I have been a professional driver for around 20 years and driving over 40 and I have to say the level of concentration is extraordinary. Hats off to the driver. Brilliant driving...
@EmergencydriveUK2 жыл бұрын
You have to concentrate so much, if you let the red mist come down then you have lost it.
@MitcyDupres6 жыл бұрын
0:40 Should be made to resit his test, over a minute driving without any movement for a blue light.
@maverick42206 жыл бұрын
I think people like that need to be fined for not moving over, Cause every second/minute waiting for some dick who's not paying attention is a risk too somebody's life. I mean this kind of thing just proves how people aren't aware of there surroundings at all.
@MitcyDupres6 жыл бұрын
@@maverick4220 at the minimum they're driving without due care and attention.
@peterburton31476 жыл бұрын
@@maverick4220 They get fined here for failing to pull over for an emergency vehicle and at times lose their licence also..
@maverick42206 жыл бұрын
@@peterburton3147 Where is here? Uk, USA, Germany, France?
@SOAxZIPPER3 жыл бұрын
@@maverick4220 I know it's 2 years late, but good chance he's talking about the US. We don't mess around with blocking emergency vehicles. It carries huge penalties.
@hypergolic84683 жыл бұрын
Watching the amount of hard shoulder work makes any sane person realise why "smart" motorways are a very bad idea!
@tomatoes33 жыл бұрын
Hypergolic I was just thinking the same.
@Turbomgzt3 жыл бұрын
Smart motorways! Do you realise how dangerous they are? Hope you don't break down in a live lane and pray nobody hits you you!
@devon8963 жыл бұрын
Yet most dual carriageways don't have any hard shoulder and work perfectly fine.
@markstarmer36773 жыл бұрын
My sentiments exactly.
@Sophie-ly5jn3 жыл бұрын
@@devon896 most dual carriageways deal with a whole lot less traffic and there is only really one place for the E.V. to go, straight down between the two lanes, however a motorway such as in this case has 3 lanes, and as demonstrated multiple times during this video, a lot of people don't use their mirrors and also get easily confused
@mitchnunn6 жыл бұрын
Dear All, I’m Mitch, the Director of Sicuro....owner of the Van in question. We sincerely apologise on behalf of Sicuro UK for the upset and unjustifiable behaviour. This behaviour is not condoned at any level and Sicuro can confirm that the driver seen in this footage, no longer works for Sicuro UK. Again Sicuro would like to apologise for the upset and will continue to run with strict policies with a zero tolerance to such appalling behaviour Mitch
@andrewdaley30813 жыл бұрын
Well done for posting this comment i normally don't agree with people being sacked but the person in questions behaviour was inexcusable. 🇬🇧👍
@StyxRiverGynoid3 жыл бұрын
Kudos for posting. Normally I'm against the interwebs torch-wielding "fire 'em" type, but considering your business, an employee this oblivious in traffic isn't likely to be any more attentive guarding a location. I hope you can use this as an opportunity to train your people to keep their heads on a swivel even when they think it's just moving from a to b.
@Interknetz3 жыл бұрын
When you work for a company and display the brand like this, it damages the companies image (obviously!), so good to see that you hold your employees accountable for their actions.
@Interknetz3 жыл бұрын
@@puentebob2011 If you represent a company in such a way that can be damaging to the portrayal of said company, you can be sacked on the spot. That is without including the contract agreed upon by both the employer and employee which may or may not outline situations that center around poor representation of a company, which could also more than justify the firing of the employee. Don't pretend to know what you don't.
@Mikutmp3 жыл бұрын
@@puentebob2011 and I hope that one day the so called over paid blue light cowboys don't come to you aid when you need them most..
@Sophie-ly5jn3 жыл бұрын
Very good demonstration of how vital it is to keep calm and just execute one task at a time but plan for the next 5. This is why we need to keep the hard shoulder!
@jamesball89663 жыл бұрын
You took the words of the hard shoulder out of my mouth
@trr44883 жыл бұрын
@@jamesball8966 I worked on highways and freeways in my country for years. Problem with any shoulders is its riddled with nails and screws and all sort of puncture stuff.
@Sophie-ly5jn3 жыл бұрын
@monsieurtechnical 100% agree with you on this one, I know us Brits often don't like change, but when the change is as stupid as this, I think we have a right to revolt!
@Highlynonsensical2 жыл бұрын
Personally I'd argue that it's a lack of driver awareness. We could have roads without hard shoulders, but the knowledge of a German style "Rettungsgasse" and practicing it, would provide a much needed corridor for emergency response. Here the hard shoulder disappeared every so often, leading to a frenzy through stationary vehicles... rettungsgassee in place would be a critical time save
@Demun16492 жыл бұрын
@@trr4488 Unlesss cleaned, and the Highways Agency do what they can with rducing budgets.
@MrMellowMan3 жыл бұрын
This is another reason why hard shoulders should remain on our motorways
@pentaveratevideo3 жыл бұрын
With a smart motorway, there would have been a lane closure, enforced by signals and cameras, preventing the bulk of traffic from using it. The response time would have been quicker than in this video. Source: Im a responder.
