So speed does kill...

Shame.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/speed/default.asp?storyId=15438

Totally agree. Scum, who will get off with a slapped wrist most likely and be out testing again a week later...

Can't see how the accident could have happened if they were folowing their own strict protocols on hight speed driving??

But it's the fwits that sent them out there in the first place that should be up on a charge.... Plenty of facilities available to test these thing safely.

and what was involved .. a speed camera devise.

how many more times has this sort of thing going to happen before they scrap speed cameras and concentrate on proper education and ability.

i bet he was looking at the camera at the time instead of the road ahead.

he should be treated the same as anyone else would be in a court for driving with undue care and attention.

Vascar has been around for ages and supprised they are just testing it in 2006. It is a manual device. How it works is simple. The car they are following passed a fixed object, start 1, they pass start 2. then when the first car passes a fixed object ahead, 1 stop, then 2 stop when the police pass. It works out the average speed.

To me it seems it can be abused as how accurate is the starting and stopping by us mere humans.

They only need to kill 2 more then they can put a speed camera up

rr_ww wrote: I tend to go with whats said on the Evening Standard link there. It doesnt say that the Police were driving fast, and it doesnt say they were onthe wrong side of the road. It "may" of been the other drivers fault. We don't know at this time. So lets wait for some more facts before we go blindly Police Bashing eh?

I agree, lets all stop jumping to conclusions before we know the facts.

 Thats hillarious.

Hi Muppett,
No I do not think we are getting away from it . The police were on a training exercise on public roads . A death occurred . The lead car was the car being chased

Where I live both the A414 and M11 are local both are used regularly by the Met even though both are in Essex and Herts .

I have seen them 5 times twice on the m11 and three times on the A414... The driving is poor . Both times on the motorway they were bullying the cars in front. One was a friday evening and 6 cars were attempting to drive in the outside lane at speeds well above the limit. On the A414 I had to slow because coming towards me were police cars overtaking and one was still on my side of the road .

I have already decided that if I ever get caught up in one of their games I will block them.

Rob

   

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