The speeding policeman

[RED-DOG]

I went to a meeting at night, and parked on the roadside. Also attending, and parked on the same road, were a high-ranking policeman, someone from race-relations, and a politician.

Guess who was the only one to get a ticket for parking without lights?

[GlasgowBandit]

However you look at it speed does not kill.

 

What nonsense.

The higher the speed the less control the driver has over the vehicle, the breaking disatnces increase so if there is something happening further up the road and this bam is doing speeds over a 150 mph and can't stop the car in time and runs into the back of another vehicle and kills the passengers you are saying speed is not responsible for this?

IMO, there is no reason for cars to have the capacity to do any more than 70mph, afterall that is the fastsest anyone should be driving in this country.

Look at it this way, from an insurance perspective why do you think insurance companies load policies for drivers who drive high power sports vehicles, or for motorists who ECP remaps done to increase BHP?

The reason is its a higher risk, motorists driving at high speed are more likely to be involved in an acident than those driving with the speed limits.    Another reason why insurance premiums go up for motorists with speeding convictions no matter if its someone who does 38 in a 30 zone or someone doing a 100 mph on the motorway.

The fucker should have been locked up and banned from driving for a very long time.

[SupaMonkey]

There are other things that cause people to have accidents yet the government chooses to ignore them. A motorbike magazine called RiDE did a test testing low speed motorbike skills. They did 5 tests (but i can only remember 4) to study the influence of drinking, tiredness, the cold and stress. As you would expect the drinking guy performed poorly (but only after 4 pints of stella, at 2 pints he didn't do badly), the coldness guy did terribly and the tiredness and stress guy did very badly (worse than the guy who had 4 pints). These are guys who regularly go to track days, constantly push their machines to the limit, are very experienced and skilled.

Basically they showed that while speed can have an impact on the potential for an accident, stress and tiredness are have a much larger influence.

[thetank]

Stress, coldness and tiredness kill? So can having a wasp in your car.

I don't quite get the motorbike magazine's point. When a coppah pulls you over, he can test yer breath for booze, are they suggesting you should take their blood pressure and temperature too.

[madasahatstand]

dont give them any ideas tank.....lol

[SupaMonkey]

lol, there were saying that too much emphasis was being put on speeding and people were ignoring the other factors that cause accidents. Basically as a biker you are more interested in this kinda stuff because it hurts when you crash 

[MPOWER]

However you look at it speed does not kill.

 

What nonsense.

The higher the speed the less control the driver has over the vehicle, the breaking disatnces increase so if there is something happening further up the road and this bam is doing speeds over a 150 mph and can't stop the car in time and runs into the back of another vehicle and kills the passengers you are saying speed is not responsible for this?

IMO, there is no reason for cars to have the capacity to do any more than 70mph, afterall that is the fastsest anyone should be driving in this country.

Look at it this way, from an insurance perspective why do you think insurance companies load policies for drivers who drive high power sports vehicles, or for motorists who ECP remaps done to increase BHP?

The reason is its a higher risk, motorists driving at high speed are more likely to be involved in an acident than those driving with the speed limits.    Another reason why insurance premiums go up for motorists with speeding convictions no matter if its someone who does 38 in a 30 zone or someone doing a 100 mph on the motorway.

The fucker should have been locked up and banned from driving for a very long time.

>:?

[patman]

as i understood it it wasnt just the motorway he was clocked at various speeds exceeding 80 up to 130 on A class roads with soem parts of it single lane....
not thought out and  certainly not safe...indeed is it not policy to now pull back from high speed chases and rely on helicopters or staging to deal with the danger of chases.
i see no valid reason for this....if you need to "get experience" i`m sure that the police could cordon off roads at times of the day or evening for high speed practise.....not DIY efforts at getting to know your car.

it just doesnt wash that he was perfoming real in depth practise....he was thrill seeking under the guise of training and in  my humble opinion what makes it worse is he attempts to put a veneer of credability to it when ge gets pulled....

i believe the phrase is policing by consent for our good and on our behalf....i dont see any of that here.

i`d have him off traffic, out of a car , a decent fine and doing the beat to knock the bravado out of him for that...i would not however ruin his life by sacking him...too much time and effort went in to training him to throw a career away...

[Dingdell]

I went to a meeting at night, and parked on the roadside. Also attending, and parked on the same road, were a high-ranking policeman, someone from race-relations, and a politician.

Guess who was the only one to get a ticket for parking without lights?

The one without any lights on?? 

[Dingdell]

I am ex job (but I'm ok now) and the guy who did him should be given a medal. Brave thing to do - dobbing your mate in. Within the job, imho, traffic are the most intimidating section towards other officers - and thats how it should be - live and die by the sword.

There are plenty of courses to go on to improve driving skills, and if the force thought it was that important they would send officers to race tracks abroard to get more experience. His excuse was poor and I cant believe he thought he would get away with it.

In reality high speed chases are frowned upon - and they would prefer to catch then using stingers or other methods rather than chasing them at high speeds which is dangerous to all including innocent bystanders. 

Admittedly - I want someone who knows how to drive well and fast if I need them in an emergency but practice isn't needed - they are always driving at speeds to attend incidents - it's not a rare job for them to be doing during the day. The training for traffic is brilliant - once they have passed they don't need practice - they are doing it all the blimmin time!

[Rooky9]

There is absolutely no chance of them being able to do 160mph when trying to get to a major incident....

[Dingdell]

There is absolutely no chance of them being able to do 160mph when trying to get to a major incident....

Exactly my point - never needs to drive at that speed in the Uk - ever.

[Rooky9]

There is absolutely no chance of them being able to do 160mph when trying to get to a major incident....

Exactly my point - never needs to drive at that speed in the Uk - ever.

Apart from June time by a small village near Northampton?!

[Dingdell]

There is absolutely no chance of them being able to do 160mph when trying to get to a major incident....

Exactly my point - never needs to drive at that speed in the Uk - ever.

Apart from June time by a small village near Northampton?!

Sorry - haven't had my dinner yet - whooshed over me completely!! Need it explained in words of one syllabul! 

[Rooky9]

There is absolutely no chance of them being able to do 160mph when trying to get to a major incident....

Exactly my point - never needs to drive at that speed in the Uk - ever.

Apart from June time by a small village near Northampton?!

Sorry - haven't had my dinner yet - whooshed over me completely!! Need it explained in words of one syllabul! 

was my poor attempt at humour... the F1 Grand Prix.... (but I suppose he wouldnt be in that anyway!)