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Chrysalis · 01-04-2009, 15:45

First although it may sound horrid I think the fact it was a child that died rather than an adult shouldnt be relevant, he ran someone over. People get emotional when its a child.

He may not have turned his siren on etc. so he wouldnt alert the other car, but I think either he or the police force need to be found guilty.

The reason been if he was in a situation where he wanted to catch the vehicle but not be detected then he should have done so at a lower speed perhaps 40 or 50mph, 90 seems excessive. If 90 was necessary then that to me classes as an emergency and the siren would need to be on.

So the question should be is it operational procedure to do 90mph in a 30 zone without sirens and lights in that situation ie. is this how he has been trained.

If yes, then he personally should not go down but the police procedures need to be reviewed.

If no then he needs to go down.

Something else I am going to add here as well, it is something I have complained to both the police and my MP about.

I live next to a mini roundabout, and I have observed over the past 2 years something that didnt used to happen many years ago.

The police here at night will approach the roundabout with only their lights flashing and no siren, they then turn on the siren about 2 seconds before they reach the roundabout and then turn it off again. When I complained it was mainly about a sudden noise that comes out of nowhere as its far less disruptive to hear a quiet siren get louder and louder than a very loud siren thats suddenly turned on outside your house.

But this news report makes me also realise there is a serious danger to turning of sirens in between major junctions in that they not providing any audible alert to pedestrians who may be crossing the road especially blind people. Recently the police are baffling me more and more.

01-04-2009, 15:45	#86
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,048	Re: This one's going down First although it may sound horrid I think the fact it was a child that died rather than an adult shouldnt be relevant, he ran someone over. People get emotional when its a child. He may not have turned his siren on etc. so he wouldnt alert the other car, but I think either he or the police force need to be found guilty. The reason been if he was in a situation where he wanted to catch the vehicle but not be detected then he should have done so at a lower speed perhaps 40 or 50mph, 90 seems excessive. If 90 was necessary then that to me classes as an emergency and the siren would need to be on. So the question should be is it operational procedure to do 90mph in a 30 zone without sirens and lights in that situation ie. is this how he has been trained. If yes, then he personally should not go down but the police procedures need to be reviewed. If no then he needs to go down. Something else I am going to add here as well, it is something I have complained to both the police and my MP about. I live next to a mini roundabout, and I have observed over the past 2 years something that didnt used to happen many years ago. The police here at night will approach the roundabout with only their lights flashing and no siren, they then turn on the siren about 2 seconds before they reach the roundabout and then turn it off again. When I complained it was mainly about a sudden noise that comes out of nowhere as its far less disruptive to hear a quiet siren get louder and louder than a very loud siren thats suddenly turned on outside your house. But this news report makes me also realise there is a serious danger to turning of sirens in between major junctions in that they not providing any audible alert to pedestrians who may be crossing the road especially blind people. Recently the police are baffling me more and more.