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doggone
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PostPosted: 16:22 - 06 Jan 2013    Post subject: Sad but Reply with quote
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-20924725

What was he doing losing control on this road just leaving a 30 zone?
OK it was 'an emergency callout' but road conditions were reasonable and at 7pm there would be a good chance of people walking or cycling.
All that careful training did no good!

Surely it is drummed into them that no matter how urgent the emergency, the last thing anyone wants is for the response to have an accident themselves.

The only acceptable explanation is some sort of catastrophic blow out or mechanical failure which I suppose should not be ruled out at this stage.
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PostPosted: 16:24 - 06 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Making any sort of judgement with such a lack of information would be foolish.
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PostPosted: 18:28 - 06 Jan 2013    Post subject: Re: Sad but Reply with quote
doggone wrote:

mechanical failure which I suppose should not be ruled out at this stage.


I thought the police always kept thier cars & vans in tip top condition?
All thier drivers are highly trained are`nt they? so he could`nt possibly of been going to fast for the circumstances around him could he?
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PostPosted: 20:35 - 06 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
The laws of physics no longer apply once the blue lights are turned on, (or so they seem to think).
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PostPosted: 21:10 - 06 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Artist wrote:
Making any sort of judgement with such a lack of information would be foolish.


There will be no judgement made in this case, the guys dead, there'll be a quiet enquiry which will find driver error (even if something went wrong with the van) and to all but the friends/family it will be forgotten about.

On the physics side of this topic - I was once on the outside of a blind bend when a police van attending an emergency crossed the solid white line to overtake. I was up on the verge to avoid the collision. 'Enthusiastic' officers often get away with many things us mere mortals cannot.
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PostPosted: 21:19 - 06 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
daemonoid wrote:
The Artist wrote:
Making any sort of judgement with such a lack of information would be foolish.


There will be no judgement made in this case, the guys dead, there'll be a quiet enquiry which will find driver error (even if something went wrong with the van) and to all but the friends/family it will be forgotten about.

On the physics side of this topic - I was once on the outside of a blind bend when a police van attending an emergency crossed the solid white line to overtake. I was up on the verge to avoid the collision. 'Enthusiastic' officers often get away with many things us mere mortals cannot.


What I mean is, any opinion formed here and now will be just that, an opinion based on barely any facts.
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PostPosted: 21:23 - 06 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Artist wrote:


What I mean is, any opinion formed here and now will be just that, an opinion based on barely any facts.


When is that not the case on here?
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PostPosted: 21:34 - 06 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sadder than any other avoidable road traffic fatality?

This? This is sad.

https://ccjm.dnsd.me/cops-drop-bikes.jpg

Which serves to illustrate that they're only human, although giving them special licenses and rules tends to confuse that issue.
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PostPosted: 21:34 - 06 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

Fair chance that he wasn't response trained, so quite likely no special training at all. Similarly quite possible that he wasn't doing anything dodgy. Sudden reponse to some wildlife on the road for example.

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PostPosted: 04:23 - 07 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Surely he must have been going faster than 30...

Drew wrote:
I've always wondered why coppers don't have to wear seatbelts (wonder if he was on this occasion)

Understandable when they have people in the back in case they go 'crazy', but when they are just cruising around town or responding to an emergency, surely they should have to wear seatbelts.


They do wear seatbelts. The only times they don't really is if they are about to get out quickly.
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