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UK cops smash OAP driver's windscreen and dragged him out of car over minor offence

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  • #102
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Drummerboy08 wrote: »
    Point taken.

    On the other hand, should the Police have been put in that position in the first place?
    Of course not, that guy is quite possibly, as you say, unfit to be driving. But dealing with that kind of thing is what society pays police for, we rightly expect professionalism under pressure.


  • #103
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    under the circumsatnces I believe this WAS dealt with in a professional and safe manner. Had the guy turned out to be a homicidal maniac or a terrorist armed to the teeth then swift prompt action (SHOCK AND AWE) would have earned these cops a commendation.


  • #104
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    corktina wrote: »
    under the circumsatnces I believe this WAS dealt with in a professional and safe manner. Had the guy turned out to be a homicidal maniac or a terrorist armed to the teeth then swift prompt action (SHOCK AND AWE) would have earned these cops a commendation.
    You think jumping on the bonnet of an SUV where there's a risk that the driver might floor it is safe?


  • #105
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    the point is to make the driver recoil rather than react. Whilst he's going back into his seat with his hands oiver his face, you gain precious seconds before he can react. Its accepted practise in many police forces, im afraid you'll just have to accept that.


  • #106
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    corktina wrote: »
    the point is to make the driver recoil rather than react. Whilst he's going back into his seat with his hands oiver his face, you gain precious seconds before he can react. Its accepted practise in many police forces, im afraid you'll just have to accept that.
    It's accepted practise to jump on the bonnet and start kicking the windscreen in a situation where the car could drive off? Any chance of a source for that?


  • #107
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    you don't watch enough reality TV..... its called SHOCK AND AWE, i tell you....


  • #108
    slimjimmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,786 ✭✭✭slimjimmc


    corktina wrote: »
    you don't watch enough reality TV..... its called SHOCK AND AWE, i tell you....

    Yeah, you do see this tactic fairly often on TV. I remember one episode of Road Wars (I think it was) a few years back where the cops stated that they often intentionally go in hard in situations where there is a risk of the driver taking off. The idea is that the shock of windows suddenly smashing around you (front, back and sides) and people roaring orders at you causes enough temporary disorientation and confusion that the driver doesn't have time to get his thoughts together and make an escape. And they don't just use it for high speed chases, they've even used it on stationary cars parked in a car-park.


  • #109
    skyhighflyer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭skyhighflyer


    Eh, lads, he knocked a policeman over and drove off FFS. :confused: What do people expect to happen? Boo hoo, the window in his car got knocked in.

    Also the officers hardly dragged him out of the car, I didn't see them pulling him on to the ground or anything.

    I'd bet anything on this driver being an arrogant knob who thinks he's above the law and the excuse 'I thought they were giving me an escort home' is pure BS. If the chap can afford a £60k Range Rover he's likely on the ball enough to know what a police car is and that you stop when one's behind you. If he's not, then he shouldn't be on the road anyway.

    That said, I very much doubt it's 'accepted practice' to hop on the bonnet of a Range Rover and start kicking the screen, if only for the fact that the driver could be ten miles down the road with the officer on the bonnet before he'd actually kick it in.


  • #110
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    Anan1 wrote: »
    And this is? If you can't construct a rational rebuttal of points you disagree with then best not post at all.

    So you chose to ignore the rest of my post that did rebute it?

    I know you and a certain other motors mod have a problem with me but please..it's getting old.


  • #111
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    SV wrote: »
    So you chose to ignore the rest of my post that did rebute it?

    I know you and a certain other motors mod have a problem with me but please..it's getting old.
    If you've an issue with moderation then PM the mod in question - don't bring it up here. As you well know, that's a bannable offence.


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