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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.
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And turning them on may have alerted the driver of the potentially stolen vehicle.
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Originally Posted by Peter_
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for him to drive with such scant regard for the rules of the road simply for a ANPR hit which could have been simply an out of date tax disc
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Except the ANPR hit was for a stolen vehicle and not just a tax disc. I'll tell you what if your car ever gets nicked when you report it make sure that you mention to the Police they can't ever drive after it just in case.
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Originally Posted by Peter_
Remember he still has a life to live unlike his victim who never stood a chance being hit at 94 mph.
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He hadn't gone into a pursuit either so the control room wouldn't have called off anything.
Have you actually seen the footage? If not it's
here.
From when he turned the car to pursue there was approximately 30 seconds before the impact. In that time he had to follow the car, make the control room aware of what was happening, confirm why the car was wanted, make progress on it to confirm the number of persons within and that the VRM was correct and it wasn't a misread and then if necessary activate the lights and sirens.
He wasn't hooring the car for hours round an estate.
Anyway I've had enough of the presumption that emergency service workers will be charged for crashes when they are going to emergencies when it's clear its not entirely their fault. A bit of common sense is long overdue.