@MrMellowMan3 жыл бұрын
@@pentaveratevideo and how long would it have taken for the lane to be cleared, as the traffic can only squeeze into so much space, whereas the hardshoulder would already be clear?
@pentaveratevideo3 жыл бұрын
@@MrMellowMan the hard shoulder is almost never clear. People pull onto it to try and bypass the traffic and there are a number of other issues related to using the hard shoulder. I've literally just finished dealing with a live lane RTC and worked my way between lanes 3&4 which were able to clear a space for me very easily. When there is an obstruction on the hard shoulder it's considerably more difficult to get past it.
@MrMellowMan3 жыл бұрын
@@pentaveratevideo the hard shoulder is much clearer than no hard shoulder. I used to sometimes drive over a thousand miles a day, all on motorways, so you telling me you are a emergency response driver doesn't tell me anything at all. I am going by this video, and I know if the hard shoulder was clear, the emergency response would have got there a lot quicker, whereas iif there was no hard shoulder, it would have taken longer to get there
@pentaveratevideo3 жыл бұрын
@@MrMellowMan I've been doing it. Today. Intermittent hard shoulder so I stayed working through the 2 offside lanes except when it became necessary to move over. I don't care how many miles a day you drive, you don't force your way through traffic with flashing lights and audible warnings. I do and I can tell you that offside lanes are often the best choice when traffic is either stopped or less than walking speed. When it's still moving slightly, hard shoulder will usually be my preference.
@AndreA-ke2id3 жыл бұрын
This is another reason why we need hard shoulders and not smart motorways.
@splodger78816 жыл бұрын
Can't be in the UK, there were cars in lane 1!
@MitcyDupres6 жыл бұрын
@Can We Get To 1000Subscribers Without Any Content I think the comment contained a dash of sarcasm.
@damianc76923 жыл бұрын
It never fails to amaze how stupid the average driver is. Literally not moving out of the way for 999 vehicles. These people should be contacted after the event and sent on a self funded driver awareness course!
@kr18863 жыл бұрын
Probably got earphones on...
@MrSolodriver3 жыл бұрын
I honestly think the "average" driver is OK. It's the below average ones that are the dickheads. Most people moved out of the way, or at least attempted to.
@Sophie-ly5jn3 жыл бұрын
@@MrSolodriver the amount of inattentive drivers on the road outweighs the attentive ones, so technically speaking the "average driver" is blissfully unaware of their surroundings until something goes bang. As a former blue light driver and motorcyclist I too have seen some utter stinkers on the road, but have also seen some (unfortunately less than the former) absolutely brilliant and aware drivers. I mean just for one example, I was on a big 1100 cc Honda with full hi Viz livery, blue led strobes to the front, side and rear, a blue xenon strobe, 100watts of siren sounding, wearing hi Viz jacket, white helmet and travelling along a single carriageway road... Car approaches the giveway to my left and doesn't stop, with me about 50-60 yards away at about 70 mph, cars coming in opposite direction so had to brake heavily and thread my bike down the white line to avoid him... Since then the junction has been made a stop junction instead of giveway... I had a transplant organ on board at the time, the driver didn't even look.
@dSignq3 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYempIKcjMilZpI
@mariemccann58952 жыл бұрын
The average driver is clearly perfectly competent as it was only the odd few individuals that caused any issues. It is the self righteous that think they know it all that are the problem.
@peterburton31476 жыл бұрын
I sent a email to Sicuro - the company of the van blocking the vehicle and not pulling over, and I got a reply back that the driver of the van has been fired from the company...
@shorey666 жыл бұрын
Did you really?
@mabisfab77paintball6 жыл бұрын
i would bet just words to shut you up make you go away unless they named him to you (dont put online though) i highly doubt its true
@acesul88116 жыл бұрын
Great. Now he's got even more free time to drive like an asshole.
@sabre22b6 жыл бұрын
Ace Sul lol. Can you clamp a human?
@theauldlairnitlens40526 жыл бұрын
Well done mate, got what he richly deserved.
@theprior463 жыл бұрын
The skill of this driver avoiding so many chances for a collision is quite incredible. Other driver's reactions are so variable and the emergency driver has to keep their cool in the face of things that would cause most normal drivers to "lose their rag" I'm well impressed by this. It's hard enough to filter down queues on a touring motorcycle as I've done that but with a large vehicle it's a nightmare.
@uzijn6 жыл бұрын
I wish TRL car stuck his lights on earlier and kept them on. I wonder why he turned them off. Nice private reg on it.
@barnseyfrommossley6 жыл бұрын
I saw a minimum of 18 drivers needing tickets sent for lane hogging, and a van driver for driving without due care and attention.
@davidbarnes44623 жыл бұрын
Yet more evidence of the urgent need to halt any further expansion of Smart Motorways, and restore the hard shoulders.
@devon8963 жыл бұрын
If that's the case then shouldn't every dual carriageway in the country also have a hard shoulder?
@michaeljohnson97173 жыл бұрын
This video just shows how important the hard shoulder is. It should be shown to every road engineer and polition involved with road safety.
@tibsie6 жыл бұрын
The sirens on fire officer cars always seem really quiet compared to other emergency vehicles. The one near me is quieter than a fart in a paper bag!
