Any1 see the police program last night on bbc 1?

R1stu · Shrek! Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Karma :

Do Anyone else see the police chase program last night on the bbc?

I know they had to do training, but did you see the police officer driving at over 100mph on a single lane rd? and overtaking the cars 80+mph on these roads!!!!

I thought bloodly hipacrits!! What you guys think? they should do track days! Confused

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carvell · Scuttler Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Karma :

They have to be trained to drive that fast, to go after people that have nicked cars and are driving at them speeds down country lanes, the difference is, they are trained to overtake at 80mph safely!

The white omega they were in did have blue lights in the grill and they were in uniform, so it was a perfectly legal thing for them to be doing.
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Danny · Ask Me About Stoppie School Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Karma :

I was thinking the same as you Stu, I thought police were not allowed to break the law ie. speed unless they were on call Confused

Maybe they think they can and in reality there has been the no change in the law to allow them to do this. Thus meaning all traffic cops are guilty of speeding and their instructors guilty of incitement to speed. But I think I may be dreaming there Confused

R1stu · Shrek! Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Karma :

Wasnt really complaining, but if i was stoped speeding and showed them my IAMS advanced riding training cirt, would they let me off?

When i get it
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carvell · Scuttler Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Karma :

If you were doing it as part of a training course exactly the same as the police were doing there (that only police can do), yeah, they'd let you off.

If a police man was caught speeding and had no reason for speeding (wasn't chasing anyone), he'd get a bollocking, same as you would.

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Danny · Ask Me About Stoppie School Joined: 26 Jan 2003 Karma :

No, he'd get a bollocking and i'd get points/ban and a fine Evil or Very Mad

TiN · Pocket Tin Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Karma :

Do any one watch the "Kenyon Confronts" program that was on a little bit before? I'd probably get chucked in jail for multiple counts of attempted murder if I was forced to live with such scum. Evil or Very Mad

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Korn · Admin Joined: 01 Feb 2002 Karma :

I found it funny how one of the jam sandwich drivers said you needed zen-like concentration, nerves of steel and the reflexes of a cat to drive at 100mph on a deserted motorway. Don't sell yourself short there mate Wink

Though not nearly as bad as that Sheriff John B. Gunell off America's Worst Police Chases, who I swear must come in his pants every time somebody breaks the weedy highway speed limit over there. "OH MY GOD, he's doing 70 miles per hour, he might as well run in to church with a Kalashnikov and blow away some nuns!".

I want to microwave that bloke's testicles.

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kevo · Cop Seeking Missile Joined: 26 Aug 2002 Karma :

Ak's are far too noisy and they hurt my ears, you want a m16 slung with grenades underneath for nuns Smile

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T.C · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Karma :

Police Officers are exempt from the speed limits when being trained, and generally it is only the National speed limits that are ignored, 30's, 40's and 50's are complied with.

When qualified, they are subject to the speed limits just the same as anyone else except where the complying with a speed limit would be predjudicial to the incident they were attending in other words on a shout or other justified reason like a pursuit.

The Police advanced course is probably the most intense course I have ever done and over the 4 weeks of my first course I lost over 3 stone in weight just through concentration and sweat.

On the Bike course I lost another 3 stone for the same reasons, and that is even tougher as you are riding all day whereas on the car course you do 1 hour at a time with a morning and afternoon session.

At the end of the day, Police drivers, particularly advanced students are trained in plain vehicles because if they can do it safely without all the safety equipment, then come the day they go operational in a marked car it becomes easier, but the training is still relevant simply because a criminal is not goingto stick to the legal speed limit when trying to escape, and the Police drivers have to be capable of staying with the bandit in safety.

Every two years, all Traffic officers have to do a two week refresher Mr. Green

which is a chance to hone the skills and keep the eye in, and hopefully retain their class 1 qualification.

For those with Bike and Car qualifications then it was two refresher courses a year plus the pursuit course which my force introduced whilst I was still serving going back 10 years ago.

So don't knock it until you see or know what is involved, and remember that the standard in this country is higher than anywhere else in the world which is why so many overseas forces send their instructors here.
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Hex · Party Boy Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Wow a loss of 6 stone, I'd weigh like 4 stone at the end of that training. Laughing

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T.C · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Karma :

Hex · Party Boy Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Still a loss of 3 stone on me would take me to a dangerously low body weight. I just don't have that amount of body fat to loose.

Out of interest, did you have to work the beat for 2 years before you could specialize as a traffic cop? I'm assuming you are a traffic cop on this one.

At the moment I'm toying with the idea of a career change, and it would either be politics (become very bent) or the force (probably data forensics or something like that though).
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T.C · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Karma :

Hex · Party Boy Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Thought that was the case for traffic police etc, however one of my colleges left and is basically training in london for a year on the computer porn side of things.

No basic beat work as such, just lots of looking at porn on the net and other things like that (its a hard life for some), and that would be more the area I went for if I did. So not quite sure how that fits in, guess the beat work don't matter as much in that side of things as its all pc based work?.

Either way thanks for the info.
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dainesefreak · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Apr 2003 Karma :

T.C - Is that you? Formally of MCN?

T.C · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Karma :

If he is a Policeman, he must do his two years probation at a police station before he can do any specialist work even in the Met or the City of London, so is he there as a civilian? Sounds like it.
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dainesefreak · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Apr 2003 Karma :

Are you the T.C that I spoke to about my accident in Feb? Probably can't remember now though.

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dainesefreak · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Apr 2003 Karma :

I've got no problem with you being here, in fact if it was you I'd like to thank you again for talking to me about it. You are the TC working for the leagal place aren't you (Sorry Can't remeber the name now)? The whole attmosphere on here's better than MCN, none of the usual tossers bickering at one another.

I see that it was from your profile, thanks. It was Feb this year, a young lad in a VW Polo decided to turn into me on a country road. I was over taking him near to a minor junction (Why I don't know, I ride that road regularly and know to watch out for it) and he turned into me without indicating, in fact he then demonstrated that his indicators didn't work.