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Originally Posted by danielf
That's not what the IPCC thought (which rather suggests he did not follow accepted protocol; I'm not sure why you even say that, because it's not mentioned anywhere in the article.)
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http://www.met.police.uk/foi/pdfs/di...1020001110.pdf
it gives complete guidelines for the use of lights and sirens ,scroll to the bottom paragraph i cannot copy the document as it's security doesn't allow it
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I accept that there may be situations where time is essential and use of lights and sirens not advisable, but this does not appear to be one of those situations. Someone died as a result of a decision he made and he is held responsible. It seems right to me that where someone can put the life of others at risk in his or her job they cannot do so with impunity.
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The problem faced by the driver is who and how the decision is made that the risk was unacceptable.Had the car being chased by PC Dougal been full of drugs would that then have been acceptable? .What happens if a ambulance driver refuses to speed and someone dies as a result ,is it acceptable that he chose to safeguard the general public but someone died as a result.The decision to drive at speed and break normal traffic rules is one faced by all emergency vehicle drivers and if they face prosecution for doing what is required of them if it goes wrong then what are they supposed to do ?