M62 1979

[P5BNij]

Round our way January and February '79 was pretty bad, the tanker bringing the heating oil to our school couldn't get through the snow on several occasions

The video in the OP is a gem, as are several others in the links, a reminder that the 'tache & sideburns / level of sterness ratio was high in those days. We had some right bds who'd easily scare the living daylights out of you, but instilling some respect in the process.

Plod Rangies were definitely a cracking sight back then

[rambo19]

Reminds me of being out with my dad, roping and sheeting!

Just goes to show, drivers were crap then and crap now!

[7795]

On the same youtube page.

I would not want to be stuck in the car in a ditch with these chaps sense of urgency. Or am I missing something??


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp0UMiPZ-_U

[BossHogg]

I enjoyed that, I took a sharp intake of breath at some of the actions carried out by the officers - elfin safetea bods would have a coronary nowadays!

[PorkInsider]

7795 said:

On the same youtube page.

I would not want to be stuck in the car in a ditch with these chaps sense of urgency. Or am I missing something??


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp0UMiPZ-_U

That wasn’t the rozzers, it was an ambulance. I’m guessing they can’t get much more of a move on than that?

[revvingit]

7795 said:

On the same youtube page.

I would not want to be stuck in the car in a ditch with these chaps sense of urgency. Or am I missing something??


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp0UMiPZ-_U

Are you referring to the paramedic, if so he's doing what he can do with the space given to him by vehicles and in response to some idiots on the road.

Whilst the majority of the traffic moves out the way correctly; some of it's absolutely appallingly slow to react. Bet they wouldn't be so asleep at the wheel if they'd just phoned that vehicle for their dying mum.

I do think that the don't break the law to let an emergency vehicle past law needs revising, plenty of those vehicles in Lane 1 could have done to aid the emergency vehicle a favour by driving in the semi-hard shoulder area to the left of the lane and allowing traffic in the next lane to move across or the vehicle down the middle but seemed to afraid to do it.

[PorkInsider]

How about some 90s action: https://youtu.be/fu3Qd-pfv7o

From about 10 minutes in it hots up.

Go to 18 minutes in for the start of the best stuff. I’m sure one of the coppers uses the handbrake at about 20 mins when they’re getting ready to corner a Montego estate.

A bit after that they start to get quite excited when they’ve wound their Sapphire Cosworth up to 135mph heading towards another job.

Much more fun than the police stuff we get on TV nowadays but very surprising to hear how many vehicles were being stolen each day back then. I’d forgotten how bad the twoccing was.

[Dog Star]

Some things on there amaze me - I passed my test only 6 years later but looking at the cars and lorries on there it’s like another world - there was a Fiesta and a couple of Rover SD1s that looked like they’d not be in a museum.

Most of the cars must have been only a few years old and they looked fked - check out the rust on the arches of the upside down3 year old Datsun!

The weather - I’ve been driving over the M62 to work since 1992 - never seen anything like that or even close, proves how st our massive fat tyres of today are too.

The coppers were brilliant, and I loved their approach to keeping stuff moving, I wish they’d be more pragmatic now where they’ll cause a 20 mike jam just because some chancer is saying he’s got a neck pain and wants some compo.

[Sa Calobra]

The voices reminded me of these two.

The cops in the blizzard, blimey the health and safety disregard

[BossHogg]

They certainly had me going WTF! on a few occasions!

[poo at Paul's]

What a great video. We forget how fking awesome the 70s was, sometimes!!

That guy at the end was ace!!

Edited by poo at Paul's on Wednesday 7th February 18:30

[Jukebag]

Plod being plod and doing their job, instead of trying to be above the law. Plenty of police are videoed today by the public doing awful things, one video i recalled seeing showed an elderly chap being dragged out of his Range Rover after having the window smashed, likely over speeding. They seem to be more like the military now instead of Dixon of Dock Green, armed with lethal tasers and an aggressive attitude and a body cam strapped to their chest, and tattoos and night club bouncer shaved head. No wonder people think it's turning into a police state, which it is to a point. Things are certainly better today - not.

Yes we seemed to have had harsh winters then, but i dont believe this global warming/climate change stuff; I think it‘s a scam.

[Red 4]

Hmmmm .....

Pre PACE policing better than the current day ?

No.

But I like the black anti-glare bonnets on the Rangies if that helps.

[powerstroke]

Jukebag said:

Plod being plod and doing their job, instead of trying to be above the law. Plenty of police are videoed today by the public doing awful things, one video i recalled seeing showed an elderly chap being dragged out of his Range Rover after having the window smashed, likely over speeding. They seem to be more like the military now instead of Dixon of Dock Green, armed with lethal tasers and an aggressive attitude and a body cam strapped to their chest, and tattoos and night club bouncer shaved head. No wonder people think it's turning into a police state, which it is to a point. Things are certainly better today - not.

