Quick run in a VW Tiguan. These videos are edited so individuals and call locations are not identifiable. Radio transmissions and arrivals at destinations are omitted.
Your driving is superb, especially at speed, here in south yorkshire theyre slow af and when you can fit a bus through a gap there on bullhorn.... but your driving is just astonishing..
Good drive, some occasions to fast into red traffic lights, and personally would have took my time down the bus lane as people generally hear a siren and pull to the near side not realising your on their near side. Thanks for the upload!
Fabulous driving mate. I could have guessed you were LAS, by the superb quality of driving,. Compared to the way a lot of these NHS "contractors" drive... Keep up the great work you and your blue light colleagues do.....
Poor effort... the number of hazards that you flew straight through was terrible. Half of the contents of your car is on the floor somewhere now too... I appreciate that minutes count on 999 Calls but so do all of the other loves that you risk on the journey to the scene. At 0:35 there is no way you can see past the parked car on the right, ahead of the car you’re passing and you proceed to fly around the corner At 01:23 you’re at 45 mph going through a light that is JUST changing to green
This guy certainly knows how to drive, and minutes can count when it comes to first responders, so its nice to see someone pushing it to get to the patient as quickly as possible...however, I must admit that there are a few instances where I reckon they're pushing it a bit too much. The more open stretches are fine, but some of the heavy traffic and ped sections could easily end in a bad day for everyone :(
I agree with the second part of your comment, but I do not think this drive was far too fast. There is, of course, a risk involved, but it is calculated and minimized. Also, please be aware that this is a fixed view you see in the video; as a driver, you'd have a vastly better awareness of the road. On one hand there is the possibility of a collision resulting from the altered driving style, on the other hand there is the confirmed case of someone being gravely ill or injured, who in most cases may be harmed by a delayed intervention. Our job is to minimize both of these groups of risks in a manner that ensures the best possible outcome for everyone involved. We are trained to drive not necessarily as fast as possible, but to make good progress. In most cases, this does involve exceeding the speed limit, which is one of the exemptions we can claim, among others. Good practice is to be able to come to a complete stop within the distance you can see ahead, while scanning all around for other risks. This should also apply to everyone on the road, the considerable amount of audio-visual disturbance we emit is precisely for the purposes of making everyone else aware of the increased risk our presence poses. Over the years I have had head-on encounters with other vehicles on blue lights on numerous occasions, not once did we come close to a collision. The causal relationship is difficult to establish, but my hypothesis is that the advanced driving training does play a considerable part in successfully negotiating risks on the road.
Oh dont get me wrong, I agree with everything you say, and I really wasnt referring to speed limits or anything. There just seemed a couple of occasions where, if someone hadnt seen you, or even crawled forward just a few more feet, the outcome would have been unavoidable, whatever your driver training! But thats just my opinion. I'm not putting you down or anything, just making observations :)
My previous post was meant to reply to the comment of John Peters, not yours, I'm sorry I did not make that clear. I did not think your comment was to put me down at all, I thought it was measured and fair, for which I thank you. It is true that all of the videos I posted contain something that could have been done better, or at least differently. This was the original idea behind keeping them, to be able to reflect on, and learn from, them. A colleague then suggested that I should post them online to get feedback from many more people.
I did not ask permission to do this video, the initial inspiration was to have a record should something untoward happen; exactly the reason why anyone would have a dashcam. Risks, although calculated, are somewhat higher, as you might appreciate. I do not believe that I am doing anything against Trust policy or common law, I merely provide an inside perspective of an emergency vehicle driving on blue lights. However, you raise a good point, I will find out whether this is in any way objectionable either by the Trust or individuals within.
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Your driving is superb, especially at speed, here in south yorkshire theyre slow af and when you can fit a bus through a gap there on bullhorn.... but your driving is just astonishing..
This is some really good quality blue light driving.
Amazing driving. Incredible skill.
