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Originally Posted by martyh
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agree 100% there ,i am sure that all officers would prefer to have a co-driver with them when engaging in pursuits of any kind ,but sadly in this case that didn't happen and the end result is a tragedy
Maybe we should also be looking at the way the police force operate in respect to these cases ,should drivers even be on there own? is it safe for drivers however well trained to operate the electronics in such cars whilst driving at high speed ,is it even legal?
the police are in a very hard position because they have to adopt a one rule for everyone attitude ,if a passing car is flagged as stolen then it must be stopped ,the officer doesn't know if that car is genuinely stolen or a error on the system ,he doesn't know if it's joy riders or a murderer escaping the scene or indeed a innocent driver who's car had been stolen ,then recovered but the system not updated quickly enough ,all of this must be taken into consideration imo and do go some way to explain the drivers actions
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As you can see in the video he did not increase the vehicles speed until he drove down that stretch of road where the incident happened and prior to that increase he did have time for his blues and twos to be switched on.
Maybe this is reason enough for all traffic cars to be double manned.
At that speed the stopping distance go up exponentially
A car travelling a 40MPH can stop in 90 feet but a car travelling at 94MPH will take a further 700+ feet to stop so the is no way that you can stop in time on that type of road especially when unsighted in those conditions.