@a420tkr6 жыл бұрын
Excellent driving and video again sir! The amount of zombies you encountered or passed on your run just proves mankind is truly doomed...
@EnjoyFirefighting6 жыл бұрын
that kind of emergency driving would be concidered as unsafe here ^^
@gerryquinn83906 жыл бұрын
@@EnjoyFirefighting ...then i pity the poor souls in your country
@EnjoyFirefighting6 жыл бұрын
@@gerryquinn8390 Why? We simply have different traffic laws and a different style of emergency driving. Something we do and concider as safe is probably concidered as unsafe over there and the other way around
@Tiger2010ization6 жыл бұрын
There's always zombies on the M4, believe me
@shannontaylor37253 жыл бұрын
@@EnjoyFirefighting And what country is that?
@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars2 жыл бұрын
This is next level driving. I'm exhausted just watching it! Once you arrive, there's no time to stop for a brew either. My hat is most definitely off!!
@Fitymatyi693 жыл бұрын
That IDIOT van driver 00:30 - 01:42 would loose his licence immediately in ANY cultured European country. There is another brain dead at 04:07 and an MTS "professional" driver at 05:05. It's just outrageous, that UK drivers can do whatever they want. What a shame! 100% agree with @Damian C and a big respect to @Mitch Nunn.
@kenmanger1996 жыл бұрын
Wow, that was 15 mins of sphincter clenching. Not sure I could have been so patient with drivers that NEVER look in their rear view mirrors or sit in lane 3 singing along to their favourite little mix track. Don’t think I could have done that without at least 1/6 doz fender benders. Well done driver.
@pontyexpat3 жыл бұрын
More likely texting or watching pawn on his notsosmartphone
@peterclark78792 жыл бұрын
I am impressed the majority of drivers seemed to have good situational awareness considering they didn't know your route or goals, I recently was blocking the path of an ambulance because the car in front of me moved of the carriageway and stopped stopping me from moving of the carriageway to allow the ambulance to it's destination it was only repeated sound of my airhorn that resolved the situation
@BMH19656 жыл бұрын
Simple fact: UK drivers are not used to emergency vehicles doing 'lane splitting'.
@davidparker86506 жыл бұрын
most of us do
@stobart19933 жыл бұрын
everyone should do what the German's do for emergency vehicles they'll get there quicker roads will open quicker but people don't pay attention what coming from behind or pay attention to the road conditions
@steve1978ger3 жыл бұрын
@@stobart1993 - it doesn't always work, but, having a fixed scheme to make room for emergency vehicles does a lot to lessen the confusion
@hypergolic84683 жыл бұрын
@@stobart1993 To be fair James the Autobahn has numerous posters telling people to move out to the edges of the lane to keep the message ongoing. Oddly, back in the day, when obtaining a German driving licence was a exercise in it's self people had it drilled into them on the Autobahn section of their learning, and from memory, which can be fallible, I didn't remember seeing such posters.
@Sophie-ly5jn3 жыл бұрын
@@steve1978ger yep, it's often called the hard shoulder and is also supposed to be used in an emergency by normal road users, This is yet another reason why smart motorways are such a bad idea
@CraigNiel2 жыл бұрын
0:31 The guy in the SECURO van that refused to move over should be prosecuted. How can you have an emergency vehicle behind you for a full minute and not notice that they're there? That's just ridiculous. God only knows how long he'd have been stuck behind the moron had he not undertaken; If this is not an offence then it should be. Too many people these days are driving around in a damn daze.
@hamshackleton6 жыл бұрын
This is a perfect example of why the so-called 'smart motorway' is a BAD idea. If the hard shoulder is blocked as well, nothing can get through!
@TheVanderfulLife6 жыл бұрын
like other countries it should be compulsory for us to move over to the edge/white line if in traffic, so it leaves enough room for cars to get through in instances like this
@TheVanderfulLife6 жыл бұрын
Example being 7:55... If all cars were moved over it would have made a lane down the middle for the police
@tomvandenheuvel76036 жыл бұрын
No, it is the lack proper knowledge from all the drivers here. in the Netherlands and in Germany they already have smart motorways and it works excellent because all driver know to make V-shape (make a new lane in the middle) as emergency services drive by. In the Netherlands a smart motorway can also make a free lane in advance for emergency transport or for example if a car has a failure in live lanes.
@prince77rp6 жыл бұрын
Smart motorway hard shoulder would be emergency use only. They wouldn't run 4 lanes and leave nothing for emergency services
@ollythomas67026 жыл бұрын
@Berty Mugwump The hard shoulder has historically been used (and still is) for broken down vehicles. Emergency vehicles travelling down there in excess of 70mph as you suggested would be very dangerous given the possibility of completely stationary vehicles and people outside of their vehicles too (as demonstrated in this very clip). And while i respect most of the emergency services, the way some of them drive is terrible, especially given the fact they are meant to have been trained to do so. Ambulance drivers around my way are some of the worst drivers on the road. Only two weeks ago I witnessed one ambulance driver going the wrong way round a roundabout and nearly flipping his vehicle (with a patient inside) by hitting a curb extremely hard. Pretty sure putting an ambulance on two wheels isn't part of the training.. Either way, I wouldn't want to see these poorly trained drivers going that fast in the hard shoulder, it'd just lead to more deaths.
