999 code 1 Emergency drive to reported car crash on M4 6 to 5 stationary traffic

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  • @MrStartrek62
    @MrStartrek62 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    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...

    • @EmergencydriveUK
      @EmergencydriveUK  2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You have to concentrate so much, if you let the red mist come down then you have lost it.

  • @hypergolic8468
    @hypergolic8468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    Watching the amount of hard shoulder work makes any sane person realise why "smart" motorways are a very bad idea!

    • @tomatoes3
      @tomatoes3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hypergolic I was just thinking the same.

    • @Turbomgzt
      @Turbomgzt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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!

    • @devon896
      @devon896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yet most dual carriageways don't have any hard shoulder and work perfectly fine.

    • @markstarmer3677
      @markstarmer3677 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My sentiments exactly.

    • @Sophie-ly5jn
      @Sophie-ly5jn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@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

  • @mitchnunn
    @mitchnunn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +446

    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

    • @andrewdaley3081
      @andrewdaley3081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Well done for posting this comment i normally don't agree with people being sacked but the person in questions behaviour was inexcusable. 🇬🇧👍

    • @StyxRiverGynoid
      @StyxRiverGynoid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      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.

    • @Interknetz
      @Interknetz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      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.

    • @Interknetz
      @Interknetz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@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.

    • @Mikutmp
      @Mikutmp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@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..

  • @MitcyDupres
    @MitcyDupres 6 ปีที่แล้ว +412

    0:40 Should be made to resit his test, over a minute driving without any movement for a blue light.

    • @maverick4220
      @maverick4220 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      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.

    • @MitcyDupres
      @MitcyDupres 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@maverick4220 at the minimum they're driving without due care and attention.

    • @peterburton3147
      @peterburton3147 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@maverick4220 They get fined here for failing to pull over for an emergency vehicle and at times lose their licence also..

    • @maverick4220
      @maverick4220 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@peterburton3147 Where is here? Uk, USA, Germany, France?

    • @SOAxZIPPER
      @SOAxZIPPER 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@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.

  • @Sophie-ly5jn
    @Sophie-ly5jn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    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!

    • @jamesball8966
      @jamesball8966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You took the words of the hard shoulder out of my mouth

    • @trr4488
      @trr4488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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-ly5jn
      @Sophie-ly5jn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @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!

    • @Highlynonsensical
      @Highlynonsensical 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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

    • @Demun1649
      @Demun1649 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@trr4488 Unlesss cleaned, and the Highways Agency do what they can with rducing budgets.

  • @damianc7692
    @damianc7692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    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!

    • @kr1886
      @kr1886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Probably got earphones on...

    • @MrSolodriver
      @MrSolodriver 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      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-ly5jn
      @Sophie-ly5jn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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.

    • @dSignq
      @dSignq 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @mariemccann5895
      @mariemccann5895 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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.

  • @peterburton3147
    @peterburton3147 6 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    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...

    • @shorey66
      @shorey66 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Did you really?

    • @mabisfab77paintball
      @mabisfab77paintball 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      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

    • @acesul8811
      @acesul8811 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Great. Now he's got even more free time to drive like an asshole.

    • @sabre22b
      @sabre22b 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ace Sul lol. Can you clamp a human?

    • @theauldlairnitlens4052
      @theauldlairnitlens4052 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well done mate, got what he richly deserved.

  • @MrMellowMan
    @MrMellowMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    This is another reason why hard shoulders should remain on our motorways

    • @pentaveratevideo
      @pentaveratevideo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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.

    • @MrMellowMan
      @MrMellowMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@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?

    • @pentaveratevideo
      @pentaveratevideo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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.

    • @MrMellowMan
      @MrMellowMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@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

    • @pentaveratevideo
      @pentaveratevideo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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-ke2id
    @AndreA-ke2id 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This is another reason why we need hard shoulders and not smart motorways.

  • @splodger7881
    @splodger7881 6 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Can't be in the UK, there were cars in lane 1!

    • @MitcyDupres
      @MitcyDupres 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @Can We Get To 1000Subscribers Without Any Content I think the comment contained a dash of sarcasm.

  • @uzijn
    @uzijn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    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.

  • @barnseyfrommossley
    @barnseyfrommossley 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I saw a minimum of 18 drivers needing tickets sent for lane hogging, and a van driver for driving without due care and attention.

  • @theprior46
    @theprior46 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    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.

  • @davidbarnes4462
    @davidbarnes4462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Yet more evidence of the urgent need to halt any further expansion of Smart Motorways, and restore the hard shoulders.

    • @devon896
      @devon896 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If that's the case then shouldn't every dual carriageway in the country also have a hard shoulder?

    • @michaeljohnson9717
      @michaeljohnson9717 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This video just shows how important the hard shoulder is. It should be shown to every road engineer and polition involved with road safety.

