> The officer described the moment he found out the terrorist had begun stabbing people as “pandemonium”, and went to the scene at more than 80mph because he believed Amman “might be wearing a suicide vest”
It’s got to take a solid combination of training and balls to head into that situation whilst most people are running away from it.
>”I had to use my driving skills to the maximum of my ability to literally save lives. I believed he would continue to stab people… seconds can make a difference.”
Probably quicker to slow down a bit and not crash? Lucky there was nobody on that footpath, eh?
Possibly one of the least surprising verdicts in a very long time.
On the original post on this sub many people were saying he was clearly guilty etc etc. Wonder what their take will be now.
I’m hardly one to jump up and defend the Met on a regular basis, but I think that trying to prosecute an officer driving on an emergency response for dangerous driving, especially when no-one was seriously hurt by his mistake, is not appropriate. As a society, we have specifically decided that we will let some people, like police on an emergency response, drive more dangerously than we let most people.
This seems like a situation where suitable compensation (i.e. repairs of vehicles) for the others affected, and an administrative reprimand and some re-training of the officers involved (because one of them turned off the blue lights, which is also a mistake) would be appropriate.
The “more than four times speed limit” sounds dramatic, but is only due to the 20mph speed limit – and I’m not sure we want our emergency response slowed down just because the general speed limit has been lowered, do we?
The very best professional drivers on the planet (F1 and WRC) still misjudge things and crash from time to time. There is no 100% safety point when a fast response is needed and part of the job description.
Source : ROSPA trained, ex experimental high speed test driver and driving instructor.
Weird, on the original post, the Reddit detectives decided he was guilty 🤔
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Mark Rowleys comments on the matter are particularly interesting and certainly unexpected, for those that are interested: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/mark-rowley-southwark-crown-court-streatham-toyota-london-b1122657.html
> The officer described the moment he found out the terrorist had begun stabbing people as “pandemonium”, and went to the scene at more than 80mph because he believed Amman “might be wearing a suicide vest”
It’s got to take a solid combination of training and balls to head into that situation whilst most people are running away from it.
>”I had to use my driving skills to the maximum of my ability to literally save lives. I believed he would continue to stab people… seconds can make a difference.”
Probably quicker to slow down a bit and not crash? Lucky there was nobody on that footpath, eh?
Possibly one of the least surprising verdicts in a very long time.
On the original post on this sub many people were saying he was clearly guilty etc etc. Wonder what their take will be now.
I’m hardly one to jump up and defend the Met on a regular basis, but I think that trying to prosecute an officer driving on an emergency response for dangerous driving, especially when no-one was seriously hurt by his mistake, is not appropriate. As a society, we have specifically decided that we will let some people, like police on an emergency response, drive more dangerously than we let most people.
This seems like a situation where suitable compensation (i.e. repairs of vehicles) for the others affected, and an administrative reprimand and some re-training of the officers involved (because one of them turned off the blue lights, which is also a mistake) would be appropriate.
The “more than four times speed limit” sounds dramatic, but is only due to the 20mph speed limit – and I’m not sure we want our emergency response slowed down just because the general speed limit has been lowered, do we?
The very best professional drivers on the planet (F1 and WRC) still misjudge things and crash from time to time. There is no 100% safety point when a fast response is needed and part of the job description.
Source : ROSPA trained, ex experimental high speed test driver and driving instructor.
Weird, on the original post, the Reddit detectives decided he was guilty 🤔