@MilesFeather6 жыл бұрын
Thank god it wasn't a 'smart motorway' with no hard shoulder!
@SinkyYT6 жыл бұрын
That's bad that the TCU was expected to sit in all that traffic.
@jamesevans9386 жыл бұрын
Sinky I think traffic officers like the one behind sound be able to use blue lights because in most cases they can be the first on scene while the law is you have to move over for traffic officers when they have there ambers on most people don’t know that law or they just simply think that they are a vehicle recovery firm trying to cheat and beet the traffic
@vink61636 жыл бұрын
And then people complain that it takes so long to clear up an accident - I think this video clearly shows why!
@nekotranslates3 жыл бұрын
And this is why TCU should have blues like other emergency vehicles, as ambers mean jack nothing... do you see a dustbin truck, diggers, cranes, tow trucks - all using ambers, and let them through just because they have flashing lights? Nope. Ambers are only for visibility, not emergencies.
@More-Space-In-Ear6 жыл бұрын
They’re are so many people who don’t know the widths of their cars...ggggrrrrrrr. So many times I’m shouting MOOOVE!!!!!!!…
@rickallsager44876 жыл бұрын
Exactly what i think
@craignixon2913 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how many drivers are on the road who don't use there mirrors!! It's not hard to check them
@TradeOnTheMarket3 жыл бұрын
When traffic stops the first thought should be to leave a line to emergency vehicles even if they don't come. It is the least in Europe. Should be first to teach in the UK.
@shaunolinger9643 жыл бұрын
Here in the USA... for Oregon and Washington state at least... you get cited and fined for "failure to yield to emergency vehicle". The citation goes to the owner of the car as taken from the license plate, and the fine is owed by the owner of the vehicle UNLESS that owner can prove they weren't driving the vehicle. They have to provide the name and contact info for who WAS driving it, or they pay the fine. Not sure how much it is, as I've never been such a drone as to not move out of the way, but it's likely pretty steep. I know people who drive like that... mindless drones who have zero idea and even less care for what's going on around them. They drive me absolutely insane, they're terrifying to ride with, and however nice a person they might be... it's REALLY hard not to tear their heads off for it. Eyes up and out folks. Ears too. Other people live and drive around you, and your actions don't only affect you.
@markmezo3 жыл бұрын
UK needs to invest in "Rumbler" sirens, they work because you can feel them.
@CiaranGallagher773 жыл бұрын
And a bull horn
@OwenBenGaming3 жыл бұрын
We have them, drivers are still ignorant
@samuelpinder12153 жыл бұрын
@@CiaranGallagher77 we have bullhorns. I live near a main road, it's an A road but not a dual carriageway and hear bullhorns quite often. Theres some tossers on that road too
@CiaranGallagher773 жыл бұрын
@@samuelpinder1215 it worries me how many people don't know how to react to blues and twos
@leonardsirwinirwin42473 жыл бұрын
I missed an ambulance with a rumbler; it sounded like a machine of some sort, and did not recognise it as a siren.
@dasy2k16 жыл бұрын
They should teach the concept of a Rettungsgasse in the theory test! Although there were a couple of good Rettungsgassen created when there was no hard shoulder
@M8963 жыл бұрын
Saw that in Germany, far to advanced for the Brexit mentalities over here
@blackwaterhousecork51826 жыл бұрын
Reminded Me of a 320 Kilometres Run I once made with Lights and Sirens, in a 4 Wheel Drive, from Port Augusta Police Station to Police Headquarters in Adelaide (South Australia) although to be fair My Traffic was just a little bit lighter.
@heidi59423 жыл бұрын
My longest yet was 100km from north of Adelaide to Murray Bridge through peek hour traffic. There were a few times where I switched off the siren and waited as it was too heavy to get the ambulance through. It took almost 1.5hrs.
@danwiddon38542 жыл бұрын
Great advert for Sicuro @0:20 to @1:40. He was certainly not monitoring or responding, other than to whatever he was streaming (evident by blocking the outside lane). Highway's Agency collision investigators must spend hours queuing unless Code 1 pick them up en route. As for the panicked Audiot @11:23, I'm glad they came to their hesitant senses despite using the hard shoulder as a layby!
@martuhurley2 жыл бұрын
I’m just surprised took the Collision investigator over 1 min 30 secs to run his beacons on. I used to light my beacons every chance I got but surely he was allowed to use them as soon as the copper picked him up.
@Wasper216 Жыл бұрын
@@martuhurley but then again he turned them off a few minutes later.
@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw87913 жыл бұрын
Unfortunate that so many old bridges were built without hard shoulder under them. Or is it because the motorway got an extra lane at one point?
@pqrstzxerty12963 жыл бұрын
motorway got an extra lane
@fetchstixRHD3 жыл бұрын
That's often the case, I've seen many areas on motorways that get an extra lane and lose the hard shoulder near bridges.
@OkenWS Жыл бұрын
It did get an extra lane, a lot of the M4 east of Cardiff is like it, although the section in the video is now a smart motorway and all of the bridges had to be demolished and new ones were usually lifted in as an off-site build. Smart motorway is now very much built-in to the design as the bridges won't ever be changed again.
