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I enjoyed that, thanks.
I suppose its not surprising to see how much has changed in 40 years. I was 8 when this was made.
Things appear much slicker today. Mobile phones have revolutionised communication. Ambulance men are now highly qualified paramedics. No personal injury blame culture too. Interesting that a lot of the job done by Highways England was done by the police.
Cars today are safer but that Datsun stood up well to being rolled over.
Far more plain speaking on the part of the cops and Joe Public taking a b
king without getting all mouthy.
They'd never be able to afford to run fleets of Range Rovers today.
Lots and lots of Morris Marinas. Widely regarded as rubbish cars, but they clearly sold loads.
On balance I think we are better off today, with some exceptions.
I suppose its not surprising to see how much has changed in 40 years. I was 8 when this was made.
Things appear much slicker today. Mobile phones have revolutionised communication. Ambulance men are now highly qualified paramedics. No personal injury blame culture too. Interesting that a lot of the job done by Highways England was done by the police.
Cars today are safer but that Datsun stood up well to being rolled over.
Far more plain speaking on the part of the cops and Joe Public taking a b
king without getting all mouthy.They'd never be able to afford to run fleets of Range Rovers today.
Lots and lots of Morris Marinas. Widely regarded as rubbish cars, but they clearly sold loads.
On balance I think we are better off today, with some exceptions.
BugLebowski said:
Great seeing a fleet of old Rangies being worked hard! I wonder what the equivalent force uses nowadays?
Greater Manchester Police seem to use BMWs now, so 5 series or X5. The Range Rovers were a common sight on the M60 ( M62/M63 as it would have been then ) up til about the mid 80s. I don't recall them being replaced with anything comparable, certainly not LR product.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.
As someone who has policed the motorways for the last ten years, some of those working practices made my hair curl.
However, it must have been great to have SEVENTY TWO Officers dedicated solely to dealing with traffic issues on the motorway. An age we'll never see again.
However, it must have been great to have SEVENTY TWO Officers dedicated solely to dealing with traffic issues on the motorway. An age we'll never see again.
Edited by Elroy Blue on Wednesday 31st January 13:00
Elroy Blue said:
As someone who has policed the motorways for the last ten years, so of those working practices made my hair curl.
However, it must have been great to have SEVENTY TWO Officers dedicated solely to dealing with traffic issues on the motorway. An age we'll never see again.
Of course not: even one over 70 is a crime according to west mercia police However, it must have been great to have SEVENTY TWO Officers dedicated solely to dealing with traffic issues on the motorway. An age we'll never see again.
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.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.
Classic Rangies are da nutz. I would have another one like a shot, but they are now mega spenner.
Wooda80 said:
Greater Manchester Police seem to use BMWs now, so 5 series or X5. The Range Rovers were a common sight on the M60 ( M62/M63 as it would have been then ) up til about the mid 80s. I don't recall them being replaced with anything comparable, certainly not LR product.
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.
There’s always loads of snow on the Pennines at this time of year. It might be milder, and I’m certainly no climate change denier, but there’s still plenty of snow about. 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.
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?
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?
The Don of Croy said:
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. [b]How did we all survive?[b]
Many didn't. Over three times as many deaths with fewer than 40% of vehicles on the road compared to today driving fewer miles. I may have been the last person ever to buy a classic Rangey that had an MOT for £500. Mind you, given how rusty it was by the time it totally failed the next MOT, I do wonder if the MOT it had when I bought it might have involved some good old fashioned "Parker Pen Engineering". Hey, it was from Shropshire. I sold it to a restorer/parter outer for £500. I wonder if he ever fixed it up or whether its bits now adorn other Rangeys.
Elroy Blue said:
As someone who has policed the motorways for the last ten years, some of those working practices made my hair curl.
Mine too. However, they would beat any combination of today’s services in getting the motorway flowing again, must of been a moustache thing. Edited by Elroy Blue on Wednesday 31st January 13:00
Thanks for posting this..I remember watching this circa 1980(I was 8) we lived in Yorkshire at the time.. I vividly remember the scene where the officers are sliding across the ice. Just watched the whole film.As a paramedic I cringe watching how the spinal injury patient is manhandled.. And no I have never crashed into a police car....
BugLebowski said:
Great seeing a fleet of old Rangies being worked hard! I wonder what the equivalent force uses nowadays?
Yet they brushed it off with the ‘sxxt happens’ attitude. As a para. If I mullered my response car into a police car I would be suspended from driving,until a through investigation had been carried out.... oh how times have changed...Eddieslofart said:
Elroy Blue said:
As someone who has policed the motorways for the last ten years, some of those working practices made my hair curl.
Mine too. However, they would beat any combination of today’s services in getting the motorway flowing again, must of been a moustache thing. Edited by Elroy Blue on Wednesday 31st January 13:00
We were watching footage of my department back in the 70's recently and it was just big hard blokes with epic facial hair taking care of some serious business with nothing more than a tunic, a wooden peg and some seriously outragous one liners.
Fantastic. We can't even have out chin straps down these days
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