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Ive been a bad boy!
crazymac:
--- Quote from: "William" ---so following that rule, drive to an incident how u feel even if it causes another incident? Altho that would explain the number of court cases, deaths, and wreckless driving incidents from police that have been in the papers and on the news? One emergency is bad enough without causing another
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I'm not sure you read that post above right? That says that it is the emergency vehicle drivers responsibility if they are in an accident!! until it gets investigated and proven otherwise.
It is inevitable that the emergency services will be involved in accidents, they are driving in extreme circumstances to save lives like yours and mine and to catch the scroats that cause so many problems in our society!
Wireless:
I'm retired from the Ambulance Service.
You don't see that many ambulances involved in accidents, and the transit one's I used to drive were V6, and the LDV's were V8 (115mph), and I've had 135mph out of the fast response vehicle.
I think the fact that if we had a accident, that yet another vehicle would need to be sent to the job we were going to, plus we might need one for our accident, was (is?) always paramount in the mind of an Ambulance Technician / Paramedic, plus we don't get red mist as we're not chasing anyone, which must be a factor.
Boggert:
--- Quote from: "William" ---Police tend to be reckless drivers, i always thort they were ment to be advanced, yet ive seen more police cars crash then the motorists they are chasing! Infact they kill more inocent people in pursuits than the people they are chasing. Altho on saying that the firearms squad seem to match these statisitcs too! haha.
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Ok lets see the facts this statement is based on.....
littlepow:
--- Quote from: "Boggert" ---
--- Quote from: "William" ---Police tend to be reckless drivers, i always thort they were ment to be advanced, yet ive seen more police cars crash then the motorists they are chasing! Infact they kill more inocent people in pursuits than the people they are chasing. Altho on saying that the firearms squad seem to match these statisitcs too! haha.
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Ok lets see the facts this statement is based on.....
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Is a bit harsh, yes the police might be involved in more accidents than other proffesional drivers. But to the same extend, they don't have to travel at speeds exceeding those posted. Try to get to an incident to prevent further injury or loss of life, or stop someone bent on causing chaos and destruction in an attempt to getaway with a crime.
That and the press always seem to take joy in publishing failures of any of the emergency service.
graham:
In the incedent the police transit was overtaking a Hummer so there was not a lot of room for all 3 of us. :shock:
I don't know why she felt justified to overtake on such a bend i was a bit shaken up, but nothing surprises me anymore.
I was coming up the M6 tonight on the stretch between Preston and Lancaster was about 3 miles into the part with no carriageway lights, a car came up the fast lane with just side lights, its pitch black on that section.
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