The only noises to puncture the padding of pedestrians around the city were the screeching of sirens from ambulances and police cars, and the cheers of animated activists.

整个城市只有救护车和警车的刺耳的鸣啸声以及游行人群的欢呼声。

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Devon and Cornwall Police said it could only intervene if cars were dangerously parked or caused serious obstructions.

BBC: Colebrook, 2 May 2013

There are only 26, 000 police, many without cars and radios, and 12, 000 employees in the public prosecutor's department for a country of 12m people.

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Only emergency vehicles - buses, taxis, fire engines, ambulances, police cars, rubbish trucks - and those powered by gas or electricity remain exempt from the ban.

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