how the f*ck do police drivers keep their cool?

[lllN30lll]

i'm a huge fan of Police Camera Action, cops uncut, road wars etc. prob never missed an episode.

but when watching them and seeing police doing their normal rounds with ANPR turned on, the system comes up and spots a dodgey car, they do a U -turn to follow them, then the games on... the adrenaline starts going... blues and two's go on for the cops and they give chase, yet the suspect refuses to stop.

now, when you watch the video's of the cops with lights and sirens blaring away, why the f*ck do normal road users panic. they stop DEAD. no matter where they are they stop. needless to say putting the brakes on the pursuit and letting the crooks get away.


how the fuck do the police keep their cool? i've seen a few on the vids swearing at people etc. but i'd have to do far worse than that.
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[iooi]

Isnt' just a case of Cams on, keep gob shut....

Like you say you see the muppets stop with the lights & sirens blazing away behind them and they make no attempt to move out of the way to allow them through...

Maybe a better title would be
Police, Camera, Silence.....
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[Whosthedaddy]

People panic and think by stopping where they are is the safest option where in fact pulling over at the next opportunity is much better. Had many a paramedic swear and cuss due to the gross stupidity of other road users. It is funny watching them panic and turn into Maureen from driving school.
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[lllN30lll]

I'd lose my rag completely, I know what it's like from a previous security guard job. you wait for a job, then when one comes the adrenalin kicks in. but,. then some complete tit ruins it for you.

(in my case it was the staff approaching the shoplifter and ask if they'd like a basket) albeit that's what I trained them to do, I didn't want them to do it of I had a job on.
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[G]

I've seen people go for an overtake as others pull in to let an ambulance past .

[Whosthedaddy]

[Skudd]

I used to follow the blues and twos. got to see some good stuff but most was to old ladies and stupid people.
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[nynfortoo]

I've used a police car as an escort before. It was on a road narrowed by roadworks, so all the cars had to pull onto the pavement to let the cop past. I calmly pulled in at the side of the road while the chaos ensued, then pulled out behind the cop car and enjoyed the nice, clear road.

Well, until he went through a red light I did, anyway, then it was back to traffic again.

[Stu_666]

[Newbiker0507]

They keep their cool by doing commentary on their pursuit.

It's part of the AIM test, which all police drivers have to sit.

[Scotch Bonnet]

[panrider_uk]

[nynfortoo]

[Kal]

Training, training and training the same way that training and practise gives us the skills we need to survive the roads. Exafctly the same way that troops are over trained so that they do the right thing in combat.

A friend of mine has been a Met officer for about four years now and only this summer qualified to use blues and twos.

I forget how many courses he has been on so far to get to that level but there are still a fair number in front of him. The courses aren't automatic either, each one has to be authorised by the Officers skipper. The theory being that only Officers who are suitable for pursuit duties get the training and authorisation to do so.

The system isn't perfect. Sometimes it dosn't work but most of the time it does.
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[WildGoose]

Vaguely annoys me how as soon as the police car/ambulance goes past, yuppie type people seem to think they are entitled to latch onto the back of it, stamp on the gas, and follow it through all the traffic.

Of course more than 1 person has the same idea, and it always ends up with a near collision.
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[stinkwheel]

It's hardly surprising.

Everyone is so shit scared about loosing their licence for speeding that their first reation on seeing a police car is to slam on the brakes, then check to see if they were actually speeding.

It is a rod the police have made for their own backs.

The other day a guy on a ZX9R and myself pulled across for a police car that pulled out of a sideroad behind us and started filtering through Harrogate town centre on the blues and twos.

Turns out we should just have kept going because he was holding us up. After about a mile he decided to stop, get put of the car and give us a row for following him. Now it was either an emergency or it wasn't. If it was an emergency, why did he stop? If it wasn't, why did he have the blues and twos on?

They should give traffic police a different colour light, they don't warrant the respect that is due to a blue light in my oppinion.

As far as I'm concerned a blue light should be used only in circumstances where someone's life would be put in immediate danger by delaying the vehicle showing it. This is always the case with an ambulance and a fire engine. It is occasionally the case with a normal police car and almost never the case with a traffic car.
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[Kal]

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[Syx]

[Kal]

Point a speed limit on the mainland that is over 70mph and I'll buy you a beer.

As it is you were 34mph over the speed limit - to all intents and purposes doing 150% of the speed limit. You took a chance and got caught out - it isn't like no one ever told you.

By the way nice edit on my post to grind your particular axe.
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[stinkwheel]

[Syx]

[Kal]

I wasn't there so I don't know how many kittens were waiting to leap out in front of the wheels of your jugganaught of doom.

I'm no angel when it comes to speed, I am probably the only person you've spoken to too irresponsible with a throttle to ride a CB500 regularly.

As you say we know its wrong, we know that speed cameras and Police Officers are a hazard to our licences when we speed so I try to pick and choose my times.

Anyway, different issue to Police Officers using Blues and Twos. As I understand it the Officer in Stinkwheels story above should have shut off the siren when he stopped and left the blue light going as his vehicle wasn't in a safe position.

Is it actually illegal to follow an emergency vehicle responding? Assuming you follow all other rules of the road? I don't *think* it's illegal and I can't find anything on the subject either way.
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