@markcarlo86923 жыл бұрын
Fantastic driving guys,(not the muppit in the van) what on earth will the emergency services do when were all forced to drive on SMART motorways !!!!!
@wooders2206 Жыл бұрын
that van driver should receive a fine for not moving
@Defianthuman6 ай бұрын
A more recent comment says they left a complaint and he was fired
@Defianthuman6 ай бұрын
Never mind it’s older but I’m glad to know that people who didn’t move faced consequences
@Hutchkins776 жыл бұрын
excellent work for helping that guy to get to the same destination
@andy627163 жыл бұрын
This video is a perfect illustration of how important ‘hard shoulders’ are.
@EnjoyFirefighting3 жыл бұрын
nothing an emergency corridor wouldn't be able to fix ...
@andy627163 жыл бұрын
@@EnjoyFirefighting what’s an emergency corridor? I’m not being thick, I genuinely don’t know x
@EnjoyFirefighting3 жыл бұрын
@@andy62716 It's sth done in e.g. Germany, Austria and few other countries. Once vehicles approach and end up in a traffic jam all vehicles in the left lane pull to the far left, all vehicles lane(s) to the right pull to the right (in the UK obviously the other way around). This creates a corridor for emergency vehicles between the far left and the other lanes, no matter if there's a hard shoulder or not, no matter if the hard shoulder is wide enough, too narrow, free or blocked: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZyzhWqMfbuHmJo
@petermclelland2783 жыл бұрын
They notice you when they look up, from their mobile phone ?
@MartinVK2 жыл бұрын
This video is driving me nuts.... So many people need to be off the road and counted with disabilities to be walked with someone else's help... Complete lack of self awareness... What about the rest? I'm just thinking how they manage to put food in their mouth... What a place to be, really?!?!? 🤧
@fredMplanenut3 жыл бұрын
Great drive, and no expletives, well done. I used to love those drives.
@EmergencydriveUK3 жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍
@DannyWood79892 жыл бұрын
Some drivers are on another planet. It's scary!
@sebby3244 жыл бұрын
That’s so cool the way they escorted the collision investigation car
@SOAxZIPPER3 жыл бұрын
Thank you I was wondering who that was behind the officer. I'm from the states and our highway patrol officers conduct collision investigation. Always neat to learn how other countries do things.
@EastSussex9993 жыл бұрын
@@SOAxZIPPER Yeah usually our police have their own collision investigation units. That must have been some form of private company that the police requested.
@Archerdon883 жыл бұрын
@Googleisgay Googleispaedos lmao its not even a police car you fud 🤦♂️ pathetic some people trying to find any excuse they can to make a dig at the police when they dont have the slightest idea what they're talking about
@gwishart2 жыл бұрын
@@EastSussex999 It's the Transport Research Laboratory. They used to be part of the Department for Transport, they've since been privatised although they continue to do the same work under contract.
@lautoka636 жыл бұрын
Perhaps a front-mounted machine gun?
@sabre22b6 жыл бұрын
Flame thrower? See what i did there?
@jameskelsall73362 жыл бұрын
As a person that uses motorways every day, smart motorways do not work, this Is a perfect example of why we need hard shoulders
@timwilkinson67263 жыл бұрын
All that congestion and then you have to deal with the incident, 1st class driving.
@penguins96453 жыл бұрын
I can't get through this, drivers' stupidity knows no bounds, this is too frustrating to watch.
@tigerspook13 жыл бұрын
It always amazes me, as to how many drivers simply ignore emergency vehicle Blues & Two's, criminal I think, your clear path could mean someones life is saved,.. Great driving Sir, desite the idiots you encountered..... One day, the technology will be developed which makes emergency sirens superseed anything on a mobile radio,..
@paulp4586 жыл бұрын
Excellent driving and big respect to the emergency services!
@jake-the-neko55313 жыл бұрын
This is not the m4 as I know it. I passed my test after the start of it being turned into a smart motorway. So all I see is a construction site with 3 lanes on each side
@cormacmccarthy526619 күн бұрын
That van driver is is pure ignorant at a minimum he should be sumoned to court and given a driving ban plus penalty points on his licence
@coover656 жыл бұрын
For those wondering why there's a "toot" every time the siren changes, it's because the horn pad is pressed to cycle through wail and yelp. Our ambulances also have a bullhorn sound if the horn pad is pressed for more than a couple of seconds. I know the frustrations! Here's mine. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKWrmnR_i8yZqMk
@2958682 жыл бұрын
I always think the problem is people arent actually paying full attention...they're driving but aren't 100% focussed to their surroundings so half the time they dont hear or see the emergency vehicle until it breaks the weird zone out space drivers are in...scary when you think about it!
@camelia98022 жыл бұрын
Those drivers that hug the fast lane and refuse to move over for emergency vehicles should be banned.
@unathornton4113 жыл бұрын
When building motorway’s the hard shoulder should be made wider for E.R.Vs ?
