tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post6479003375002761953..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Yes, It's A Balance...JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-8812641327282265372020-10-08T23:51:04.306+01:002020-10-08T23:51:04.306+01:00Training to catch fleeing high speed tax dodgers?Training to catch fleeing high speed tax dodgers?Doonhamernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-90976402138194955052020-01-27T07:16:38.879+00:002020-01-27T07:16:38.879+00:00Same with military helicopters: crew flies into a ...Same with military helicopters: crew flies into a mountain in poor weather, pilot crashes into pub. It's the helicopter's fault.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-4990463644936744552020-01-26T09:49:05.653+00:002020-01-26T09:49:05.653+00:00Given the CPS reluctance to take forward other cas...<i>Given the CPS reluctance to take forward other cases, I find the decision to take this one forward rather strange. It must have been obvious to them that a jury was unlikely to convict, surely?</i><br /><br />I share your disdain for the CPS. It is unfit for purpose. Who knows what was going through their tiny minds. However, my take is slightly different. If it hadn't gone to court, we would have had years - decades maybe - of the family calling for justice and even possibly a private prosecution. Meanwhile the driver involved would be going through hell on earth. This way it's put to bed.Longriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139120804208136012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-24094256707713442492020-01-26T08:30:19.330+00:002020-01-26T08:30:19.330+00:00"A lot of motorcyclists carry the two wheeled...<i>"A lot of motorcyclists carry the two wheeled equivalent of a dashcam, and it would surprise me greatly if police motorcyclists did not carry them as a matter of course. "</i><br /><br />Maybe, like the lights, they can be turned off when it might be inconvenient to record things?<br /><br /><i>"...and of course the speed at impact is less than that at which the bike was travelling by the amount of braking.He did brake, didn't he?"</i><br /><br />At that speed, would he have had time?<br /><br /><i>"Should it have come to court? On the face of it, yes."</i><br /><br />Given the CPS reluctance to take forward other cases, I find the decision to take this one forward rather strange. It must have been obvious to them that a jury was unlikely to convict, surely?<br /><br />JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-67381721921047382162020-01-26T08:26:24.764+00:002020-01-26T08:26:24.764+00:00"I think a change of slogan is due: Speed Kil...<i>"I think a change of slogan is due: Speed Kills, Unless It's Us Speeding In Which Case It's All Your Fault."</i><br /><br />/applause<br /><br /><i>"He must have been going very fast for a motorcycle to knock a car over in such a collision."</i><br /><br />The Aygo is small and light. But still, to flip it three times...!<br /><br /><i>"Not that different from where Tony Carroll was presumed, by the Coroner's jury, to have been at fault when he was killed."</i><br /><br />Indeed! It's almost as if the myth of 'highly trained drivers' must be maintained at all cost, isn't it?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-27270842532375873372020-01-25T17:55:10.294+00:002020-01-25T17:55:10.294+00:00Summary
Male plod showing off to female with his ...Summary<br /><br />Male plod showing off to female with his Taser weapon.<br /><br />Bites off more than he can chew.<br /><br />Female plod stops laughing and shits her pants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-68277509293551596522020-01-25T13:35:14.025+00:002020-01-25T13:35:14.025+00:00Longrider...never pop more than one Dixon pill at ...Longrider...never pop more than one Dixon pill at a time.MTGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12210729282668220478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-29980609602655814292020-01-25T12:42:23.684+00:002020-01-25T12:42:23.684+00:00Well done for ignoring pretty much everything I sa...Well done for ignoring pretty much everything I said. Also well done for missing the point I was making and well done for the massive strawman.Longriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139120804208136012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-6174214186067046992020-01-25T12:28:35.817+00:002020-01-25T12:28:35.817+00:00Longrider,
DeathS were caused by the motorcyclist...Longrider,<br /><br />DeathS were caused by the motorcyclist in this instance. Fuck me, can't one turn right any more? And isn't there a point in a turn when you start looking where you are going, not off to the side where a suicidal maniac driving at twice the speed limit and not braking is hammering down the road? Couldn't Dixon have swerved?<br /><br />There looks to be a straight of about 500 yards, which at 100 the bike would have cleared in 10 seconds or so. At 50, it would have taken maybe 20 seconds. That turn would have taken maybe 5 at most.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-63844853542541342522020-01-25T09:37:01.048+00:002020-01-25T09:37:01.048+00:00Even when on blues and twos, the emergency service...Even when on blues and twos, the emergency services are not immune from the road traffic act. They get away with jumping lights and so on as a courtesy of other road users. It does not, however, absolve them if they screw up. In this instance, blues and twos were not in operation.<br /><br />As a riding instructor, I coach students in being as visible to other road users as possible. We cannot override our automatic day time lights even if we wanted to. Also, speed and position in the road are considerations - especially when approaching junctions. Someone attempting to turn right across our path is a red flag - so be prepared to lose speed as the driver either may not see us or may misjudge our speed and distance.