botach wrote:
IG --- i always suspect anyone who is not driving a police traffic car when they say ," good" , as suspect.
Me - like to think i'm a good driver - but i also like to err on the other side and say poor -that way i don't go daft .Oh i can throw a car/van about - been on the roads a few hundred thousand miles/ or about a milion or two with no accidents in all sorts of weathers -
All of the Swiss and our combined families have "virgin" clean licences and full protected no claims on policies - and drive all over Europe.
They all reckon they are still learning as well!
and they all use COAST as safetty led basis too
Incidents which involved two of the Swiss - freak incidenets and nothing could have prevented them - apart from decent maintenance by the haulage company in Ferdl's case and the driver just staying in bed in Wildy's incident.
But - it's these and the joy riders etc who can and do take out safe, competent innocents and we cannot be everywhere either. If we get a call - we are onto it - pronto. Better if we are on the road to start with - think that's why we just about manage to keep a lid on things here - and we still have improvements to make! Like everything else - cold hard looks are taken at stats and all performance tables and we look to see how to improve - and
we do rely on the public to give us help, intelligence and tips.
How else to we get to investigate - none of us is an all-seeing, all singing and all-dancing clairvoyant!
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haven't seen many of your mates, except to ask my opinion of other drivers --oh yes -our current police drivers are of poor quality
When I were a lad in training...they used to shout at us a lot!
Courses were longer and very involved - we had to perfect each maoeuvre under the glare of a rather perfectionist trainer..
We've always been warned to beware red mist as well.
Today - they are shorter and I think this and a general dumbing down of the eductaion system is leading to problems in recruiting quality staff in every profession - not just ours.
These days - "positive encouragement"
which may suit some - but does not drive up or even draw out full skill potential.