Elderly woman fighting for her life after being struck by police motorbike escorting Sophie Wessex, Duchess of Edinburgh
Elderly woman fighting for her life after being struck by police motorbike escorting Sophie Wessex, Duchess of Edinburgh
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Surprised this doesn’t happen more often. The police seem well trained but very aggressive. I was nearly run over by a Princess Anne motorcade a few years ago.
> the Directorate of Professional Standards has been informed.
Firstly odd that this serious incident isn’t being investigated under normal traffic offences, after all, if any other highly trained motorcyclist hit and injured a pedestrian then they would be likely facing a serious charge for that motoring offence.
And as for the referral to the DPS, well he likelihood of anything significant resulting from that referral is zero, absolutely zero.
Out of the way serf, your better is coming through.
Why does she even have an escort? No one would any idea who she is.
I get that senior royals need some serious protection, but is Sophie Wessex really such a prime target that she needs a motorcade?
I’m not going to comment on the accident because I don’t feel like theres enough context, but:
Fucking who? Nobody is gonna target someone they’ve never fucking heard of.
Remember the police arent here to look after you. First and foremost they are here to keep you down and serve those in charge even if it harms you.
Just have to watch any of these motorcades go by and see how dangerous the police act towards the public to see this first hand.
Your life is a sacrifice they are willing to make just so they can get somewhere faster and without having yo risk interacting with those they see as lesser.
Well there’s a royal I’ve never heard of until today
Who the hell is Sophie Wessex and why does she require a police escort?
Why do these people needs an escort like this in the first place ? Blows my mind it’s worth risking life over
With the new Highway Code hierarchy even a police motorcyclist will struggle to claim it was the pedestrians fault.
Can’t they just get in a vehicle and drive themselves? No, that’s probably not wasting enough money.
I consider myself a politics nerd, and given the monarchy is political… I can’t tell you I don’t know who this ‘royal’ even is…
Like, who is she, and why is she getting a motorcade… the sooner Charles trims down the Monarchy to just his direct line, and maybe a few of the good ones like Anne, the better
Who even is this and why do they need a motorcade? Aren’t the police supposed to be so thinly stretched that they *couldn’t possibly* look into incidents of burglary etc. At the moment? Surely they’ve got something better to do than mowing down old ladies at the behest of a z list aristocrat.
Who the fuck is Sophie Wessex and why the hell would anyone care about her for her to warrant a motorcade?
Why the fuck do these parasites – the inheritors of wealth stolen by the medieval equivalents of Putin, Sadaam Hussain, or Gaddafi – get a fucking police escort anyway? “Can’t be bothered with traffic lights, get the police motorbike escort to hurry us through. Waiting is for plebs.”
It’s very unfortunate but why does it matter that it was a police vehicle? Accidents happen every day, so why is it more important than a local news story?
Why does Sophie Wessex get a blue light escort in the first place?
I understand she may need security, but I’m not sure what’s so vital to the country about her not simply sitting in traffic like everyone else.
She doesn’t look elderly to me. Bit over middle aged but certainly not elderly.