Originally Posted by
gramsey
Give him an easy time. theirs a flip side to this, even thou they are the law they still have to abide by it. (which means they cant brea it to those idiots out their). my friends dad got ran down and killed by an unmarked police car responding to a call out and running throu a red light. .whilst he was at a zebra corssong. . . he later died in hospital from head injuries and nothing happened to the police officer even thou he ran a red light and was speeding. . where is the justice in that??? knowing what the police are like these days it was probably a petty crime they were responding to! they should get treated the same way as us. . their nothing special!!! so spookie ignore these knobs!! their to blind to see the other side!
Drivers in the emergency services have a dispensation that allows them to treat red lights as a give way, and proceed if it is safe to do so.
There was a case here recently where a fire engine killed the driver of a car after going through a red light, and that resulted in 6 points and a £750 fine.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/7546903.stm
Having been out in a traffic car, I would be more than happy for the Class 1 police drivers to come through town at whatever speed they feel is safe to do so, because their observation and car control is superb.
Unlike some people who would like us all to think they are fantastic drivers, but have actually scared the shit out of me with erratic driving, terrible positioning, and sheer lack of finesse.