  • @tibsie
    @tibsie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    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!

  • @PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars
    @PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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!!

  • @peterclark7879
    @peterclark7879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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

  • @kenmanger199
    @kenmanger199 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    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.

    • @pontyexpat
      @pontyexpat 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      More likely texting or watching pawn on his notsosmartphone

  • @Fitymatyi69
    @Fitymatyi69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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.

  • @MilesFeather
    @MilesFeather 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Thank god it wasn't a 'smart motorway' with no hard shoulder!

  • @hamshackleton
    @hamshackleton 6 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    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!

    • @TheVanderfulLife
      @TheVanderfulLife 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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

    • @TheVanderfulLife
      @TheVanderfulLife 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Example being 7:55... If all cars were moved over it would have made a lane down the middle for the police

    • @tomvandenheuvel7603
      @tomvandenheuvel7603 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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.

    • @prince77rp
      @prince77rp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Smart motorway hard shoulder would be emergency use only. They wouldn't run 4 lanes and leave nothing for emergency services

    • @ollythomas6702
      @ollythomas6702 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @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.

  • @More-Space-In-Ear
    @More-Space-In-Ear 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    They’re are so many people who don’t know the widths of their cars...ggggrrrrrrr. So many times I’m shouting MOOOVE!!!!!!!…

  • @Hutchkins77
    @Hutchkins77 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    excellent work for helping that guy to get to the same destination

  • @BMH1965
    @BMH1965 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Simple fact: UK drivers are not used to emergency vehicles doing 'lane splitting'.

    • @davidparker8650
      @davidparker8650 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      most of us do

    • @stobart1993
      @stobart1993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      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

    • @steve1978ger
      @steve1978ger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@stobart1993 - it doesn't always work, but, having a fixed scheme to make room for emergency vehicles does a lot to lessen the confusion

    • @hypergolic8468
      @hypergolic8468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@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-ly5jn
      @Sophie-ly5jn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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

  • @a420tkr
    @a420tkr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Excellent driving and video again sir!
    The amount of zombies you encountered or passed on your run just proves mankind is truly doomed...

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that kind of emergency driving would be concidered as unsafe here ^^

    • @gerryquinn8390
      @gerryquinn8390 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@EnjoyFirefighting ...then i pity the poor souls in your country

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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

    • @Tiger2010ization
      @Tiger2010ization 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      There's always zombies on the M4, believe me

    • @shannontaylor3725
      @shannontaylor3725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@EnjoyFirefighting And what country is that?

  • @dasy2k1
    @dasy2k1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    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

    • @M896
      @M896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Saw that in Germany, far to advanced for the Brexit mentalities over here

  • @SinkyYT
    @SinkyYT 6 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    That's bad that the TCU was expected to sit in all that traffic.

    • @jamesevans938
      @jamesevans938 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      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

    • @vink6163
      @vink6163 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And then people complain that it takes so long to clear up an accident - I think this video clearly shows why!

    • @nekotranslates
      @nekotranslates 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @blackwaterhousecork5182
    @blackwaterhousecork5182 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    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.

    • @heidi5942
      @heidi5942 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @shaunolinger964
    @shaunolinger964 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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.

  • @craignixon291
    @craignixon291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It's amazing how many drivers are on the road who don't use there mirrors!! It's not hard to check them

    • @TradeOnTheMarket
      @TradeOnTheMarket 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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.

  • @markmezo
    @markmezo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    UK needs to invest in "Rumbler" sirens, they work because you can feel them.

    • @CiaranGallagher77
      @CiaranGallagher77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And a bull horn

    • @OwenBenGaming
      @OwenBenGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We have them, drivers are still ignorant

    • @samuelpinder1215
      @samuelpinder1215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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

    • @CiaranGallagher77
      @CiaranGallagher77 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samuelpinder1215 it worries me how many people don't know how to react to blues and twos

    • @leonardsirwinirwin4247
      @leonardsirwinirwin4247 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I missed an ambulance with a rumbler; it sounded like a machine of some sort, and did not recognise it as a siren.

  • @MartinVK
    @MartinVK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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?!?!? 🤧

  • @DannyWood7989
    @DannyWood7989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Some drivers are on another planet. It's scary!

  • @CraigNiel
    @CraigNiel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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.

  • @danwiddon3854
    @danwiddon3854 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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!

    • @martuhurley
      @martuhurley ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @Wasper216 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@martuhurley but then again he turned them off a few minutes later.

  • @andy62716
    @andy62716 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This video is a perfect illustration of how important ‘hard shoulders’ are.

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      nothing an emergency corridor wouldn't be able to fix ...