Yes we seemed to have had harsh winters then, but i dont believe this global warming/climate change stuff; I think it‘s a scam.

Not every winter was harsh 1979 was my last year at school and I can remember the summer
of 76 very hot and dry every where was brown and burnt ,
Not sure about the police seems they had and earned respect they knew how to give a thought provoking bking unlike now where they smile and give you a ticket just like warden which is possibly a better name for them since they call themselves a service not a police force
so its a fine or a few hours wasted with smug tossers on a SAC ..

[anonymous-user]

Jukebag said:

Plod being plod and doing their job, instead of trying to be above the law. Plenty of police are videoed today by the public doing awful things, one video i recalled seeing showed an elderly chap being dragged out of his Range Rover after having the window smashed, likely over speeding. They seem to be more like the military now instead of Dixon of Dock Green, armed with lethal tasers and an aggressive attitude and a body cam strapped to their chest, and tattoos and night club bouncer shaved head. No wonder people think it's turning into a police state, which it is to a point. Things are certainly better today - not.

Yes we seemed to have had harsh winters then, but i dont believe this global warming/climate change stuff; I think it‘s a scam.

You're wrong. Things are lots better today in terms of policing fairness and accountability.

[Torcars]

La Liga said:

ou're wrong. Things are lots better today in terms of policing fairness and accountability.

Its swings and roundabouts.

The video showed more respect for the police. No chavs mouthing off at the coppers. Anyone trying that on would no doubt get out in their place.


Not so good back then would be the "I play golf with the chief constable officer.". Conversations which no doubt happened.

[Bigends]

La Liga said:

ou're wrong. Things are lots better today in terms of policing fairness and accountability.

But certainly not in service provision in many cases

[wack]

Too Drunk to Funk said:

Davidonly said:

Breadvan72 said:

Wooda80 said:

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Incredible how much snow and ice there was on the roads in that video. Either it's much milder now or we have better gritting.

Whoops! Be VERY CAREFUL not to let anyone in NPE see that. It's all a conspiracy/hoax/scam to raise taxes/impose communism/space lizard overlord sheeple plot, you see.

Classic Rangies are da nutz. I would have another one like a shot, but they are now mega spenner.

Just regarding the snow: I don't think anyone is arguing that the climate is different now than it was at other times in the past however it remains the case that the differences can readily be explained by natural variation. Also note that 'global warming' can mean cooling whenever it suits the proponents of the theory that humans might have any influence. Also that wetter results is droughts or that hurricanes are more or less frequent depending on which software version of their beloved 'models' they are using.

I'm 46, worst winters (plural) I've known were 2010 and 11. Typically long periods of extreme cold and heavy snow. Our house in Lee had a 2 foot icicle hanging off the roof at one point. 1983 wasn't great but I certainly don't remember winter being worse when I was young.

Must have been 2010/11 I was on the M62 heading towards Manchester in a proper blizzard , just the inside lane was open , the wind had formed a wave of ice which the snow was piling up on , in front of me was a sprinter flatbed towing a car trailer, both empty

We got to the saddleworth turn at 15mph , the sliproad was covered in a foot or more of snow , indicator comes on , I watched it blinking with disbelief then watched him leave the motorway, get about 100m before the Trailer tried to overtake the van and the whole thing went sliding sideways very slowly.

He could've done with a lecture from a 70s copper

[neutral 3]

The Don of Croy said:

I like the trafpol commenting on the matrix speed policy, wanting the traffic to go faster...on a snowbound carriageway with poor visibility in crud cars on 165/SR13 tyres already doing 30mph. No thanks!

I was 16 when this was filmed - don't remember that winter for the snow (possibly because I was in the sixth form and enjoying the party scene too much). Proper winter though.

And the E-type crash - another V12 bites the dust (around the same time another broke in half on the M25 near Brasted, local paper quoted estimated speed at 150mph and probable puncture as cause). Dangerous times. No speed cameras either. How did we all survive?

Any more info on the M25 E Type crash ?

[IJWS15]

The Don of Croy said:

I like the trafpol commenting on the matrix speed policy, wanting the traffic to go faster...on a snowbound carriageway with poor visibility in crud cars on 165/SR13 tyres already doing 30mph. No thanks!

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Driving on snow is a lot easier on those tyres, it is these wide modern things that cause the problems. Ever looked at what the rally cars use on snow stages - very skinny.