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Originally Posted by Peter_
He got dent to prison for hitting her at 94 mph with no prior warning from his blue lights and siren which is he had thought to have switched them on may well have prevented him killing her.
Remember the was no valid reason for him to drive with such scant regard for the rules of the road simply for a ANPR hit which could have been simply an out of date tax disc, he was justifiably jailed for this offence and should have received longer as to act as a warning to other officers as to the consequences of driving in such a dangerous and lethal manner.
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actually the ANPR reported the car stolen (falsely) and in that area a stolen car usually leads to a drug shipment ,a bank robbery ,a body dump ......
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Protocol does not tell him to drive at 94 mph without his blues and twos being on.
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In some instances it does ,it is left up to the drivers discretion who uses his judgement and local knowledge ,that applies to fire engines and ambulance drivers as well
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Still unacceptable to drive with such disregard for other peoples safety and the control room will tell a driver to back off if the is a danger to the public, but on this occasion he was the danger to the public and was rightly jailed
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Empty wide road ,well lit ,stolen car ,late at night the 2nd best scenario for a chase if there must be one ,the only better scenario is a daylight empty road but how many of those do you see .The control room rely on the drivers info to decide if the chase goes ahead
I should add that i don't want to turn this thread into a debate on the conviction of PC Dougals conviction ,that has been done to death in it's own thread ,it is being used as a relatively current event that shows perfectly the dilemma faced by any emergency vehicle driver .They can pootle around at 30mph and let the fires burn ,the patients die and the crims get away or they can do their job without the fear of prosecution if things go wrong through no fault of their own