    • @andy62716
      @andy62716 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EnjoyFirefighting what’s an emergency corridor? I’m not being thick, I genuinely don’t know x

    • @EnjoyFirefighting
      @EnjoyFirefighting 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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: th-cam.com/video/7kPT7VHVTb8/w-d-xo.html

  • @wooders2206
    @wooders2206 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    that van driver should receive a fine for not moving

    • @Defianthuman
      @Defianthuman 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A more recent comment says they left a complaint and he was fired

    • @Defianthuman
      @Defianthuman 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Never mind it’s older but I’m glad to know that people who didn’t move faced consequences

  • @lautoka63
    @lautoka63 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Perhaps a front-mounted machine gun?

    • @sabre22b
      @sabre22b 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Flame thrower? See what i did there?

  • @markcarlo8692
    @markcarlo8692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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 !!!!!

  • @russouk
    @russouk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    some people havent a clue,luckily most drivers are sensible and do.

  • @topmark99
    @topmark99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    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!

    • @peteramberley9952
      @peteramberley9952 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Easy dont drive unmarked vehicles!!!

    • @Horizon301.
      @Horizon301. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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

    • @leonardsirwinirwin4247
      @leonardsirwinirwin4247 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isn' it "Blues and Tunes" (blue lights and siren music)?

    • @blehblah9309
      @blehblah9309 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @sebby324
    @sebby324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That’s so cool the way they escorted the collision investigation car

    • @SOAxZIPPER
      @SOAxZIPPER 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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.

    • @EastSussex999
      @EastSussex999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SOAxZIPPER Yeah usually our police have their own collision investigation units. That must have been some form of private company that the police requested.

    • @Archerdon88
      @Archerdon88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @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

    • @gwishart
      @gwishart 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @paulp458
    @paulp458 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Excellent driving and big respect to the emergency services!

  • @fredMplanenut
    @fredMplanenut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great drive, and no expletives, well done. I used to love those drives.

  • @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791
    @asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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?

    • @pqrstzxerty1296
      @pqrstzxerty1296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      motorway got an extra lane

    • @fetchstixRHD
      @fetchstixRHD 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @OkenWS ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @jameskelsall7336
    @jameskelsall7336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a person that uses motorways every day, smart motorways do not work, this Is a perfect example of why we need hard shoulders

  • @penguins9645
    @penguins9645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can't get through this, drivers' stupidity knows no bounds, this is too frustrating to watch.

  • @timwilkinson6726
    @timwilkinson6726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    All that congestion and then you have to deal with the incident, 1st class driving.

  • @lesbrewer3105
    @lesbrewer3105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.....

  • @philkennedy342
    @philkennedy342 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice to see driver awareness while driving with emergency vehicles behind them!!

  • @coover65
    @coover65 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    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.
    th-cam.com/video/vtHiAIVgfrg/w-d-xo.html

  • @eddieMurphy11111
    @eddieMurphy11111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what we all need is hard shoulders on our motor ways you did a grand job of getting through with all the stupid people about

  • @tigerspook1
    @tigerspook1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    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,..

  • @adamps16
    @adamps16 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So much time saved with the hard shoulder. To think what lives will and have been lost with them being taken away.

  • @MrMachrider
    @MrMachrider 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The emergency vehicle's preferred route was the hard shoulder. On a smart motorway that option is not there.

    • @iankillen5242
      @iankillen5242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's why smart motorways are a bad idea someone hasn't thought this through hope it's stopped.

  • @295868
    @295868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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!

  • @mightybeanstick9872
    @mightybeanstick9872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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 TH-cam. ..

    • @andrewlaw
      @andrewlaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

    • @mightybeanstick9872
      @mightybeanstick9872 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andrewlaw And one of the escorting police bikes blew up its engine...

    • @peterclark7879
      @peterclark7879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

  • @mrc7478
    @mrc7478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video is a great advert for hard shoulders.

  • @virginiafry9854
    @virginiafry9854 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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!?

  • @petermclelland278
    @petermclelland278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They notice you when they look up, from their mobile phone ?

  • @Smithy1789
    @Smithy1789 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Shame it cut off at the end, wanted to see what happened...

  • @stevies.1975
    @stevies.1975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s always great to see how many drivers seem to doze at the wheel.

  • @danielpixel3916
    @danielpixel3916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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.

  • @jamesthompson2065
    @jamesthompson2065 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing and worrying to see how many people who essentially get paid to drive and don't move out the way...

  • @jake-the-neko5531
    @jake-the-neko5531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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

  • @minidriversouthsweden5137
    @minidriversouthsweden5137 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well driven to the scene and some people are driving around with their head up there arses. I always move out of the way for an emergency vehicle with blue lights and sirens going. I’ve seen some people who just sit there and look stupid and feel the response drivers frustration and by moving over the help can get where they need it fast.

