Can I collect a key worker?
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My partner works with mentally ill people who have issues functioning by themselves (supported accommodation) so is classed as a key worker, the shifts vary and this week she's working nights.
Travelling to work in the afternoon is ok as there's still people around but leaving work late at night she has to walk 2 miles now the tube stations closed and she doesn't feel safe as there's very little traffic or other pedestrians around.
On top of that from tomorrow the train she usually gets has been cancelled and the other service (which isn't direct) runs a reduced service on weekdays so would I be allowed to pick her up (there's no parking where she works).
Just wondering if this is a valid reason as the cars I drive are very conspicuous so will likely be pulled over so would like to know where I stand with the law.
Thanks.
Travelling to work in the afternoon is ok as there's still people around but leaving work late at night she has to walk 2 miles now the tube stations closed and she doesn't feel safe as there's very little traffic or other pedestrians around.
On top of that from tomorrow the train she usually gets has been cancelled and the other service (which isn't direct) runs a reduced service on weekdays so would I be allowed to pick her up (there's no parking where she works).
Just wondering if this is a valid reason as the cars I drive are very conspicuous so will likely be pulled over so would like to know where I stand with the law.
Thanks.
My stepdaughter starts work (her first ever job) as a care worker tomorrow, seven miles from where we live and there are no buses. Her mum is going to take her in and collect her, but we’ve asked her to carry her offer letter with her for the duration, and her mum to hold a copy just in case.
But as a response to your actual question, I don’t think it would be a problem whatsoever, even if stricter countermeasures are put in place.
But as a response to your actual question, I don’t think it would be a problem whatsoever, even if stricter countermeasures are put in place.
My lad has similar.
Finishes after the last bus and the walk entails a dual carriageway so a no go. As far as I’m concerned that makes him a vulnerable person so legit. He’s been given a letter by his employer classing him as a key worker just in case but I’d rather him in my car which is sort of clean rather than a taxi which may contain all sorts of nasties.
Finishes after the last bus and the walk entails a dual carriageway so a no go. As far as I’m concerned that makes him a vulnerable person so legit. He’s been given a letter by his employer classing him as a key worker just in case but I’d rather him in my car which is sort of clean rather than a taxi which may contain all sorts of nasties.
You will be fine.
Anyone with sense who might ask you should understand that you are reducing the risk to others by her not using public transport, you are also reducing the security risk of her walking around in the dark on her own.
I also had this with my daughter walking to school on her own. normally it's a gang of about 7 of them, they have to cross a park and under a subway, but as she's alone , I opted to walk her to school and pick her up in the car.
Anyone with sense who might ask you should understand that you are reducing the risk to others by her not using public transport, you are also reducing the security risk of her walking around in the dark on her own.
I also had this with my daughter walking to school on her own. normally it's a gang of about 7 of them, they have to cross a park and under a subway, but as she's alone , I opted to walk her to school and pick her up in the car.
Edited by texaxile on Sunday 29th March 20:47
Cold said:
The fact that this question is being asked shows just how wrong the police have got this.
Nope, it shows me that ordinary people have decided they can no longer think for themselves or justify their perfectly justifiable actions without being hauled away to the gulag. I have no idea where this ridiculous paranoia originates, but that's what it is.anonymous said:
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The op is worried about being pulled over for doing something he's perfectly entitled to do due to the complete cluster the police are making of this situation up and down the country and I would suggest he's not the only person who has such thoughts.If it's not reports of roadblocks, drones or misinformation via social media then it's dubious vehicle searches, attempting to raid a closed comedy club or mobile tyre fitters being told to go home.
I think we can definitely lay a considerable chunk of the blame for so much confusion with the police here.
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Nothing to hide, nothing to fear, eh? Apart from the op who just wants to pick up his missus from work but feels he has to clarify that this is ok and is basing this question on what he has read/viewed since this confusion started.
Seems to be an element of fear there.
It's a fair question - in Spain you would likely get stopped taking a sick relative to hospital.....
Advice there seems to be sit as far away as possible - so passenger in the back on the opposite side to the driver.
and yes - I know Spain is a different country with different rules, but not a bad idea anyway.....
Advice there seems to be sit as far away as possible - so passenger in the back on the opposite side to the driver.
and yes - I know Spain is a different country with different rules, but not a bad idea anyway.....
Pothole said:
Nope, it shows me that ordinary people have decided they can no longer think for themselves or justify their perfectly justifiable actions without being hauled away to the gulag. I have no idea where this ridiculous paranoia originates, but that's what it is.
In many cases it's a continuation of the "Not my Prime Minister" cult. We have a thread condemning the government for sending out literature to everybody explaining it in more detail. But I'm sure many will still be reading it with their fingers in their ears, before driving their kids 20 miles to the next town to go and play in the park.singlecoil said:
I expect Carinaman and David Ball will agree too.
They may well do, but it doesn't necessarily make them wrong by default. There are a number of occasions where the police are right to be dealing with people they're encountering but there are a great number of occasions being reported where the police seem to have been getting it very wrong. That there are people being pulled over from safe situations that are entirely necessary (travelling to and from work that cannot be completed from home, breakdown and mobile vehicle repair services) into then inherently unsafe situations so the police can exercise powers that have categorically not been issued is testament to how they have managed to get it wrong. This is causing further confusion and concern and making it much more difficult to go about what you are entitled to do.What I believe happened was the original guidance issued and the known "not-so-good, in it for the power trips" officers went to town. Further clarification was issued - particularly in the whole "essential work" vs "work you cannot do from home" confusion on day 1 - and things have settled a bit; but it's still fresh in the memory of most that some police got a bit excitable.
Pegscratch said:
singlecoil said:
I expect Carinaman and David Ball will agree too.
They may well do, but it doesn't necessarily make them wrong by default. There are a number of occasions where the police are right to be dealing with people they're encountering but there are a great number of occasions being reported where the police seem to have been getting it very wrong. That there are people being pulled over from safe situations that are entirely necessary (travelling to and from work that cannot be completed from home, breakdown and mobile vehicle repair services) into then inherently unsafe situations so the police can exercise powers that have categorically not been issued is testament to how they have managed to get it wrong. This is causing further confusion and concern and making it much more difficult to go about what you are entitled to do.What I believe happened was the original guidance issued and the known "not-so-good, in it for the power trips" officers went to town. Further clarification was issued - particularly in the whole "essential work" vs "work you cannot do from home" confusion on day 1 - and things have settled a bit; but it's still fresh in the memory of most that some police got a bit excitable.
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