Being a Volunteer Blood Biker in 2021

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Being a Volunteer Blood Biker in 2021 - Real Bike Stories

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🔊 Listen to Gary tell us about what it is like to be a volunteer blood biker in 2021 in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a mention on LBC radio from James O'Brian, Gary speaks of his first job involving a COVID-19 sample.
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@sc2705 4 ай бұрын

I'm one of those who answers the phone, our group Freewheelers Bristol, we covered covid 24/7 I was one of those controllers/coordinators as we call it. Still doing Freewheelers now, in my 6th year.😀 some of our volunteers are both coordinators/riders, but there are always other committee positions to do.

@watwthmot Жыл бұрын

Nice video. Being doing it past 5 years over 3 different BB groups.. My experience has been some weeks when on duty could be 1200+ miles on bike, sometimes might be using one of their cars, if weather very poor ie snow / ice and during Covid had a large van for the PPE deliveries. That could be heavy work!! Still going strong up here in far north with HaIBB. Weather has bike put away for winter as icy conditions often on higher ground. Good craic and sense the appreciation from NHS staff for our efforts to help them. Recommend for bikers / drivers.

@donallen1384 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for what you all do! An awesome team! 😇

@lawsonthursfield6950 2 жыл бұрын

God bless each and every one of you x

@davidbirchall5124 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and a Big Thankyou for all you guys n girls do 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 I am actually looking to volunteer for the local blood bikers in my area in Kent.

@mikp1995 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this story.

@dbm3099 Жыл бұрын

I have really been moved and encouraged by your story. I also live in Nottingham and have a full bike licenses (class A) obtained in 1998 and full driving license to include categories C1 & C2. I am interested in supporting the Nottingham Blood Bikers on a voluntary basis and would appreciate a chat. Would you be open to this? Great job you all do in supporting the NHS.

@TheHk500gt 8 ай бұрын

you need to do IAM roadsmart or ROSPA and get your advanced rider test, then join a local advanced club and apply to be a blood rider

@markcaulcott5684 3 жыл бұрын

Big lad your all doing a cracking job keep it up 👍 fabulous work 👌👌👌

@rottieman347 Жыл бұрын

Thank you all

@markgriffiths6638 3 жыл бұрын

You do a fantastic job even more so knowing you do it for free.

@mrandmrswheels1142 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing. I’ve been looking at volunteering for the WhiteKnights in Yorkshire, unfortunately I fall out of their catchment area for the time being (but only temporary hopefully) I’ve got my IAM and RoSPA pass and my Airvest and white boo tooth helmet at the ready should my phone ring. 🤞 I’ve just ordered the book, thanks for the Heads up 👍👏 Thanks again Ride Safe!

@steve00alt70 2 жыл бұрын

do they need bikers to at least have an A2 licence?

@MotoHelpKyiv 2 жыл бұрын

Great story, hi from Ukrainian volunteer blood bikers. Could I ask your permission to make a voiceover of this video and put in our our channel?

@steve00alt70 Жыл бұрын

Can you still ride a 400cc on a full licence?

@snappo20 Жыл бұрын

You can ride anything on a full license.

@tomwoodland9607 3 жыл бұрын

Do you get blue lights? when i went for a tour of fleet vehicles at notts only some of the bikes had lights on? i don't see the point in the cars with just livery on with no blue lights as surely you'd just be like any other person on the road stuck in traffic etc? so far the fleet cars i have just seen in traffic like everyone else which kind of makes them pointless surely? i could throw some stickers on my car what would be the difference lmfao?

@jonniTWObad 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure whose vehicles you've been shown Tom, but it wasn't Nottinghamshire Blood Bikes.

@michaelney7006 2 жыл бұрын

No. Schedule 19 of the Road Safety Act means Blood Bikes are NOT an exempted body in England & Wales so cannot use blue lights or sirens nor go through red lights or exceed speed limits. Where groups buy Yamaha FJR1300A bikes, they come with blue lights and sirens fitted. Blood bike groups have to disable the lights and sirens by removing the fuses. In Eire, Scotland and NI the rules are different and they can use blue lights when clinically authorised. (but only when authorised by a named clinician)

@beatdrive741 4 ай бұрын

From what I’ve read I believe being able to having blue lights is an ever so slightly different matter to being able to disregard rta rules. A blood bike should always have to obey the rta. The lights though is either confused or interpreted differently in different regions.

@IkeBrider 3 жыл бұрын

Do you pay for your own fuel?

@kickinzeds 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, normally BB Riders pay for their own fuel, although during Covid BP fuel kindly extended their free fuel to emergency services to Blood bikes.

@jonniTWObad 3 жыл бұрын

Each group varies - at Nottinghamshire all we ask for is the volunteer's time, so we pay for everything, including fuel.

@snappo20 Жыл бұрын

@@kickinzedswe’d only pay for our own fuel if we did a run on our own bikes - if on a group bike, the fuel is paid for by the charity. During lockdown BP did indeed give us free fuel, a lovely gesture.