@richardkent8 ай бұрын
They are wide enough for a fire engine. What emergency vehicle is wider? I can't think of any apart from the air ambulances and the RNLI lifeboats, neither of which travel along the hard shoulder.
@mightybeanstick98723 жыл бұрын
The 'van' incident reminds me of a similar occurrence on a video called 'The Liver Run'. A police vehicle was transferring a donated organ from (I think) Stansted Airport to a London hospital where the recipient was already undergoing preparatory surgery. Of course, some idiot thought it would be amusing to sit in the right-hand lane and hold the police car up. Luckily they made it to the hospital just in time, but it was close. The video is definitely worth a watch, it is on KZbin. ..
@andrewlaw3 жыл бұрын
An oldie but a goodie, they use Rover SD1's and a 3 litre Senator from memory. The Rover's brakes were cooked by the time they got to the hospital.
@mightybeanstick98723 жыл бұрын
@@andrewlaw And one of the escorting police bikes blew up its engine...
@peterclark78792 жыл бұрын
20 Years ago in July my wife received a liver transplant, the liver came from NZ to AUS I would hate to to think were I would be now if at every corner Muppets held everything up. 20 years later I think how lucky am I.
@philkennedy3422 жыл бұрын
Nice to see driver awareness while driving with emergency vehicles behind them!!
@MrMachrider6 жыл бұрын
The emergency vehicle's preferred route was the hard shoulder. On a smart motorway that option is not there.
@iankillen52423 жыл бұрын
That's why smart motorways are a bad idea someone hasn't thought this through hope it's stopped.
@JosephRawsthorne312 жыл бұрын
Nice rolls Royce at 11:14 :P
@virginiafry98543 жыл бұрын
For some reason, almost every driver hits the brakes when they realize there’s an emergency vehicle behind them The vehicle that followed the emergency vehicle was a crash investigator - usually for serious accidents!?
@deanoallen50963 жыл бұрын
Excellent driving, and your patience was on point. Cheers from a former EMT from the US, I’ve noticed that it doesn’t matter what country you’re from people on the roadway can be total dipshits.
@danielpixel39164 жыл бұрын
Those sirens on main car are awfully quiet and not attention grabbing otherwords easy to miss and why did the response car behind not have his lights on for like most of the driving? very dangerous...people normally clear out way then immediately return back to normal positions and there was a few times that volvo almost got squished...like he puts them on while driving on pointless shoulder then soon as back in traffic turns them off..are they not allowed to use lights or something? don't see point in them having lightbars and stuff or even having these people if they have to sit back in traffic like everyone else.
@russouk3 жыл бұрын
some people havent a clue,luckily most drivers are sensible and do.
@markwright31616 жыл бұрын
6:27 Did 2 cars just come down the hard shoulder the wrong way to take that exit? They appeared to be driving perpendicular to the 'flow' of traffic just as you moved out to the sliproad.
@haunter47086 жыл бұрын
Mark Wright Wow, good spot. They were bloody lucky because that might have been worth pulling over for a word had they came head on against the coppers.
@EinkOLED6 жыл бұрын
Why don't the emergency services arrive on the unaffected side of the motorway and hop across the central reservation? Or drive on the wrong side of the hardshoulder from the nearest junction?
@lordcondio10362 жыл бұрын
The obvious reason being The fire brigade and paramedics have lots equipment to carry. Cutting gear etc. Paramedics need the ambulance close for medical supplies and patient transfer. Driving the wrong way up a motorway hard shoulder is extremely dangerous, also should there have been a broken down vehicle on the hard shoulder, they would be completely blocked from getting to the site of the emergency. Always safer travelling in the direction of traffic flow.
@Smithy17896 жыл бұрын
Shame it cut off at the end, wanted to see what happened...
@anntaplin49602 жыл бұрын
How many pratts oblivious to sirens and flashing lights behind them?
@topmark996 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ! I'm holding my head in my hands!! How do these people not know that even an unmarked car with blues and twos is behind them. There's some real arsehole drivers in this - no excuse. I couldn't be an emergency services driver, I'm not that restrained!
@peteramberley99526 жыл бұрын
Easy dont drive unmarked vehicles!!!
@Horizon301.6 жыл бұрын
peter amberley easy if you are going to drive a vehicle use your eyes and have the necessary concentration for such a potentially dangerous task
@leonardsirwinirwin42473 жыл бұрын
Isn' it "Blues and Tunes" (blue lights and siren music)?
@blehblah9309 Жыл бұрын
Saying this suggests you have a short temper when driving a normal vehicle. Be more restrained - whether you have blue lights or not. Nothing good comes from the alternative.
@Dreddingbath2 жыл бұрын
So stressful (and slow) without the hard shoulder to run in. Wonder what Chris feels about ‘Smart’ m-ways?
@lesbrewer31053 жыл бұрын
That video demonstrated the importance to hard shoulders; they play a vital role of saving lives. The worst thing they did was to create these 'smart' motorways - There is nothing smart about them.....
@slatey26093 жыл бұрын
I rember a few years ago that there was a new siren being tested which was supposed to be better at alerting other motorists of an emergency vehicle approaching. it was a kind of a buzzing sound as I think some of the motorists were clearly not hearing the police vehicle.
