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True, but IMO he was not using the vehicle for police purposes at the time. He wasn't rushing to an emergency, he wasn't in pursuit of a suspect, all he was doing was seeing what the car could do.
Police Speeding 841So, you're happy for the police to unnecessarily put the public in danger? Places like Millbrook have every sort of...
He even admitted himself that his employer does not make enough provisions for testing the capabilities of vehicles - so basically he decided "stuff this, if they won't give me a track to do it on I'll do it myself".
Police Speeding 840Until his training (including vehicle familiarisation) is complete, I don't think he should be available for rapid response or pursuit work (in the same way that I don't...
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Well then perhaps the police need to create an environment that is away from public roads, but that matches the feeling of driving on one as closely as possible.
It isn't quite so much the motorway speeding that I object to (although I do feel that 159mph is pushing it just a little bit too far) - there is no excuse whatsoever for driving through a residential 30mph zone at over twice the posted limit when not actively pursuing someone. Even then, I would expect most sane police officers would keep it sensible, call for backup and see if they could get a colleague to cut off the suspect's escape route.
"Necessary" being the operative word.
Cheers, GazChap.
