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muddyweb:
Nobody is trying to cover anything up.... there is no question as to the speed he was travelling...  the question is whether what he did warranted him being dismissed.   I, and I believe Lowey at least believe that it doesn't.

Andy.:
OK covering up was probably the wrong way of putting it, lets saying justifying his actions.

At the end of the day he's kept his job, lets hope he never again has to reach those speeds in the name of the law  :wink:

Colin 009:
Throw him out of the force, sack the judge.

gords:
People keep mentioning that "he was breaking the law" - so what happens when the towrags they're chasing exceeds the speed limit?

Pull up, radio base and say "sorry, couldn't catch them, they went over the speed limit"?

Or continue to chase them, track them and attempt to stop them?

If it's the latter, then they (the police) better be bloody good drivers!

I did IAM training when I came back to biking a few years ago. I considered myself to be a perfectly capable and quick rider - until I started doing the training :shock:  

Travelling quickly and safely on Britain's roads is not necessarily natural - it needs to be trained and continuously practised.

From the quick read I had of the BBC news item, it appeared as though there were (are?) not any clear guidelines for this sort of thing - possibly the fault lies with his superiors?

Nugget 4x4:
If as his defence says he was evaluating the car surely he would not have done this alone, I thought patrol car operators worked in pairs . At that speed he was not driving with due care and attention :shock:

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