When is it ok to drive at 104mph on a country lane?

coppers are human like anyone else, I followed 3 bike cops home last night and the overtaking they did was appauling, blind bends etc etc... they were not in a emergency, but the guy at back was clearly worried about losing his m8s and taking crazy risks.
 
I'm in Granada area but not heard this one. Police do these exercises all the time and at high speed. Don't see the necessity of it, but I doubt it was a sustained 104mph, it's just media BS to make an RTA more interesting as Police were involved.
 
Exercise?

Not that I know the road but, is it really wise to do over 100mph down country lanes anyway? Unless it's an emergency.

I make a point of doing less speed down country lanes, they are far more dangerous than your dual carridgeway in town kinda thing.

Trees, animals, nasty corners/hills, tractors?
 
Johno please? said:
Exercise?

Not that I know the road but, is it really wise to do over 100mph down country lanes anyway? Unless it's an emergency.
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It was a training excercise. If you dont train people to drive at 100mph down country lanes how do you expect them to do it confidently when it IS an emergency?
 
thecremeegg said:
They shouldnt ever be going that fast down a country lane as its never safe to do so, even if you're a police driver, emergency or no emergency
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So the Impreza full of armed robbers hits a country lane, floors it.. the police should leave them to it?

Then what happens when it becomes common knowledge that if you are fleeing the police following armed robbery, as long as you find a country lane they'll abandon the pursuit?
 
These things have to be done, and occasionally an accident can happen. If this hadn't happened, then when they had been in a car chase in a back road, they would have been just as likely to crash into someone then.
 
[TW]Fox;12582197 said:
So the Impreza full of armed robbers hits a country lane, floors it.. the police should leave them to it?

Then what happens when it becomes common knowledge that if you are fleeing the police following armed robbery, as long as you find a country lane they'll abandon the pursuit?
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No, the police should follow at a safe speed (they don't have to be parked on the 'robbers' bumper to see where they are heading) and ring through for helicopter assistance.
 
[TW]Fox;12582165 said:
It was a training excercise. If you dont train people to drive at 100mph down country lanes how do you expect them to do it confidently when it IS an emergency?
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Yeah your right, doesnt matter so long as its no one I know is killed, anyone else pft....

might take on a slightly different picture if you're travelling at 60 with cop car going at 100 on the wrong side of the road, but hey like you say they are just training
 
PaulyJay said:
No, the police should follow at a safe speed (they don't have to be parked on the 'robbers' bumper to see where they are heading) and ring through for helicopter assistance.
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Round and round we go. What if there is no chopper, then what?... Let them get away?
 
PaulyJay said:
No, the police should follow at a safe speed (they don't have to be parked on the 'robbers' bumper to see where they are heading) and ring through for helicopter assistance.
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And the helicopter should presumably teleport to the location in question?

If they leave your sight for too long, they are gone. If this happens before the chopper is around, thats it, you won't see them again. They DO drop back once a helicopter is present.
 
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