@blehblah9309 Жыл бұрын
It was a hiss type sound, the idea being it had multiple frequencies rather than a single tone/frequency (although the police siren here changes tone, at any given point it is only one tone). It was less to do with being audible - the idea was to make it easier to perceive the direction of the siren, as single tones reflect everywhere consistently and are difficult for humans to direction find - you hear the siren but don't know where it's coming from. Doesn't seem to have taken hold with plod vehicles but it does turn up each time an HGV indicates left, before telling cyclists not to get in the squish zone.
@richardgiles24843 жыл бұрын
Would love to see the mastermind who had the idea of doing away with hard shoulders put his or her hand up and say it was them 🤔
@kr18863 жыл бұрын
Can anyone tell me why the emergency services started filtering between the lanes a few years ago when the hard shoulder was still available everywhere? White Audi on the shoulder should have gotten a ticket in the post.
@fbsmembership76946 жыл бұрын
Life would be so much easier with a decent set of two-tone air horns. At least drivers would be hear them , AND tell where they are coming from
@DieyoungDiefast6 жыл бұрын
Aye, I find the wailers seem to echo around and I can't pinpoint the location, 2 tones were nice and directional, if you heard them they were either in front coming the other way of following you.
@grahamtimms193 жыл бұрын
Watch 4 motorcycles escorting and Ambulance from Den Hague to Rotterdam, Twos and blues only but when they get to a major junction the only have to stop in the middle and raise their hand and everything stops dead and waits. They do rolling roadblocks.
@mandolinic3 жыл бұрын
Why no loudspeaker to instruct the car in front to go left or right?
@gb4ever6 жыл бұрын
Great drive and great video. Thanks for sharing. Out of interest, the accident investigators, are they a private firm? Contracted by the police or insurance based? Just being curious.
@cjmillsnun6 жыл бұрын
TRL - Transport Research Laboratory.
@brianhaines58352 жыл бұрын
Just another typical day with drivers failing to return to near side lanes after overtaking on the motorway. It’s a result of lack of basic traffic law enforcement. How many of you now sit behind drivers hogging the middle and offside lane for no reason. This video should not surprise anybody, more motorway policing and enforcement needed.
@mortgagewizard406 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video as always. Are the people from TRL with you, or did they take advantage of your "slipstream". Bit dicey if they had an accident, They've got no warning lights or anything, just a brightly painted car. .Keep up the sterling work you and your colleagues do...
@ralphdadge3026 жыл бұрын
If you notice when Nelvis saw the TRL car he stopped & asked if they were going to J5 incident & said follow me, the TRL carries amber beacons so was just as visible to other traffic, that van in outside lane was just not watching his mirrors or reacting to the blues/sirens, reckon he should be reported for obstructiing an emergency vehicle on a 999 call. some drivers are very slow to react to blues/sirens.
@markwright31616 жыл бұрын
There was one section in the video where they were using their roof bar but for quite a bit it didn't appear they were on. Could that just be the camera recording and the LED's frequencies not being in sink for a majority of the journey or do they have regulations to follow that don't allow them to be used when moving in traffic? The stretch I saw them activated was when they were on the hard shoulder and they had lost a bit of ground from the difficulty of getting there through the traffic.
@ultra_vires6 жыл бұрын
I think they can only use their ambers on the hard shoulder or at a scene. They're not permitted to use them to part traffic or make progress that way. So it was careful and selective use, weighing their training versus taking advantage of the situation! He may have kept them off when on the road for another reason, as some people deliberately block amber lights, given they're not emergency vehicles, "so why should they" attitude kicks in.
@markwright31616 жыл бұрын
Ultra Vires Thanks for the info. That's what I was thinking about the ambers. The second part makes sense too. It's unfortunate that there are drivers that think like that, whose first thought is 'how dare they try and get ahead of me' instead of looking at the situation and thinking 'they must be trying to get to whatever is causing the holdup to get it sorted sooner for the rest of us'. Of course that 'block people trying to get ahead' wouldn't be a thought if there weren't people doing it. Waiting patiently in queues in the order we arrive is supposed to be part of our national identity. It's sad to see it fall apart. :(
@mortgagewizard406 жыл бұрын
Amber lights unfortunately are only to warn of a works vehicle . Doesn't give them any priority other than normal road traffic laws apply.
@adamps163 жыл бұрын
So much time saved with the hard shoulder. To think what lives will and have been lost with them being taken away.
@HappilyHomicidalHooligan6 жыл бұрын
Emergency vehicles should mount Mountain Air Horns (6 feet long tubes that at that range WILL cause the entire car to shake - NO chance of not noticing them...) - they'll move after that...
@leonardsirwinirwin42473 жыл бұрын
Would be nice fot the motorcycle. Get some respect.
@mrc74782 жыл бұрын
This video is a great advert for hard shoulders.
@NoisyGriff6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting - genuine question (not a dig!). What was the rush for you to get on scene? It all seemed pretty much in hand when you arrived - are you a specialist medic, for example?
