10ft ain't so bad, suppose you had to be there but I don't think you will ever know why. All I will say is there really would have been a reason, we cannot just drive as such without reason, just like when we have to use force in a confrontational situation. We are more accountable than ever.
Trevor.
Cougar - MemberYou slagged off the police in a pointless exercise designed purely to inflame
Seems like it worked.
For Brack at least yes, he/she would appear to be psychic and able to read my mind, and therefore my motivation. It appears that at least some people on here with the specialist skills and training have been able to respond in a constructive and informative manner - thanks Thorpie.
If anybody else thinks I have done this deliberately "to inflame and poison" then please, tell me and I'll ask the mods to remove the thread...
just would like to know why/how this kind of driving could/would be considered approrpiate so I know what to expect and do the next time I find myself with a big, heavy Volvo patrol car on my bumper at 70mph and wanting to get past? Or to put it another way, a question for you - would you be happy to have said patrol car sat on your buumper in heavy, high speed traffic where a mistake or twitchiness on the part any one of the drivers, experienced or otherwise, could have potentially serious consequences? That's a simple yes or no question by the way...
Answer is Yes!
Then move over and let them past, with or without blues and 2's.
I've done a few driver training courses where we don't have flashy lights and the use of car positioning can often be used to 'bully' your way through traffic. It's a common tactic for the police drivers to use if they need to get through without alerting someone/something to them with sirens.
Make a complaint, if it was training/necessary then nothing will happen. If it wasn't then he might get his wrists slapped.
We have all used some form of Bullying tactics while driving on the UK roads, which has not resulted in your behaviour being reported so why should the the Road Policing Units be any different?
They are trained to a far greater standard than you or me.
Dangerous driving is different.
bren2709 - Memberjust would like to know why/how this kind of driving could/would be considered approrpiate so I know what to expect and do the next time I find myself with a big, heavy Volvo patrol car on my bumper at 70mph and wanting to get past? Or to put it another way, a question for you - would you be happy to have said patrol car sat on your buumper in heavy, high speed traffic where a mistake or twitchiness on the part any one of the drivers, experienced or otherwise, could have potentially serious consequences? That's a simple yes or no question by the way...
Answer is Yes!
Then move over and let them past, with or without blues and 2's.
Fair enough! Personally, I wouldn't, because of the unpredictability of the human being, regardless of the training level of any of the drivers around me - you just never know; which is why, when I observed him coming, I moved over before he got close to me and also constantly refer to my rear view mirror so that I can move out of the way of faster moving traffic (when it is safe to do so).
I get the argument that what's safe for me and what's safe for a more highly trained driver is different and it's about perception, that's why I asked rather than defaulting to the brain dead Joe Public reaction of complaining straight away! Some have responded with helpful and informative responses, others less so... 😕
I'm sure I passed the OP one the way home this evening, no string back driving gloves but deffo saw a bluetooth headset 🙂
Did he have a crumpled army jacket on the parcel shelf clearly in view, and a sticker on his bumper saying I can't talk about some of the stuff Ive done?
I'm sure I passed the OP one the way home this evening, no string back driving gloves but deffo saw a bluetooth headset
You'd be doing well if you did that - I live less than 100 metres from where I work so get my morning/evening constitutional rather than driving... 😉
Did he have a crumpled army jacket on the parcel shelf clearly in view, and a sticker on his bumper saying I can't talk about some of the stuff Ive done?
That's it, you just go back to personal insult rather than constructive input again... [/yawn]
😆
Sorry but I'm just taking the mick
Sorry Mr Partridge Im done
I bet he continues to drop in talk of his ops or military exploits 8)
Shall I let you in to a secret, do you know what colour the boat house at Hereford really is...? 😉
Seriously Brack, I have no beef with the police. As I've said, they do a thankless enough job as it is (as do all the emergency services, except the Fire and Rescue when they go on strike and we have to stag on... :wink:) without some of the spurious allegations that come their way. However, I was curious as to why he was driving as he was - question(s) answered...
Pull up a sandbag, make yourself comfortable and let me spin you a dit...
Can't stop yourself can you?
There isn't one ya spanner
Oh right is there not...?
No I can't and neither can you by the looks of things...
Shall I let you in to a secret, do you know what colour the boat house at Hereford really is...?
Which one? 😉
10ft ain't so bad?? Are you being serious???
10ft ain't so bad?? Are you being serious???
+1??????
Aah we haven't had an argument thread like this for ages. Carry on!
10ft ain't so bad?? Are you being serious???
+ another !
What was the phrase ?
"Only a fool ignores the two second rule"...
At 70mph, that 10ft gap is around 1/10th of a second. Can someone please tell me who these apparent supermen are that are "carefully selected" and trained to treat this as anything approaching "not so bad"?
Have you seen the firearms cars in convoy, they really do travel bumper to bumper at 70+! In normal circumstances then clearly 10ft is not enough distance but if an officer is trying to make progress, if he sits back the car in front probably won't move over because he may not think the police vehicle is trying to pass, comes back to the aggressive driving and vehicle positioning to enable progress. In a training scenario I have been a passenger in a police vehicle on a motorway travelling at 70-80mph with a car abreast in each lane, windows down with one of the officers shouting out speeds to each of the other drivers to help keep them in line, and in order to contain the subject vehicle. Very impressive and close enough to touch! I also got a ride in the subject vehicle, pretty scary but all very controlled, can only come with training and experience. As far as I am concerned all police drivers should be trained to an advanced level, the more training the better.
For Brack, me at the weekend with some of my SAS mates:
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[/img]Just to prove it's true, honest.
At least the traffic/arv vehicles in our police service are not fitted with bull bars, now that is a whole different ball game!
brack - Membercupra
Utter tosh !
er no actually. I had 2 witnesses to it as well but I grant you it was about 4 years ago which I should have stated. I also flagged it to my sister who has just moved from being a traffic cop to do command and control duties as it fits better with the children. It was her who said to report it.
i think you need to get laid!
What again?
