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Old 30-12-2011, 18:36   #71
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Re: 80mph speed limit 'would increase deaths by 20%'

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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan View Post
No, it's a trained driver, who uses the lights and sirens to warn other traffic that he is there.
But it is possible that somebody will meet the standard without this 'magic' training?
nobody is safe on the roads whether they be edeserted** or not without this certificate in their back pocket and a switch that operates a genuine police siren, a set of genuine blue lights, inside an official assigned vehicle?

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Only if you want to get nicked
it won't be an official blue one for legal reasons.

but if it was a blue one then the skill involved must surely be partly due to the public being aware of it.
would you say that turning his blue light off would reduce his skill at all?

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Well advanced driving doesn't even come close to emergency vehicle driving.
For the sake of the argument* it can't be, can it.

*discussion.

** haven't got a clue. I'm still wondering what it is I supposed to have said.
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