More Police Brutality

[Johnmelad502]

The OAP certainly doesn't seem in a hurry to exit his vehicle. Would anyone on here resist getting out of their car if the police stop them in this way?
I'm not defending the police action, but any sensible person would have got out of the car straight away. I think he seems to be playing the "I'm an OAP card very well."

Watch again, they neither asked him to get out nor did they give him a chance to get out.

I would put money on it, that if they had tried the door it would have opened. But of course, that would not have given these thugs half as much fun.

 

[nickso]

if they had tried the door and it didn't open then fair play. they didn't even try it though.

 

[snico]

A court heard Whatley drove off because he thought he had been dealt with

Absolute rubbish!

Whatley, who stayed within the speed limit during the chase, thought the police car following him was sounding its siren because it was escorting him home

even more rubbish!

Definitely playing the OAP card

 

[Infidel]

Most reasonable people upon seeing blue lights flashing and hearing a siren behind them either move over to allow it to pass or stop.
Lets just hope it's a paramedic on their way to him next time his ticker gives out and is obstructed by some silly old sod like him.

 

[ColJack]

he puts it in reverse so they think that he's going to ram them to try and get away ( as the asbo yobs normally do when boxed in )..
they smash the side window to save time and get to the keys to kill the engine and end the pursuit..
the guy on the bonnet is there to distract the driver so the PC at the window has chance to get to the keys..

if you go in through the side window the driver can't body check you out of the way and run off..

all prefectly good tactics for ending a chase with minimal danger to the PC's..

 

[Mickymoody]

I've seen these police shows, where gimmers fail to stop for police, because in their day, police cars had bells, not sirens, so unaware that they are being told to stop.

A 70 year old, confused and on medication, a frustrated cop. Why couldn't the cop overtake for 17 minutes it took for the offender to stop?

Standard police tactics in a pursuit, are, once the car is halted, is to smash windows, to show shock and awe, and confuse the driver to prevent a getaway. This was a pursuit.

The driver was already in awe, and confused. You can explain to an elderly person something a hundred times, and they still don't understand, so how this person has been passed by his doctor for his license to be renewed is confusing. And when this person got given their license (no test needed), there were no seat belts fitted to cars at all, never mind an obligation to wear one, the thought was alien. Race drivers of the time thought it better to be thrown from a wreck than be in it.

So the cops did what they were trained to do in a pursuit to the letter, maybe they could have held back. But the guy might have tried to drive off again, and put them in danger.

The offender is obviously a menace, breaks the law, doesn't understand the rules of the road, is unaware of their surroundings. If I'm driving down the road, I certainly wouldn't want to come across him.

 

[Stivino]

The driving test was introduced before the guy was born, so he must have sat one. Would he not also have to re-sit a test on becoming 70?

 

[JohnD]

the driving test was discontinued during the war, so if he started driving before about 1946, he could have just bought a licence at the post office. Maybe even several in different counties.

 

[kirkgas]

on the comments of the old guy not having taken a test or wearing a seat belt when he started are cr@p, when did the seatbelt law come in, early 80's so he has had plenty of time to get used to it, he clearly is a liability, saying the blue lights were an escort home, give me a break, tinted windows illegal number plate, hit him again he deserves it, and given his defence i hope they use it against him and say he is unfit to drive again, that will teach him a lesson

 

[studips]

All you police bashers read this

http://archive.southwalesargus.co.uk/2004/7/30/58738.html

 

[Johnmelad502]

All you police bashers read this

http://archive.southwalesargus.co.uk/2004/7/30/58738.html[/QUOTE]

If you have to go back 7 years, what does that prove?

 

[studips]

All you police bashers read this

http://archive.southwalesargus.co.uk/2004/7/30/58738.html[/QUOTE]

If you have to go back 7 years, what does that prove?

if you read the article it's obvious isn't it?

the guy has a history of lying, abusing the police, traffic offences and disregard for the law, plus motoring convictions - same man, just 6 years older.

 

[Mickymoody]

As a professional driver, I've had my share of accidents, doing 30-40k a year, mainly on motorways, so statistically, I'm bound to have an accident.

But when I get in the car with my 60+ yo parents I am a nervous passenger. The mistakes they make, bad road positioning, middle lane hogs, non use of indicators, etc etc etc etc...

I feel bad when I point out these mistakes, when my Dad says to me, Yes but son, I've been driving 40 years...YES but BADLY!

I also know someone that took the advanced driving test, and they are an even worse driver. The thermostat is faulty on his car, so the car always runs cold, so when stuck in traffic, and the temp gauge goes to 'normal', he is convinced that the car is overheating. He uses 5th gear at 15-20mph, the car groans, how he got a pass, is beyond me.

This is three people that I know personally, I say to their face that they are bad drivers, they say I drive too fast (I drove a 140mph sportscar at the time), there must be some type of regulation to prevent people becoming naive at driving, because however good a driver you are, the guy coming the other way, might not have a clue.

Now I get the bus. Just to clarify. For Joe 90.. £4 quid for a daily ticket, if you are that pedantic.

 

[snico]

I tell everyone they are bad drivers, because to me they are!

 

[joe-90]

(I drive a 140mph sportscar),

...and claim benefits.