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Your thoughts on driving at 159 mph
datalas:
hey, I wasn't passing judgement, infact I was trying rather hard not to :)
Although, I seem to recall that nobody is allowed to speed, or run a red light, with the fine exception of a postman delivering a message of war... or is that running red lights ?
muddyweb:
--- Quote from: "Andy." ---One question, with regards the law which no one is above regardless of job, what is the speed limit on a British motorway :?: .
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Um... the emergency services are exempt from many of the UK laws as I understand it.. the exact circumstances vary of course. If you start to take the zero tolerance approach to speeding, then you'd better report us all... have you never gone above 70mph on a motorway ?
You have to make the assumption that driving fast is instrinsically dangerous, which as someone who has spent many years driving at 100mph+ in Europe I don't believe it is.
I think he was, shall we say, lacking in judgement for doing what he did... but on the other side of the coin, you fire him and you loose another expensive and experienced police officer who then needs to be replaced.
beast5680:
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--- Quote from: "beast5680" ---providing he was genuinly carrying out an evaluation of the vehicle and he was conducting it at a safer time of the day
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not being funny (dont take it funny and i see your point) but isn't there test centers for that, like the motor industry reasearch assosiation ( mira ). i do some work there and they have test tracks for this purpose.
he was probabily late for mcdonalds opening :lol:
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a test track is not the roads where he drives though or the area he,s in when he will be driving that car.
I have a friend in the fire brigade who instructs drivers in fire appliances and they go out on runs late to get used to handling the fire trucks on the roads in their area, not quite the same speed i know but the principle is the same.
if the police are to do their job and use the vehicles they are given then they must be allowed to test them out etc so they are safe when carrying out a pursuit, However none of the papers have made any details of whether the officer logged himself out on a call or a run etc and i would agree if he was not on official buisiness then he should have the book thrown at him
muky-kid.:
:shock: What the judge did make reference to in his summary was teh lack of a suitable evaluation, training, testing or indeed anything procedures for the constabulary in question.
He was just late for his shift.... :wink:
Seriously though hes lucky to get away with it, without causeing death or injury to himself or others... I mean comeon if something had happened to his car whilst travelling at 150mph do you really think he could have controlled it at that speed good driver or no good driver.
Its one of lifes big misconceptions, we all think that we are in total control of our vehicles whilst travelling at speed.. sorry were just lucky if nothing happens.
:D Rant over...
The Fat Controller:
testing of any car to that speed should be done at the right place,the only places in this country are either m.i.r.a or silverstone
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