From: Francis Burton on
In article <4c5b27e7$0$12161$fa0fcedb(a)news.zen.co.uk>,
martin <usenet(a)etiqa.co.uk> wrote:
>> If the behaviour of these coppers was acceptable why has their boss
>> suspended them?
>
>Normal procedure

Is it normal procedure to attempt to smash the driver's side
window like that?

Francis
From: GT on
"I.curious" <I.curious(a)aol.com> wrote in message
news:mn.33bc7da83f8789b4.106911(a)aol.com...
> GT wrote :
>> "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:14mkfoxelj0g6.m2j1se83ogev.dlg(a)40tude.net...
>>> On Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:06:18 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
>>>
>>>> But, in the UK, most people don't normally manually lock their doors
>>>> when driving.
>>>
>>> Land Rovers lock automatically at about 5mph.
>>
>> But don't they also unlock when you stop again (like in Rovers)
>
> Mine doesn't - it locks at 5mph and stays locked until you press the
> unlock button or pull the door release twice.

This seems to be the case - Chelsea said the same thing. I've only been in 2
cars that lock the doors automatically - a Rover something (big saloon) and
a black cab. Both of these unlocked again when stopping.


From: Adrian on
Mike Ross <mike(a)corestore.org> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

>>> And, they KNEW they were dealing with a very elderly chap. Now there
>>> are some elderly chaps who are complete bastards, can be very
>>> aggressive, sure. Some were serious hard cases in their younger days,
>>> no doubt. But still, he was 70, they knew this, and I haven't heard
>>> anything to suggest he was aggresive.

>>Apart from the fact that 70 is a long way from "very elderly", do you
>>think that the acceptable standard of driving for the "very elderly"
>>should be somehow lowered far enough to include such massive lapses of
>>observation and judgement?

> No. And don't put words in my mouth; I never suggested such a thing.

I'm not, and I know you didn't. I'm wanting to clarify - because it's the
only possible way in which his age becomes relevant.

> 70 is getting on

It's certainly not the first flush of youth - but it's a long way from
"very elderly". A relative-in-law is more than a decade older, still with
full complement of marbles and in top physical form - she's still
working, and at the peak of her career! Another relative-in-law died the
other year in his early '90s - in the gym, practicing the discus.
From: Periander on
"GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote in news:4c5c21a6$0$30171$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com:

> "Periander" <ulm@.4rubbish.britwar.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:Xns9DCC9F005B076ulmbritwarcouk(a)69.16.176.253...
>> boltar2003(a)boltar.world wrote in news:i3h60e$evu$1(a)speranza.aioe.org:
>>
>>> On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:21:42 GMT
>>> Periander <ulm@.4rubbish.britwar.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>Oh and if you persist in your ill founded belief I'd advert your
>>>>attention to "Roadcraft" the standard police (and now all emergency
>>>>vehicle) textbook on the subject and of course the ACPO TPAC
>>>>training materials. Alternatively join the police and in due course
>>>>take a response or advanced driving course.
>>>
>>> Or better yet don't bother - just go on a track day course and learn
>>> about real car control, not the antiquated garbage you find in Road
>>> Craft.
>>
>> Yes, drivng around in circles teaches you a lot of skills
>> transferrable to the real world. Idiot.
>
> Like roundabouts, you mean? Or junctions? Or corners?

Oh I see, on a track you have roundabouts where you give way to oncoming
traffic? Next you'll be telling us that the track has pedestrians
crossing without looking, cyclists overtaking on the inside, junctions
controlled by traffic lights, oncoming traffic ...

.... you do a lot of reverse parking do you on a track, or perhaps you
have idiots reversing from thier drives and garages out in front of you
without looking ... lollypop ladies spring out at you perhaps?


Yes, tracks are great for learner drivers who wish to learn the system
of car control but that's where it ends. If you believe otherwise I
refer you to my previous comment - you're an idiot.

--

Regards,


Periander
From: Periander on
Mike Ross <mike(a)corestore.org> wrote in
news:8q6o5611tl7ejd8lesudp8gdhqbu8l6u57(a)4ax.com:

>
> Having said that, the guy DID stop immediately when an officer in
> front of him indicated he should stop

No he stopped when a police officer managed to deploy a Stinger in front of
him and there wasn't room to get past it. Not quite the same thing.

--

Regards,


Periander
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