  • @catlover4971
    @catlover4971 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Other issues aside, that police officer is an excellent driver

  • @GavinGuan0309
    @GavinGuan0309 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    watching videos like these makes you wonder, why did they take out the hard shoulder, and branded it as smart motorway
    ...

  • @mantymusic9109
    @mantymusic9109 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Watching that van was so infuriating

  • @brianhaines5835
    @brianhaines5835 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @richardgiles2484
    @richardgiles2484 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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 🤔

  • @JosephRawsthorne31
    @JosephRawsthorne31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice rolls Royce at 11:14 :P

  • @deanoallen5096
    @deanoallen5096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    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.

  • @slatey2609
    @slatey2609 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
      @blehblah9309 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @pacmanseven2544
    @pacmanseven2544 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome drive guys.

  • @supernutkin5122
    @supernutkin5122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Incredible driving with nerves of steel by that cop driver.
    Yep, fully agree with idiot drivers not getting out of the way.
    Sometimes they freeze or sometimes they're not just concentrating what's around them and what's behind them. They're not using rear mirrors !!

  • @fbsmembership7694
    @fbsmembership7694 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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

    • @DieyoungDiefast
      @DieyoungDiefast 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

    • @grahamtimms19
      @grahamtimms19 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @dm2436
    @dm2436 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great driving. I hope that the van driver was reported.

  • @hannecatton2179
    @hannecatton2179 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wow ! There are a lot of clueless drivers in the U.K.

  • @MervynPartin
    @MervynPartin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @markwright3161
    @markwright3161 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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.

    • @haunter4708
      @haunter4708 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

  • @markshillinglaw3003
    @markshillinglaw3003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very good driving, that van driver though

  • @HappilyHomicidalHooligan
    @HappilyHomicidalHooligan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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...

  • @danielleforder
    @danielleforder 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That collision investigation driver was probably thinking thank god because they can follow someone though

  • @adriankatsikides3390
    @adriankatsikides3390 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    and I moan about my 5 mile commute from Sennen to St. Just with Lands' End traffic ! think I'll shut my face in future - well for 5 minutes anyway. That traffic is bonkers. And as for that dozy van driver the officer had to undertake...could do with a snow-plough type attachment on the emergency vehicle, that would be worth watching !

  • @markbiggs3395
    @markbiggs3395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    good job for the hard shoulder,got to keep them.

  • @tomgosy
    @tomgosy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    UK police still rocking the wigwags in 2018

    • @uzijn
      @uzijn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And so they should.

  • @2learneasy
    @2learneasy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Driver needs to play gta 5, that'll train him up

  • @mortgagewizard40
    @mortgagewizard40 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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...

    • @ralphdadge302
      @ralphdadge302 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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.

    • @markwright3161
      @markwright3161 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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_vires
      @ultra_vires 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

    • @markwright3161
      @markwright3161 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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. :(

    • @mortgagewizard40
      @mortgagewizard40 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amber lights unfortunately are only to warn of a works vehicle . Doesn't give them any priority other than normal road traffic laws apply.

  • @figaro501
    @figaro501 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Smart motorways require that drivers be smart but that ain't happening anytime soon. Grant Schapps - sort it! Revert to hard shoulder motorways and get rid of 'Smart' ones. They're a danger to lives and the emergency services need them! Excellent driving sir!

  • @lordstevewilson1331
    @lordstevewilson1331 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think I might be able to get there faster as a covilian with no blue lights, on a motorbike ;) lol

  • @6Twisted
    @6Twisted 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder how many people got punctures from driving on the edge of the road.

  • @gb4ever
    @gb4ever 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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.

    • @cjmillsnun
      @cjmillsnun 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      TRL - Transport Research Laboratory.

  • @TheLastSock
    @TheLastSock 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Failing to get out of the way for a blue light should be undue care and attention, 9 points and a £2500 fine.

  • @baduncle6378
    @baduncle6378 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    God that was stressful watching,,,fit a plough on the front job done

  • @Dreddingbath
    @Dreddingbath 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So stressful (and slow) without the hard shoulder to run in. Wonder what Chris feels about ‘Smart’ m-ways?

  • @NoisyGriff
    @NoisyGriff 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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?

    • @fetchstixRHD
      @fetchstixRHD 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!)

  • @gordonburns8731
    @gordonburns8731 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And that's what's known as Emergency Advanced Driving!

  • @whigwood
    @whigwood 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    After watching this, does anyone still not believe that southern England is overcrowded?

    • @jeremyclarkson5548
      @jeremyclarkson5548 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

    • @bizzarebanana3041
      @bizzarebanana3041 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      how does traffic from a car crash show that a region is overcrowded

  • @Mikepragland
    @Mikepragland 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s amazing how god awfully unaware these people are.