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Title: Police shoot driver from helicopter. Post by: RED-DOG on September 20, 2015, 07:49:48 AM I'm not sure what to think about this. Surely shooting a man in a speeding car puts the public in more danger than any of the other options would.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34306361 Title: Re: Police shoot driver from helicopter. Post by: Ironside on September 20, 2015, 08:42:26 AM Nah shooting the driver will slow and stop the vehicle, giving the on coming traffic more time to slow down and avoid it.
Title: Re: Police shoot driver from helicopter. Post by: RED-DOG on September 20, 2015, 09:18:45 AM Nah shooting the driver will slow and stop the vehicle, giving the on coming traffic more time to slow down and avoid it. After they shot him he crashed into another vehicle. They could have just called off the chase. I know that this too has consequences, but surely it's the lesser of two evils. Title: Re: Police shoot driver from helicopter. Post by: Jon MW on September 20, 2015, 11:02:01 AM Nah shooting the driver will slow and stop the vehicle, giving the on coming traffic more time to slow down and avoid it. After they shot him he crashed into another vehicle. They could have just called off the chase. I know that this too has consequences, but surely it's the lesser of two evils. He was driving at speed the wrong way - how could it be safe to just let him carry on? Title: Re: Police shoot driver from helicopter. Post by: RED-DOG on September 20, 2015, 11:06:30 AM Nah shooting the driver will slow and stop the vehicle, giving the on coming traffic more time to slow down and avoid it. After they shot him he crashed into another vehicle. They could have just called off the chase. I know that this too has consequences, but surely it's the lesser of two evils. He was driving at speed the wrong way - how could it be safe to just let him carry on? I'm not saying it would be safe of course, just that not chasing him so that he might not crash might be safer than shooting him so that he definitely would crash. Title: Re: Police shoot driver from helicopter. Post by: Doobs on September 20, 2015, 11:18:11 AM Nah shooting the driver will slow and stop the vehicle, giving the on coming traffic more time to slow down and avoid it. After they shot him he crashed into another vehicle. They could have just called off the chase. I know that this too has consequences, but surely it's the lesser of two evils. He was driving at speed the wrong way - how could it be safe to just let him carry on? I'm not saying it would be safe of course, just that not chasing him so that he might not crash might be safer than shooting him so that he definitely would crash. Exactly. It might be safer. Having had the experience of a car coming the wrong way at me on a dual carriageway only a few weeks ago, that really isn't safe either. I dare say I would never have shot him, but there is no saying if this would have increased or reduced casualties. Title: Re: Police shoot driver from helicopter. Post by: RED-DOG on September 20, 2015, 11:48:31 AM Nah shooting the driver will slow and stop the vehicle, giving the on coming traffic more time to slow down and avoid it. After they shot him he crashed into another vehicle. They could have just called off the chase. I know that this too has consequences, but surely it's the lesser of two evils. He was driving at speed the wrong way - how could it be safe to just let him carry on? I'm not saying it would be safe of course, just that not chasing him so that he might not crash might be safer than shooting him so that he definitely would crash. Exactly. It might be safer. Having had the experience of a car coming the wrong way at me on a dual carriageway only a few weeks ago, that really isn't safe either. I dare say I would never have shot him, but there is no saying if this would have increased or reduced casualties. Did you remain calm and rational or did you panic? Title: Re: Police shoot driver from helicopter. Post by: Doobs on September 21, 2015, 09:38:54 AM Nah shooting the driver will slow and stop the vehicle, giving the on coming traffic more time to slow down and avoid it. After they shot him he crashed into another vehicle. They could have just called off the chase. I know that this too has consequences, but surely it's the lesser of two evils. He was driving at speed the wrong way - how could it be safe to just let him carry on? I'm not saying it would be safe of course, just that not chasing him so that he might not crash might be safer than shooting him so that he definitely would crash. Exactly. It might be safer. Having had the experience of a car coming the wrong way at me on a dual carriageway only a few weeks ago, that really isn't safe either. I dare say I would never have shot him, but there is no saying if this would have increased or reduced casualties. Did you remain calm and rational or did you panic? Most definitely wasn't rational. I didn't panic until I realised I was too calm and wasn't rational. |