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Hmmm for once I'm with the police on this one, the chap blatantly failed to stop with sirens blasting out behind him and lights flashing, at one point he even speeds up and carries on for miles!
If you don't stop you obviously have something to hide or are up to no good, if he had stopped when asked none of this would of happened.
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Clearly he should have stopped, but I think the police were a little over the top. What really is over the top is the cos to the tax payer and the amount of compensation. People with real injuries do not get proper payouts, why should this plonker get £20k for some broken windows? Oh, and why £10k for a garage to fix the Range Rover....and then all the legal fees on top of that!!
With the police, they treated that as a stolen vehicle as it failed to stop.
He should have his licence taken off him.
This PC crap that come out cos he`s a vulnerable old man, sorry in a Range Rover you can take out most things on he road killing many many people, so far from vulnerable.
Next time I get asked to pull over I`ll carry on, watch them smash my windows when I stop at traffic lights and sue them, cos I couldn`t hear their sirens over my exhaust. BET you I`d NOT get away with it lol.
Just a shame they were not on hand to do that to the tw at in the v8 who decided to overtake my Dads funeral procession for the sake of saving 2 minutes.
Saw some arrogant old tosser in an ancient old range rover weaving between lanes , making like he owned the road by gesturing with the steering wheel direction wise before barging in
Cos whos not going to secuumb to a range rover after all
looked like he maybe drunk but i suspect not
The guy should have stopped, and if he is unfit to drive should have had been subject to a retest etc. However for a driver that failed to stop, this was very much OTT. At the end of the day the driver DID pull over eventually so why was there a need to jump on his bonnet and smash up two windows?
If you ask me this is pretty much sums up Britain, 200k legal costs, 20k compo, 9k repair bill, but in the meantime the requirement for proper Police works is going down the pan ;(
Saw a traffic cops last night on TV and the young guy failed to stop but didn't brake the law - indicating correct speeds etc the copper felt sorry for the guy but in the end credits the guy was still band for a year !
I don't think the full facts of this case are in the open.
Do we know the car wasn't reported stolen, what other intelligence (regardless of accuracy) the police had on the vehicle. That outcome did not come about because the bloke was not wearing a seatbelt. Remember you can be medically exempt from wearing a seat belt. He did fail to stop for police, from what we see in the footage, he did stop when it was safe to do so.
Black Range Rover, Tinted windows, Personalized numbers plates, failing to stop....with all this in mind I think the police did their best, he could have been an ethnic minority for all they knew!
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I'm with the cops on this one after having seen the video!
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Originally Posted by Rob Day
The guy should have stopped, and if he is unfit to drive should have had been subject to a retest etc. However for a driver that failed to stop, this was very much OTT. At the end of the day the driver DID pull over eventually so why was there a need to jump on his bonnet and smash up two windows?
Because he did exactly what criminals have been known to do. How were the Police to know that this chap wasn't going to wait until the Police were out of their car alongside his vehicle and then floor it?
The cops are trained to smash windows like this for a reason, it distracts and disorientates the driver so the chance of the persuit starting again is minimised. We also have no idea why they were chasing him - they might have had intelligence that the car was stolen, carrying drugs etc. In these situations, they can't be soft!
This is one of the comments following the Mail article. Might put a slightly different slant on things if its correct:
"Here's a description of an incident that occurred a few years back----- 'A MAN who had accused a Gwent police officer of assaulting him after a query over an expired tax disc was yesterday convicted by magistrates of four charges.Robert Clive Whatley, 64, of Four Ash Street, Usk, was found guilty of using a motor vehicle without insurance and no MoT, using insulting words and behaviour and failing to give his name and address to a constable when asked.Whatley had pleaded not guilty to each of the offences but after appearing in the morning, he failed to attend Abergavenny magistrates court yesterday afternoon and the case was heard in his absence.'------- Does the name and location ring a bell? It may not be entirely fair to judge someone on their past exploits, but I'd suggest he's not the cuddly, compliant pensioner some seem to be envisaging."
That is well out of order. Would have been more interesting if it was fitted with supaglass. Surely they don't train the police to jump onto the bonnet?!
Sorry, but the first picture in that article is no better than some Chav smashing up a car. I cannot believe that is Police behaviour. It's a disgrace. No matter what the old fella did, he did not deserve that.
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Black Range Rover, Tinted windows, Personalized numbers plates, failing to stop....with all this in mind I think the police did their best, he could have been an ethnic minority for all they knew!
Jamz3k you son of b*&ch i would love to see you in the street i would smash your ugly little face in you tw%*t. Racist n*b ill raoe your mom>>>!!!!
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Are the police not trained to act professionally and assess & act accordingly in fluid / highly changeable situations - clearly not from this video? Yes the driver could have stopped quicker but the action by the police is over the top.
Do I think that the driver is a complete angel then no, I'm unsure if the police in the pull over knew of his previous & possibly why the over reaction by the police as a way to get back at the driver / htem take control of the situatrion, but I think that there is definitely wrong on both sides, but I say the police completely over reacted in this occasion.
Do I feel the driver has used his wealth etc to make the actions of the police known & possible take advantage of the situation / settle a grievance with them in a public way, then yes. On this occasion I do feel that it was justified.
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Jamz3k you son of b*&ch i would love to see you in the street i would smash your ugly little face in you tw%*t. Racist n*b ill raoe your mom>>>!!!!
Clearly you don't understand satire which is understandable you may be an idiot, I dunno! Plus there wasn't a smiley face on my post so how could you possibly tell? What did we do before smileys, eh?
Racist - ok I'll give you that one but nob? Now that's just out of order!
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That guy only stopped because there were policemen up a head, possibly blocking the road (can't confirm this as it out of shot) but one of the Policeman can be clearly seen up the road when the illegally blacked out Range Rover with non regulation number plates was stopped before the other one jumped on to the bonnet. Otherwise he would have carried on his 17 minute merry chase.
coppers - now we know they really are pigs
Exactly what I was thinking. 