I wonder how many negative commenters on this have actually driven to a cardiac arrest or choking infant let alone passed the driving course? 🤔
Great video keep them coming
Good drive, some occasions to fast into red traffic lights, and personally would have took my time down the bus lane as people generally hear a siren and pull to the near side not realising your on their near side. Thanks for the upload!
Hi, do you have any more of these?
is this LAS..
It is.
Fabulous driving mate. I could have guessed you were LAS, by the superb quality of driving,. Compared to the way a lot of these NHS "contractors" drive... Keep up the great work you and your blue light colleagues do.....
NHS Fast Response Car Inside View!
Poor effort... the number of hazards that you flew straight through was terrible. Half of the contents of your car is on the floor somewhere now too... I appreciate that minutes count on 999 Calls but so do all of the other loves that you risk on the journey to the scene.
At 0:35 there is no way you can see past the parked car on the right, ahead of the car you’re passing and you proceed to fly around the corner
At 01:23 you’re at 45 mph going through a light that is JUST changing to green
Far too fast, putting yourself and others at risk
This guy certainly knows how to drive, and minutes can count when it comes to first responders, so its nice to see someone pushing it to get to the patient as quickly as possible...however, I must admit that there are a few instances where I reckon they're pushing it a bit too much. The more open stretches are fine, but some of the heavy traffic and ped sections could easily end in a bad day for everyone :(
I agree with the second part of your comment, but I do not think this drive was far too fast. There is, of course, a risk involved, but it is calculated and minimized. Also, please be aware that this is a fixed view you see in the video; as a driver, you'd have a vastly better awareness of the road.
On one hand there is the possibility of a collision resulting from the altered driving style, on the other hand there is the confirmed case of someone being gravely ill or injured, who in most cases may be harmed by a delayed intervention. Our job is to minimize both of these groups of risks in a manner that ensures the best possible outcome for everyone involved.
We are trained to drive not necessarily as fast as possible, but to make good progress. In most cases, this does involve exceeding the speed limit, which is one of the exemptions we can claim, among others. Good practice is to be able to come to a complete stop within the distance you can see ahead, while scanning all around for other risks. This should also apply to everyone on the road, the considerable amount of audio-visual disturbance we emit is precisely for the purposes of making everyone else aware of the increased risk our presence poses.
Over the years I have had head-on encounters with other vehicles on blue lights on numerous occasions, not once did we come close to a collision. The causal relationship is difficult to establish, but my hypothesis is that the advanced driving training does play a considerable part in successfully negotiating risks on the road.
Oh dont get me wrong, I agree with everything you say, and I really wasnt referring to speed limits or anything. There just seemed a couple of occasions where, if someone hadnt seen you, or even crawled forward just a few more feet, the outcome would have been unavoidable, whatever your driver training! But thats just my opinion. I'm not putting you down or anything, just making observations :)
My previous post was meant to reply to the comment of John Peters, not yours, I'm sorry I did not make that clear. I did not think your comment was to put me down at all, I thought it was measured and fair, for which I thank you.
It is true that all of the videos I posted contain something that could have been done better, or at least differently. This was the original idea behind keeping them, to be able to reflect on, and learn from, them. A colleague then suggested that I should post them online to get feedback from many more people.
I thought the guidelines set a max speed limit of 50% speed limit. So in a 20mph max speed 30mph, 30mph max speed 45mph etc?
Drive too fast! Disregard for vehicle safety!👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
How does one drive too fast in a ems call , its life or death
YES NEARLY KILLED A GUY
Did you have to ask your bosses to do this or is it allowed?
I did not ask permission to do this video, the initial inspiration was to have a record should something untoward happen; exactly the reason why anyone would have a dashcam. Risks, although calculated, are somewhat higher, as you might appreciate.
I do not believe that I am doing anything against Trust policy or common law, I merely provide an inside perspective of an emergency vehicle driving on blue lights.
However, you raise a good point, I will find out whether this is in any way objectionable either by the Trust or individuals within.
I was only asking as I was thinking of doing the same!. I think these are great.
Yes they are fantastic to watch made it more interesting as you can watch the speed