Originally Posted by martyh (Post 34933579)

well concidering he had just drove down the road turned round then drove back i think he was in a good position to see that the road was deserted

Originally Posted by Moldova (Post 34933588)

Quite impossible to say who is going to appear in that timeframe and no excuse to accelerate to that speed.

The video shows him coming out of a side road and turning left then going a couple of hundred yards then turning into a side road to turn back then accelerating on one stretch of road and not turning right to go back on his original route.

He obviously thought by turning left that the driver had obviously gone right and thought I know lets hurry up as that naughty tax disc evader or similar may get away so decided to increase his speed beyond what that road is set to and designed for and come unstuck when he rounded a bend.

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 34933593)

like i have said repeatedly his descision turned out to be wrong on this occasion ,nevertheless that descision had to be made and only hind sight can prove it right or wrong
if the driver of the other car had turned out to be a mass murderer and pulled over because of a out of date task disc or similar offence following the same pursuit with the same result i.e public member killed what would the reaction be ?

Originally Posted by Moldova (Post 34933595)

Given the type of road it happened on a slower speed may have saved a life and the car that was pinged would still have been stopped and no one would be dead and and a man would not be in jail.

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 34933602)

i understand what your saying Moldova but they are all ifs and don't forget the police driver was very familiar with the street and i feel i have to mention that the road looks a lot worse through the video camera than in real life there are no blind bends the road is relatively smooth and quite wide .you would understand my point if you could drive down it

Originally Posted by Moldova (Post 34933607)

You only have to be unsighted for a split second at that speed and it is a single carraigeway with pedestrian crossings and she was by some house when she crossed, the wider ones do tend to have crossings to give pedestrians time to cross, so the road is similar to many others nationwide.

If he had been going even half the terminal speed he would probably have missed her and even caught the driver, but we will never know.

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 34933613)

there should always be 2 officers in the cars one to drive and one to operate the radio and watch for pedestrians

Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 34933752)

If you need another one to watch for pedestrians. what's the driver doing?

Originally Posted by Moldova (Post 34933753)

Speeding.

Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 34933754)

So we have a speeding car with no lights or siren, and no co-pilot to do the job of watching out for people crossing the road.

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 34933757)

that's correct that is why i think that the driver is not 100% to blame here ,police procedure is wrong and should be changed so the force should imo shoulder some blame

Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 34933761)

In law, when you are in charge of a motor vehicle, you are responsible for looking where you're going. spotting pedestrians, spotting hazards, and even spotting what colour the traffic lights are on.

to suggest that the police need a mate to be able to do all this for him while he's concentrating on the rear end of a car he's chasing is silly.

that's why he's a superior driver. he can do it all for himself. he only needed a co-pilot when he <expletive> up :)

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 34933767)

come on Gary common sense should tell you that at the speeds some of these drivers have to go it's impossible to see everything ,as Moldova pointed out 1 second of looking the other way means you miss something elsewere

Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 34933771)

So take it all into account. it's dark, you won't put your lights and sirens on. you don't have a pedestrian spotter sitting in the passenger seat.

computer says risk assessment is very high. possible fatality. action required.