<br /><br />In this instance, the rider was riding significantly more quickly than the driver would have reasonable expected, without blues and twos and without day running lights. Modern machines are generally fairly quiet and their speed can be difficult for people to assess when looked at straight on. I find this when observing Module 1 exercises. I invariably underestimate the speed of the student during the manoeuvre, which is why I use a speed gun.<br /><br />That said, there is a however... When turning right across traffic, the driver should be paying attention to oncoming traffic and motorcycles are narrow and potentially difficult to assess, so there is an element of fault here, but the major fault lies with the rider in this instance. Hence the jury's decision.<br /><br />Should it have come to court? On the face of it, yes. Death was caused by this manoeuvre. The jury having assessed the evidence found accordingly, so I see no problem here.Longriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139120804208136012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-70258192219043734272020-01-24T21:02:06.498+00:002020-01-24T21:02:06.498+00:00John Tee, Perhaps he switched it off. Looks more l...John Tee, Perhaps he switched it off. Looks more like suicide the more I think about it. Perhaps we need to be told about Plod's private life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05632787667550075376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-44232747354686432202020-01-24T21:00:02.641+00:002020-01-24T21:00:02.641+00:00Dr Evil, Spot on, and of course the speed at impac...Dr Evil, Spot on, and of course the speed at impact is less than that at which the bike was travelling by the amount of braking.He did brake, didn't he?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-64695661498428012522020-01-24T08:41:26.056+00:002020-01-24T08:41:26.056+00:00Plod cover-up for a dead hypocrite.Plod cover-up for a dead hypocrite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-87719524879913112492020-01-23T17:36:22.890+00:002020-01-23T17:36:22.890+00:00Odd things: In most RTAs accident investigators se...Odd things: In most RTAs accident investigators seem to be able to make confident estimates of the speed of the vehicles involved. But not in this case?<br /><br />A lot of motorcyclists carry the two wheeled equivalent of a dashcam, and it would surprise me greatly if police motorcyclists did not carry them as a matter of course. The police are usually quite happy to estimate a vehicle's speed based on dashcam footage. But not in this case?John Teehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01590146005407792706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-47778338100623412272020-01-23T17:24:05.468+00:002020-01-23T17:24:05.468+00:00Not that different from where Tony Carroll was pre...Not that different from where Tony Carroll was presumed, by the Coroner's jury, to have been at fault when he was killed.<br />Both police vehicles were at about twice the limit with no greet concern for the surroundings.Nemisishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932344455270031032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-79795260799980177412020-01-23T16:33:45.833+00:002020-01-23T16:33:45.833+00:00Ideas are being bounced off police intelligentsia ...Ideas are being bounced off police intelligentsia for improving the tarnished image of UK Filth. A mission to present pigs as an ethical and corruption-free public service, is currently underway. Someone proposed spatula-applied, flourescent lipstick and a uniform which includes a wire halo floating over a blonde, curly wig. <br /><br />Oh joy of joys...three hurrahs for WC Jaded.MTGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12210729282668220478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-62055573865193211152020-01-23T14:16:08.457+00:002020-01-23T14:16:08.457+00:00He must have been going very fast for a motorcycle...He must have been going very fast for a motorcycle to knock a car over in such a collision.Dr Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176521760477086914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-87516191239148987932020-01-23T11:56:05.622+00:002020-01-23T11:56:05.622+00:00Whilst I cannot but speculate on the actions of th...Whilst I cannot but speculate on the actions of the police since I am not in possession of all the facts, I can say, with reasonable certainty, that it has been a very long time since the CPS was 'fit for purpose'.<br /><br />I can only assume that it is yet another body which is now controlled by Common Purpose and therefore follows their agenda, and not the one it is supposed to.Ted Treenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392121240286596231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-87625123204785839172020-01-23T11:49:33.017+00:002020-01-23T11:49:33.017+00:00I think a change of slogan is due: Speed Kills, Un...I think a change of slogan is due: Speed Kills, Unless It's Us Speeding In Which Case It's All Your Fault.<br /><br />It's the perfect microcosm of what's gone wrong with the police. They've mutated from Peel's 'citizens in uniform' to a bunch of wannabe Samurais. Hence why they drive down the road at Warp Nine with the lights off in December and blame any peasant unfortunate enough to get in their way. <br /><br />Think of the orange elephants in Blackadder II. DJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00446322024174274621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-67753933017958518662020-01-23T11:12:11.864+00:002020-01-23T11:12:11.864+00:00Gosh. One can only wildly speculate on the resulta...Gosh. One can only wildly speculate on the resultant proceedings had a brace of Plod been turning right into the path of a speeding motorcycle. <br /><br />The resident 'plod incident' experts must shirley know?MTGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12210729282668220478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-68323498255527424622020-01-23T11:03:39.482+00:002020-01-23T11:03:39.482+00:00Chop chop Melvin. The floor is yours.
JadedChop chop Melvin. The floor is yours.<br />JadedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com