Originally Posted by
the youth
don't shoot me down here but IMo there are a lot of things being overlooked here..
are you saying if he had had the blues and 2's on then he was right to be doing that?
and the fact that she was in the road and he hadn't lost control of the car..
what I am worried about is the fact that police might now travel at the speed limit regardless of the situation/ lights sirens etc and when YOU might need them they may not get there in time.
yes the speed is wrong because theres no external warning and I'm deffo not saying it was right but..
the circumstances surrounding this differ greatly to someone in a stolen car drunk etc IMO
steve
the police are supposed to stick to the rules of the road just like everyone else
the fact that a blind eye is turned if they are speeding or going through lights or whatever is the thing you need to question here
did you know that if you go through a red light to let the emergency services through, you will still get done for going through the light at that letting the police/ambulance/fire engine through is not deemed an excuse?
you get fined and points on your license (it's happened to a few guys at work, even though the picture they sent showed the cop car alongside and when the driver went to the police station, beause the penalty office wanted proof that the copper was on a shout, the coppr behind the desk said that it would take up too much of his resources to go and find out the information, there is a thread about it somewhere, metpol even had a say about that) no wonder peole don't have a lot of respect for the law anymore
my drivers attitude now is "they can die, i'm not ricking losing my job/house/etc to let someone through, they'll have to wait just like everyone else"