999 Driving video with commentary

[erdnase]

Judt found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtQ4NN5_-Q on YouTube.

Very interesting UK police (I assume!) driving and commentary.

Erd

[rewc]

here's a 999 one Lithuanian style
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VVGcRXj5PZw

[erdnase]

Yikes, that's pretty nasty, but nice to see him walk away. He was fair shifting when approaching that junction though!

[CoopR]

Every new driver should watch videos like that (perhaps the Lithuanian one as well!) very interesting to hear the things he notices and his reaction to them.

[Tunku]

Interesting to see the difference in approaching junctions. I prefer the British approach, I think.

[mark69sheer]

That was copybook driving.
I have no problems at all with driving like that.
I liked his red light driving too treating each set as a give way making sure the other traffic had spotted him before proceededing.
Obviously instructing so he is of the best standard. if his pupils follow his lead then fantastic.
I would like to have seen how that driver would have handled an active pursuit where the need to keep the 'in touch' with the target car could have lead to comprimising some of the actions taken in this film.
Would that instructor for example follow a target car through red lights speed unabated?
Its interesting to note that even with blues and twos on drivers still can miss a police car coming.
Modern sound systems for example easily drown out a police siren whos audibility is to me questionable.

[mark69sheer]

The example below is my particular gripe. unabated speed through a red light.
However in that case the crash looked fairly spectacular but probably not particularly dangerous.

[streaky]

rewc said:

here's a 999 one Lithuanian style
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VVGcRXj5PZw

I was amused by the car that reversed and the one that drove cautiously through the crash scene afterwards - Streaky

PS - on YouTube there's one chase in Davie, Florida where I counted at least 17 police cars chasing a soft-top jeep. Davie has a population of some 85,000. Surrey has a population of around 1.1 million, but couldn't muster 17 cars for a chase - S

Edited by streaky on Friday 15th February 18:05

[Deva Link]

mark69sheer said:

Obviously instructing so he is of the best standard. if his pupils follow his lead then fantastic.

Who was waving in that clip, was it the instructor or the driver?

We have ex-Police driving intructors doing "defensive" (actually the way some of them teach it, it's anything but!) driver training at work, and they're always very keen to wave to everybody. Personally, I'd rather the driver kept both hands on the wheel.

[Terry Tibbs]

bloke driving was waving

[D_Mike]

it was interesting to see how late some drivers notice the police car, and how some others (e.g he big transit/lorry) didn't notice it at all). Or how some of them just did really stupid things.

[SirSimon]

Enjoy....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVEnGnNxTtQ

[p1esk]

Deva Link said:

mark69sheer said:

Obviously instructing so he is of the best standard. if his pupils follow his lead then fantastic.

Who was waving in that clip, was it the instructor or the driver?

We have ex-Police driving intructors doing "defensive" (actually the way some of them teach it, it's anything but!) driver training at work, and they're always very keen to wave to everybody. Personally, I'd rather the driver kept both hands on the wheel.

I wouldn't. There is no added danger of loss of control, and it does present a good example of courtesy to other road users who have aided his progress. On balance I feel sure it is the right thing to do.

Best wishes all,
Dave.

[carbonhed]

Magnificent piece of driving and I think acknowledging the drivers who made his job easier is a great idea. Positive feedback.

Can remember a BiB doing the same to me many years ago. Appreciated it at the time. Never forgotten it.

[John57]

You should always thank people who assist your progress - so long as it is safe ..... if you don't on a Police Advanced course you won't be on it long !!

[heebeegeetee]

rewc said:

here's a 999 one Lithuanian style
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VVGcRXj5PZw

They were alright when they had Wartburg Knights as squad cars, but give 'em new Skodas and look what happens.

[Hooli]

carbonhed said:

Magnificent piece of driving and I think acknowledging the drivers who made his job easier is a great idea. Positive feedback.

Can remember a BiB doing the same to me many years ago. Appreciated it at the time. Never forgotten it.

around here it seems to be the passenger that says thanks, somehow that little moment of respect the other way does a lot for public impressions of the police. its like saying please & thankyou really.


now off to watch the videos

[davido140]

do a ride drive day and they will have you trying to do a commentary like that, quite simlpy cannot register it all and talk fast enough!

Hats off to the BiB for some top driving there.

[LeoSayer]

That guy did a talk at my IAM meet a few months ago.

He showed that and the crowd at the meeting gave and gasps at the plonkers who pulled out on him. When it finished, he got a spontaneous round of applause at the end.

I chatted to him and the two thing I remember him saying are:

1. Please don't start a debate about steering technique
2. When training police drivers, he is perfectly happy with his drives overlapping braking and gearchange, provided the driver remains in control.

[LeoSayer]

p1esk said:

Deva Link said:

mark69sheer said:

Obviously instructing so he is of the best standard. if his pupils follow his lead then fantastic.

Who was waving in that clip, was it the instructor or the driver?

We have ex-Police driving intructors doing "defensive" (actually the way some of them teach it, it's anything but!) driver training at work, and they're always very keen to wave to everybody. Personally, I'd rather the driver kept both hands on the wheel.

I wouldn't. There is no added danger of loss of control, and it does present a good example of courtesy to other road users who have aided his progress. On balance I feel sure it is the right thing to do.

Thanking drivers should be the job of the passenger if they're otherwise unoccupied. Driving one handed whilst on a shout is wrong IMHO.