Ambulance drivers to protest over threat of penalty points in emergency calls

AMBULANCE drivers, angered at the prospect of having their personal driving licenses endorsed for alleged traffic violations, are to protest at Government buildings next month.

Ambulance and fire personnel in Dublin respond to 465 emergency calls a day making an annual total of 170,000.

However, the drivers are claiming the failure of Transport Minister Séamus Brennan to address an anomaly in the Road Traffic Acts means emergency personnel including gardaí and firefighters can pick up points on their licences even if responding to life and death situations.