escort Combi van, it looked like a police dog van & even had one of those spinning air vents on the roof. Anyway, as I mentioned I did some organ transport, sometimes blood, out of Victoria Coach station mostly. I sometimes drove on blue lights but I never got a job where the item was desperately needed, every time I rushed in to whatever hospital with the bag or box, there was never a sense of urgency ! It was always very anti-climatic, even though I had rushed through London traffic to get there. I even did a relay job one time that ended the same way, absolutely ridiculous was my experience, why was I rushing around for the hospital to just get to it as & when ?
When I think of what makes a really beautiful person, not fancy clothes and makeup and peacocking and posing. Doing things for others, serving society, taking risks that need to be taken, being in a good state, always ready.
Hello I am a teacher from Bradford. I am creating an educational video for young people teaching them about the importance of our amazing emergency services and why they must be respected. Please could I use some of this footage with crediting of course?
James your never too old, please come and join our family, check out your local group on the NABB (national association of blood bikes) website. Your never too old to help.
Blood Bikers recently became a recognised part of the UK's emergency services. As such, we are allowed to use emergency blue lights (just like the police, fire brigades and ambulance services), and, in times of emergency, and given that the terrain and conditions permit it, can surpass the posted speed limit, as well as move through red lights. Again, this is done by trained riders with advanced qualifications, and many of our members from our teams are ex and current service staff (military and other services, like Police) that are trained in fast response driving.
Currently Blood bikes are not covered under Section 19 , thus this does not permit the "surpassing" of a speed limit nor does this allow moving through a Red light