@fetchstixRHD3 жыл бұрын
One thing I hadn't noticed is that the car he talked to (and then which followed the guy) was collision investigation, I guess the need to preserve evidence is one reason? There are plenty of others I could probably think of, whether they're correct is another matter... Edit: one of them was pretty close: "As an senior incident commander it is my role to either take over or _maintain scene safety_ to allow the on scene commander to continue to deal with the incident. It is sometimes more hazardous in the closing stages as _people tend to become a little more lazy_ with their safety..." (commented on the 7mins for one mile video, with my emphasis added!)
@MervynPartin2 жыл бұрын
Two things are immediately apparent. Rear view mirrors are an optional car accessory, and electronic sirens are absolutely useless- bring back the two-tone horns.
@catlover49716 жыл бұрын
Other issues aside, that police officer is an excellent driver
@craignixon2913 жыл бұрын
Also where's there's no hard shoulder or road works happing why can we the uk take notes from other countries and make a clear lane when traffic is getting heavy? Anyone know why this doesn't happen??
@mantymusic91096 жыл бұрын
Watching that van was so infuriating
@TheNigel553 жыл бұрын
Why was that van just staying in lane3 use your mirrors
@richH16256 жыл бұрын
6:45 etc it does make me wonder how emergency vehicles get through on a blocked 'smart' motorway. Do the gantries say "check your mirrors for emergency vehicles every five seconds" "leave space for zipping lanes"
@stevies.19753 жыл бұрын
It’s always great to see how many drivers seem to doze at the wheel.
@whigwood6 жыл бұрын
After watching this, does anyone still not believe that southern England is overcrowded?
@jeremyclarkson55483 жыл бұрын
I lived in Maidenhead jct8/9 m4 and Jeez slough and Windsor are busy as hell especially the bathroad through slough and the Windsor bypass
@bizzarebanana30413 жыл бұрын
how does traffic from a car crash show that a region is overcrowded
@danielleforder2 жыл бұрын
That collision investigation driver was probably thinking thank god because they can follow someone though
@hannecatton21796 жыл бұрын
Wow ! There are a lot of clueless drivers in the U.K.
@susannezauzig16903 жыл бұрын
Kennen die keine Rettungsgasse?
@EnjoyFirefighting3 жыл бұрын
nein natürlich nicht ... es gibt nur sehr wenige Länder wo es diese gibt!
@martinfidel70863 жыл бұрын
Instigate a new test that revolves around how to "work" with the emergency service to keep out of their way and give them the best opportunity to get their in the fastest time
@blehblah9309 Жыл бұрын
Respectfully, no. Learning to drive is difficult enough and the thing I was taught was that emergency drivers will work around you - usually the safest/best thing to do is to stop. In later lessons I was advised not to do this in certain situations (solid line/single track roads) which makes sense, though it does require a certain amount of confidence to be "on point" for a blue light vehicle. I've done a lot of miles since then and never had to do it. Seen some other crazy shit though - broken exhausts giving off fireworks and Luton vans with open doors and unsecured furniture wobbling on the back ignoring my gesticulating as they approached the M1 slip...
@martinfidel7086 Жыл бұрын
@@blehblah9309 people that can't shouldn't have a drivers licence its NOT a game !
@jamesthompson20656 жыл бұрын
Amazing and worrying to see how many people who essentially get paid to drive and don't move out the way...
@adrianalan34226 жыл бұрын
As an emergency services driver myself the individual driving the emergency services vehicle could have done so much more to encourage a positive reaction from the van driver as opposed to just sitting behind him and changing the tones of the siren
@Sarge926 жыл бұрын
such as? i showed this to my stepfather whi drives ambulances and his response was he gets the bullhorn and a withering look of disapointment when he passes
@adrianalan34226 жыл бұрын
@@Sarge92 Okay you have to bear in mind a lot of vans do not have rear view mirrors/rear windows..on a good few occasions prior to you passing the van from the inside lane...me personally I would have held back in to a following position... placed myself in to the middle lane... close the distance to an overtaking position and present your emergency lights into the van drivers nearside mirror...98% of the times that works for me in gaining a positive reaction in the situation you found yourself in.
@Sarge926 жыл бұрын
@@adrianalan3422 cool didnt consider the lack of rear views
@DraftySatyr3 жыл бұрын
@@Sarge92 He has external mirrors which, if his internal mirror is blocked, should be his default setting for checking traffic around (behind) him. Fact of the matter was he was/is an ignorant tw*t who tried to outrun the emergency vehicle when (multiple times) he had the opportunity to move into the middle lane.
@davidsomething48673 жыл бұрын
I'm not an emergency services driver but I'm not sure I could keep my cool in that scenario with such ignorance but I have recently done an advanced driving certificate. These emergency drivers are on another level however and apart from moving from side to side etc and trying to alert a driver that you are behind by both lights and sirens not sure what else you can do. Even people in normal cars with good rear visibility have issues and a clear sign that they do not check mirrors enough or use other human senses i.e. ears as well as sight.
@Sorarse6 жыл бұрын
Anyone notice the timestamp difference between the front and rear facing cameras?
@pacmanseven25446 жыл бұрын
Awesome drive guys.
@Trevor_Austin2 жыл бұрын
Big question - How main police officers does it take to change a light bulb?
@p.beesley97453 жыл бұрын
The fastest roads in the country and no one is taught how to use them 🙃