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Originally Posted by Derek S
I do disagree with the verdict but thats the beauty of living in a free country. Do you agree with all the verdicts decided upon in courts in the UK or do you sometimes think they get it wrong.
Its a balancing act. The safest thing to do would be never break the speed limit at all. If you've ever had a car nicked how would you feel if the Police had it in their sights but didn't follow the driver "Just in case"
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honestly I would think I would want the situation bought to a head safely. Life and safety is more important that property.
Of course they get it wrong but this case had quite a bit if evidence didnt it. Including a video of the who event. Cant get better than that. The court got to see this evidence I believe and arguements made from the beak but on the face of the evidence he was found guilty. Its almost as good as actually seeing the event for yourself
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Originally Posted by Derek S
So if you were a cop in a Police car and a car sailed through a set of red lights in front of you would you follow him?
If he then started to drive erratically would you keep on following him?
And on a side note what do you think happens with stolen cars? Do you think they get parked up on a side road for a bit or do they get used in committing more serious crimes.
If you don't want the Police to drive fast anywhere then please tell them, write to your MP demanding the Volvos, BMWs and Evos get replaced with smart cars, preferably with mattresses strapped to the front just in case. Either that or pay people to walk about in front of them with a red flag. 
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I believe the officer broke protacol basically meaning he was not doing his job properly. Now someone not doing their job properly (specially when in a job to protect the public) does so in a great lump of metal.
If he did his job properly A: he wouldnt have been found guilty and B:someone may be alive today that isnt.
As for colateral damage ,which I think you are inferring this death was is not acceptable on the streets of the UK.
To counter your what if its your car arguement what if it was your wife or daughter ......
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Originally Posted by martyh
well in the ideal world that would happen but out here in the real world the police have to take risks both with there own lives and the publics because the criminals don't care about either and thanks to the massive ammount of training our police get loss of life and injury are kept to a absolute minimum
I'ts very easy for us to sit back and pull apart a certain incident and making judgements with the benefit of hindsight but out there in the real world it's totally different
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yes its what makes the basement section of this forum interesting isnt it
